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(21 Nov 09 - RV) The UN and Denmark this week said that a binding international treaty to limit greenhouse gas emissions will slip to mid-2010 or beyond, and a summit in Copenhagen next month will fall short of its ambitions. The United Nations' top climate official said a treaty could be wrapped up at talks in Bonn by mid-2010. Denmark, host of next month's meeting, said it might take longer – until Mexico in December.  

Some climate change skeptics and bloggers claim the information shows scientists have overstated the case for global warming, and allege the documents contain proof that some researchers have attempted to manipulate data. The furor over the leaked data comes weeks before the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, when 192 nations will seek to reach a binding treaty to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases worldwide. Many officials - including U.N. Secretary-General

just completed Mike's Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (i.e., from 1981 onwards) and from 1961 for Keith's to hide the decline   -Phil Jones

 

Al Gore's award-winning global warming film "An Inconvenient Truth," socked two years ago by a British court ruling that found several errors, is facing additional scrutiny with the release of a new documentary that seeks to rebut many of Gore's claims. In Gore's film, directed by Davis Guggenheim and released in 2006, the former vice president argues that humans are causing climate change, a problem he says is the biggest moral challenge facing the globe. If humans don't act to reduce their emissions

substantially founded up scientific research and fact   -Michael Burton

 

When the weather outside turns frightful, so can driving conditions. Being prepared can improve driving safety and help reduce your fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The trick is to plan ahead.  

We've been to Spring Island, South Carolina before to check out Bank of America chief exec Ken Lewis's getaway home (still on the market and the price keeps dropping ). Today's estate is in the same area and belongs to former Proctor and Gamble executive Tom Laco. The property consists of two separate lots, the 3.48 acre lot the house is on and a 3.13 acre lot directly across the pond from the house which provides privacy and serves as an ample nesting area for local birds. The five-bedroom home sits hi  

It is a tremendous disappointment to Unite Here staff members represented by our staff union, UUHS, that Steven Greenhouse and The New York Times chose to publish such a one-sided piece about alleged practices within Unite Here. His story is founded on trumped-up claims made by disgruntled former staffers, one of whom currently works for SEIU, and another who helped SEIU interfere with an organizing campaign. We are shocked by Mr. Greenhouse's irresponsible reporting and lack of journalistic integrity.  

Gracelyn Joseph rises before the sun. She leaves her rented room in Windsor at 4 a.m. to meet her carpooling buddies for the one-hour trip to the Kingsville greenhouse where she works. At about 5:30 a.m., her knife slices through the first bunch of mushrooms she'll harvest for the next 10 to 12 hours. It's a meagre living, but Joseph has always made ends meet in spite of crippling expenses.  

Gapor's old factory, which made glass for the Soviet military and space program, shut down in the early 1990s after the Soviet Union disintegrated. Private wrecking crews and desperate jobless people like Gapor then turned the town's industries, which once employed 16,000 workers, into heaps of bricks. In the days when Ukraine was a Soviet republic, Konstantinovka was a booming town of 100,000 with 25 factories.  

The city of Durham ranks 32nd in the nation when it comes to environmentally friendly fleet vehicles. The trucks and cars that take care of everything from tree removal for the city to police cars received the honor from Government Fleet Magazine. Kent Cash, the director of fleet management in Durham, says going green is a top priority for the entire county.  

Area firefighters were called to the Johnson Greenhouse in Manteno at 5:45 p.m. Friday as flames roared through the building at 114 S. Locust Ave. on Illinois Route 50 on the south side of town. A fire investigation team was also called to the scene, according to radio dispatches.