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How Best to Debate Climate Deniers on TV? Simple: Don’t.

March 10, 2010

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Photo via Sheerman-Chase

I can’t wait to see the comments on this one. Really, I can’t. But this is a concept that I think is important to think about, especially at a time when much of the media appears to be buying into the narrative that the science supporting climate change is being ‘called into question’. As a result, we’re seeing more calls for televised ‘debate’ than usual, especially from outlets already convinced that global warming is a big hoax. So what’s a climate scientist to do when s/he’s asked by a skeptic to appear on Fox News to defend the <a href="http://www.treehugger.co…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New UN Climate Financing Group Is Another All-Boys Club

March 10, 2010

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photo: Quinn Dombrowski via flickr.

We just passed two milemarkers which make this next one all the more poignant: First, two days ago was International Women’s Day and, second, we’ve just been told that in many places women are going to be hit harder than men by climate change. Now, via our friends over at <a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2010-03-08-why-are-women-being-left-out-of-climate-decision-making-…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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India Backs Copenhagen Accord – Last Major Emitter To Do So

March 9, 2010

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photo: Kartikeya Kaul via flickr.

India, the world’s last major emitter to formally back the Copenhagen Accord, has done so. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the decision reflected India’s contributions in shaping the Accord. Ramesh went on to list the three conditions under which India will participate:…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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