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KYOTO JUNCTION

 

BILL MCKIBBEN: KYOTO DAILY UPDATE
He was there! Eyewitness reports from America's most notable climate commentator:

• Dispatch #7 (11 Dec). At Last, A Treaty: "Maybe, sort of, this is the payoff."
• Dispatch #6 (10 Dec). Cross your fingers: "If the trajectory of our civilization ultimately bends, this will be seen as the point of deflection."
• Dispatch #5 (9 Dec). Science Cuts Through: "Not changes around the edges, but 'structual decarbonization.'"
• Dispatch #4 (8 Dec). Red, White, and Too Blue: "We Won't Give an Inch."
• Dispatch #3 (7 Dec). Think sink: "We can't bring ourselves to go on a diet."
• Dispatch #2 (6 Dec). Waiting for the powerful: "If Gore fizzles, there's no Plan B."
• Dispatch #1 (5 Dec). Tacit desperation: "The beginning of the end of the ideology of ceaseless expansion."

IN THE TRENCHES: CLIMATE CHANGE
The best starting point for Web explorations. Leonie Haimson goes A to Z on the science and politics of the atmosphere. Background; updates; links.

 

Recent Liberty Tree Articles.

TODAY (12 Dec.): Good Week For The Dragon
by Conn Nugent
The Chinese try Bismarck.

TODAY (11 Dec.): Help Wanted: Unreasonable Extremists
by Conn Nugent
You need radicals if you want to be moderate.

Half a Loaf, Half a Loaf, Half a Loaf Onward...
by Hibernicus
Hold your nose and back the Prez.

 

Additional Web Resources

The Official Word...

UNFCCC: Official Site of the Third Conference of Parties
Surprisingly zippy. Especially good background briefs.

Daily Updates

Daily Newswire -- Environmental News Network
Middle of Green Road. Excellent links.

ECO: The Climate Action Network Newsletter
Dedicated insider enviros, with sense of humor.

Global Warming -- Environmental Defense Fund
Lots of data, plus Michael Oppenheimer.

World Wildlife Fund -- The Panda People run a smart, resource-rich site with daily updates from the corridors of power.

Linkages -- International Institute for Sustainable Development.

Articles

A Preview to the Kyoto Conference: Global Warming -- New York Times
Online version of special 12-page insert for 1 December edition. Comprehensive, sophisticated.

Administration Fills Out Roster for Global Warming Conference -- Washington Post

More Background Information

Climate Countdown -- Environmental Information Center

Climatologists Toolbox -- The Why Files

Countdown to Kyoto -- Greenpeace

Weathervane: Digital Forum on Global Climate Policy