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We Must Stop Climate Change and We Can Do it in Cancun

Claudia Salerno, AlterNet. November 3, 2010.

Venezuela’s lead negotiator on climate change writes that protecting the earth's climate is quite achievable if there is the political will to do so.

The Most Urgent Threat to World Peace Is Canada

George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. December 2, 2009.

The harm this country could do in the next two weeks will outweigh all the good it has done in a century.

World's Next Big Climate Pact Begins to Take Shape

Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor. June 2, 2009.

This week, negotiators from 182 countries meet in Bonn, Germany to lay the groundwork for a post-Kyoto climate regime.

Why the World Needs the U.S. to Act Now on Climate Change

Sophie Ragsdale, The Nation. March 17, 2009.

If the United States takes swift and aggressive action on climate change, at home and abroad, we might make it in time.

Why Leading Scientists Underestimated How Quickly We're Scorching the Atmosphere

Elizabeth Grossman, Earth Island Journal. March 9, 2009.

The predictions about what climate change may bring are pretty dire, but now it seems, they were actually underestimated.

Will the U.S. Impede World's Progress on Global Warming Again?

The Progress ReportDecember 6, 2007.

Scientists and world leaders are meeting in Bali, but will the U.S. hold back the world's progress on fighting climate change like it did in Kyoto?

Bush Prepares for 'Greenwashing' Climate Summit

Leonard Doyle, The Independent UK. September 27, 2007.

For the first time in 16 years, a major environmental conference opens in Washington, hosted by the Bush administration. But no concrete results are expected.

Bush Makes Empty Climate Change Pledge

Rupert Cornwell, Independent UK. June 4, 2007.

Bush issued a last ditch -- and almost certainly unsuccessful -- bid to fend off international criticism of his climate change policies.

Who Should Foot the Bill on Climate Change?

Scott Barrett, Policy Innovations. April 2, 2007.

Debate is heating up over whether developing or developed nations should bear the costs of global warming.

Harper pulls a Bush

Joshua Holland, December 11, 2006.

Joshua Holland: Blame Canada? Eh, why not?

Rich Nations Put Global Warming Burden on Africa

Elizabeth Bast, Roxanne Lawson, TomPaine.com. December 6, 2006.

The African continent is already straining from the effects of global climate change, while some of the world's biggest polluters -- the U.S., Australia, and Canada -- are doing nothing to help clean up their own mess.

Turns Out, Seattle Isn't So Green: How About Your City?

Erica Barnett, AlterNet. November 21, 2006.

Seattle's mayor is dubbed an environmental hero but other cities are making real progress toward addressing climate change.

USA: Wanted for Crimes Against the Planet

Center for American ProgressNovember 16, 2006.

World leaders recognize that time is running out to halt global warming, but the next Congress needs understand just how high the stakes really are.