(CounterPunch) – Turning Tricks, Cashing In on Fear

In the early 1970s the UN spearheaded the progressive notion of a new world economic order, one that would try to level the playing field between the First World and the Third. The neoliberal onslaughts gathering strength from the mid-1970s on destroyed that project. Read More Here

(Telegraph) – Copenhagen climate summit: confusion as ‘historic deal’ descends into chaos

The “historic” climate change deal at the Copenhagen climate summit has descended into chaos after some developing nations rejected the plan for fighting global warming championed by US President Barack Obama. Read More Here

(TimesofIndia) – Confidential document reveals industrialized countries cheating the world on climate

The industrialized countries are cheating the world. A confidential document of the UN Frame Convention on Climate Change secretariat prepared on December 15 shows, contrary to what the rich nations might claim, even if they come true on their current pledges to reduce emissions the world is headed towards a 3 degree temperature rise by 2050, not two degree Celsius – the tipping point. ( Read confidential initial draft ) Read More Here

(NYTimes) – Climate Deal Announced, but Falls Short of Expectations

Leaders here concluded a climate change deal on Friday that the Obama administration called “meaningful” but that falls short of even the modest expectations for the summit meeting here. Read More Here

(Telegraph) – Climategate: peak oil, the CRU and the Oman connection

Why would a Middle Eastern kingdom be funding a British Climate research business? Read More Here

(Reuters) – House Republicans warn Obama on climate steps

As President Barack Obama labored behind closed doors to break a deadlock over efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Republicans from the U.S. Congress were outside those meetings urging him not to bother. Read More Here

(RawStory) – Gibbs threatens to leave climate meeting after Chinese block US press

A scuffle broke out at the climate summit in Copenhagen on Friday when Chinese officials blocked US reporters from entering a room where President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao were to meet, with the White House press secretary threatening to pull out of the meeting if the American press was barred. Read More Here

Copenhagen: Bolivia, Sudan, Venezuela and S.A. set to humiliate Obama

On Friday morning, Obama warned delegates that U.S. offers of funding for poor nations would remain on the table “if and only if” developing nations, including China, agreed to international monitoring of their greenhouse gas emissions. [...] Read More Here

(JapanTimes) – Record cold, snow envelop Japan Sea coast

Frigid air swept through a wide area along the Sea of Japan on Thursday, dumping record snowfalls and setting record-low temperatures for December in northern parts of the country, the Meteorological Agency said. Read More Here

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