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by Aldyen Donnelly

Do you think last week’s release of emails, code and calculations from the CRU wil undermine the Copenhagen process?

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by Aldyen Donnelly

With respect to Australia’s ability to comply with its Kyoto commitment, I am not sure who is briefing Tim Flannery, but he appears, to me anyway, to harbour a number of misconceptions — about both Canada and his home land, Australia.

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by Aldyen Donnelly

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Supporters of the UK’s three major political parties – Labour, Conservatives, and Liberal-Democrats – don’t often agree but on one major issue they are of one mind -all agree that humans can’t be blamed for global warming. Only 45% of Labour voters, 38% of Conservative voters, and 47% of Liberal-Democrats, believe global warming is man-made.

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One of the world’s top environmental organizations, the UN-affiliated International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has publicly stated that global warming is being overhyped. The Geneva-based organization made the surprising comments with regard to the often-heard claim that global warming is the chief threat to the extinction of species.

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Kudos to Wayne Richards of Vancouver, for his engaging letter to CCNet, a climate change newsletter indispensable for anyone following the climate change debate.

The letter, reproduced below, was addressed to social anthropologist Benny Peiser, CCNet’s editor.

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According to a new Climate Confidence Monitor survey released today, support for action on climate change is plummeting in Canada. Just 26% of Canadians consider global warming among their chief concerns, down from 34% in 2008.

Concern in the U.S. is even lower – just 18% , down from 26% in 2008. The UK’s level of concern is the lowest of all, a mere 15%, down from 26% in 2008.

Worldwide, the drop in concern over climate change has also dropped by 8 percentage points, from 42% to 34%.

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The U.S. Atlantic coast is currently experiencing a record low in hurricane activity, according to meteorologist Joe Joyce. Joyce says that while the hurricane season on the Atlantic coast started early with arrival of Tropical Depression One on May 28, it quickly went dormant for the next two months.

And on August 12, when Tropical Storm Ana developed in the vicinity of the Cape Verde Islands, it marked the latest date since 1992 when the season’s first tropical cyclone was names in the Atlantic basin.
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