tcktcktck — Copenhagen 7 Dec 09 | The World Is Ready

Protecting the world’s oceans is of vital importance for climate stability, since oceans are able to absorb huge amounts of carbon dioxide – at least when they are healthy. 

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The BP oil gusher continues to desecrate the Gulf of Mexico, offering a potent reminder of the costs of global oil addiction. Here is a roundup of the latest news on the largest oil spill in Gulf history:

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It seems insensitive to talk about silver linings in the middle of the life-killing oil spill in the Gulf, but there are some we should recognize and act upon now.

There’s hope that the spill is proving the folly extracting every last drop of a finite resource by invading ever more difficult and sensitive places. The past safety record of offshore drilling, cited by President Obama when he announced he was opening up more ocean to oil companies, means nothing when those companies are moving into uncharted waters, literally speaking.

Source: Solve Climate

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In light of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, international action is necessary. World leaders have the opportunity to move this forward right now in Bonn. Here is an article from the Huffington Post that speaks to that.

Source: Huffington Post

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In light of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, international action is necessary. World leaders have the opportunity to move this forward right now in Bonn. Here is a post that speaks to that:

Source: Forbes.com

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Great news today out of the White House.

President Obama has announced that not only will he be attending the climate summit in Copenhagen, he will also be bringing some of the biggest players in his administration.

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Heads of State and Ministers from eleven nations that are most vulnerable to climate change are calling for U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of major emerging economies such as India and China, to personally attend the Copenhagen Climate Summit this December and “redouble their efforts at reaching a binding, ambitious, fair and effective agreement.”

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The world “desperately needs” President Obama to attend the United Nations meeting in Copenhagen if an effective deal on tackling climate change is to be reached this December, according to one of the world’s leading climate experts.

Source: Times Online

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