Source: The Guardian UN secretariat initial draft shows gap of up to 4.2 gigatonnes of CO2 between present pledges and cuts required to limit rise to 2C Read the UN analysis document here by Suzanne Goldenberg, John Vidal and Jonathan Watts (in Copenhagen) December 17, 2009 A confidential UN analysis obtained by the Guardian reveals that the emissions cuts [...]

Source: The Guardian Alliance of Small Island States say any deal that allows temperatures to rise by more than 1.5C is ‘not negotiable’ by John Vidal (in Copenhagen) December 10, 2009 More than half the world’s countries say they are determined not to sign up to any deal that allows temperatures to rise by more than 1.5C – as [...]

Source: Bloomberg by Alice Schroeder Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) — “I just wrote my first reference for a gun permit,” said a friend, who told me of swearing to the good character of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker who applied to the local police for a permit to buy a pistol. The banker had told this friend [...]

Source: Baltimore Sun by Gwen L. DuBois November 25, 2009 On Nov. 21, there was a radiation leak at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pa., less than 100 miles north of Baltimore up I-83. One hundred and fifty workers were evacuated, and 20 people were exposed to radiation. The leak didn’t get a lot of attention [...]

Fuente: La Jornada por Alejandro Nadal 25 de noviembre, 2009 Los pronósticos de la comunidad científica sobre el cambio climático son claros. Las concentraciones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) alcanzarán niveles peligrosos en pocos años. Los efectos sobre la temperatura promedio global ya se dejan sentir, precipitando el deshielo de glaciares y de la capa de hielo [...]

Cyber war has moved from fiction to fact, says a report. by BBC News November 17, 2009 Compiled by security firm McAfee, it bases its conclusion on analysis of recent net-based attacks. Analysis of the motives of the actors behind many attacks carried out via the internet showed that many were mounted with a explicitly political aim. It said that [...]

Como lo había anunciado, el gobierno colombiano dio a conocer la totalidad del acuerdo de cooperación militar que firmó con Estados Unidos y que había causado tanta roncha en el continente. por Semana 4 de noviembre, 2009 El Gobierno dio a conocer los 25 artículos del acuerdo militar establecido con Estados Unidos para la cooperación para la seguridad [...]

US Congress and Obama must seize the moment in Copenhagen to preserve liberty for future generations. by William H. Luers and Amy L. Luers October 30, 2009 NEW YORK and BERKELEY, California — President Barack Obama opened a new chapter in America’s role in solving global problems in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly. By calling for [...]

por Franz Chávez CHACALTAYA, Bolivia, 27 oct (IPS) – La rápida desaparición de glaciares y el consecuente agotamiento de las fuentes de agua empujan a la pobreza a los pueblos andinos y obligan a crear conciencia sobre el cambio climático, dijeron expertos bolivianos a IPS. Un incremento de la temperatura determina pérdidas de nieve y hielo en [...]

You want the Amazon to survive? Then pay us not to pump the oil, says Ecuador. by Huw Hennessy in Quito October 31, 2009 The tropical rainforest in the eastern lowlands of Ecuador assaults the senses: the sunlight dazzles the eyes, the heat is so fierce that within seconds one’s clothes are soaked in sweat. Then there are [...]