Environmentalists urge Obama to attend Rio Earth summit - The Washington Post

In the letter to Obama, the heads of U.S. environmental groups including the Natural Resource Defense Council and the National Wildlife Federation noted that U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described Obama’s presence as “crucial.”

“Your presence at this summit would signal its critical importance to all Americans, demonstrate our country’s deep concern over urgent global issues that will inevitably affect our security and well-being, and highlight our nation’s determination to be a contender in the race to a low-carbon green economy,” the environmentalists wrote.

Twitter / omnologos: Yearly @HeartlandInst conf

Yearly @HeartlandInst conferences neither irrelevant nor pivotal. La-la-land dwelling ‪#CAGW‬'ers the world over literally transfixed by them.

Twitter / omnologos: Every green policy has res

Every green policy has resulted in larger energy bills and more money for the state (tax) and the energy companies @clim8resistance ‪#agw

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Greenies are in practice wide-eyed stooges of Big Energy, accomplices in worsening the conditions of the poor

Indonesia forest moratorium won't meet climate pledge: Norway | Reuters

(Reuters) - Indonesia's progress in reforming its forestry sector will not be sufficient to meet its pledge to reduce carbon emissions by 26 percent by 2020, Norway's environment minister said on Tuesday. 

Indonesia imposed a two-year moratorium on clearing forest last May under a $1 billion climate deal with Norway aimed at reducing emissions from deforestation, despite resistance from some government departments and from resource firms looking to expand in the archipelago.