Farm ministers back climate-change action at Berlin talks

Berlin - Agriculture officials from 50 countries on Saturday backed calls for the world's farms to drastically cut emissions of climate-changing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Whether it is burping cows or slash-and-burn agriculture, farmers have been accused worldwide of being major contributors to climate change.

YouTube - Midwinter Meeting 2010, Day 2: Al Gore on Wind Power

Nobel Peace Prize recipient Al Gore presented the Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture, discussing his new book Our Choices: How We Can Solve the Climate Crisis. In this excerpt, he discusses wind power and one how one company is creating non-outsourceable [windmill parts can't be made outside of America?] jobs to serve that industry.

Pacific NW | Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels' green agenda wasn't enough | Seattle Times Newspaper

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels touted a green agenda that should have made him popular. Instead, he never made it past the primary election. Some say it was because his mix of priorities and personality just never quite made him believable.
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Nickels was contrite about the city's handling of the wetlands. "The basic problem was, at the beginning, the city screwed up. When we do that, we need to go back and make sure we cover the bases and make sure everybody follows the rules." And the city did: It sent several hundred employees to get trained to identify wetlands.

GRABBING THE mantle of "environmental leader" always comes at a price. Nickels faced charges of hypocrisy just like Al Gore did. Though his personal car is a Toyota Camry, he took heat for being driven around in a gas-guzzling city Cadillac.

The curious case of the expanding environmental group with falling income - Telegraph

When Douglas Alexander travelled to New Delhi last September to announce Britain was presenting £10 million to the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), standing alongside him was an imposing, bearded figure.

Soros Says Copenhagen Climate Summit Was A Failure

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) said Thursday that he expects climate change legislation this spring, but warned it would fail without bipartisan support.
Soros said that while the Obama administration was trying to take a constructive role in the fight against climate change, the U.S. was a laggard when it came to addressing the problem, adding he was impressed by how the Chinese government has "internalized" climate issues in its development plans.
Following Copenhagen's disappointing result and slow political progress in the U.S. and elsewhere, "I feel that I've got to get more engaged," Soros said.