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Copenhagen, Climate Change and Stolen E-Mails
Fifteen thousand delegates, 5,000 reporters and 98 world leaders are gathering in Copenhagen to talk about climate change as the basic science faces a new challenge. We hear about economics, technology and stolen e-mails. Also, the EPA declares carbon emissions a danger to public health.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenFifteen thousand delegates, 5,000 reporters and 98 world leaders are gathering in Copenhagen to talk about climate change as the basic science faces a new challenge. We hear about economics, technology and stolen e-mails. Also, the EPA declares carbon emissions a danger to public health.
Banner image: Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen in his opening speech to the Conference. Photo: Keld Navntoft/Scanpix
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2 storiesEPA Declares Carbon Emissions a Public Health Danger
In Washington today, the Obama Administration took action that could have an impact in Copenhagen and on American business. The Environmental Protection Agency declared that carbon dioxide is a danger to public health. Jeffrey Ball is environment editor for the Wall Street Journal and writes a column called, " Power Shift ."
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The UN's global warming summit in Copenhagen opened today amidst new attacks on the basic science of Climate Change. Differences over economics, politics and technology already led some 200 nations to abandon hopes for a binding treaty this year.
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