Is China poor? Key question at climate talks - Houston Chronicle

Today China's share of global emissions exceeds 25 percent, while the U.S. share has fallen toward 20 percent...

Seyni Nafo, spokesman for a group of African countries in the climate talks, noted that the U.S. also said that joining Kyoto would harm the U.S. economy. Years later, the U.N. climate effort still has little support in the U.S. Congress, which includes outspoken climate skeptics.

"We are hoping that they will get on board this time, which is not a given," Nafo said.

Poll: Majority of N.J. residents call climate change a 'real concern,' want government to take larger role | NJ.com

Some 48 percent of the people surveyed said the weather has gotten more extreme in recent years – most recently with the record-setting rains of Hurricane Irene last August, and the unseasonal October snow-and-ice storm, which felled many trees and cause serious power outages in the Garden State, among other events.

Twitter / HeartlandInst: NATO does not appear to co

NATO does not appear to consider global warming a security threat, Czech President Vaclav Klaus reported at ‪#ICCC7‬. http://icont.ac/14Tnr