Monday, September 23, 2013

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UN panel opens Stockholm meet on global warming | GlobalPost
"I'm looking forward to working with you in the next four days to deliberate and approve (this report) line by line," [Pachauri] said.
Republicans Pounce on Obama's Global-Warming Regulations for Political Fodder - NationalJournal.com
"I'm looking at data in competitive House races that shows that this sucker will be a loser," said Brock McLeary, a pollster for the National Republican Congressional Committee. "If in 2014, Obamacare will be the right jab, climate policy will be the left."
Canada set for record grain harvests in 2013
increases in supply over demand may lead to storage problems and lower prices.
Worldwide wheat production has increased this year and 710 million tonnes of wheat is anticipated. This is bad news for Canadian supplies which will be released onto a bear market with prices likely to trend downwards.
UNICEF: climate change a major threat for children across the world - Blue and Green Tomorrow
The poll also revealed that almost two-thirds of British children aged 11-16 are worried about climate change and would like the government to do more to tackle it.

David Bull, UNICEF UK executive director, said, “What children are grasping – unlike many of their adult counterparts – is that climate change is no longer a distant or abstract issue.."

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