Copenhagen Climate Change summit: do businesses need to be there? - Telegraph

Copenhagen Climate Change summit: do businesses need to be there? - TelegraphA different take - always love the British point of view to keep me honest. And yes, business has to be a huge part of the solution to reduce carbon emissions! Why? Because most carbon emissions come from BUILDINGS - ones that often house business.

Miranda Kennedy -- The Indian attitude on climate change - washingtonpost.com

Miranda Kennedy -- The Indian attitude on climate change - washingtonpost.com "Like many in India, he draws a bright line between India's "survival emissions," from burning energy to produce food, for instance, and American-style "luxury emissions," from things like SUVs and central air conditioning." Good overview of India's position and why they are not backing off their current emissions. Simply, it comes down to the simple fact - Americans have gotta make carbon emission "cool" and cheap.

Bill McKibben -- Obama should act urgently on climate change - washingtonpost.com

Bill McKibben -- Obama should act urgently on climate change - washingtonpost.comMy secret hope is that heath care will be addressed by the Senate, move to reconciliation and Congress will seriously take up the domestic legislation on climate change. Otherwise, COP15 is just a stage-gate and no longer such a really really important meeting. Quote of the day: "But doing more than George W. Bush on global warming is like doing more than George Wallace on racial healing."

In the trenches on climate change, hostility among foes - washingtonpost.com

In the trenches on climate change, hostility among foes - washingtonpost.com What I find most interesting is that the only academics and politicians that question the scientific validity of Climate Change are Americans. Notable - in the WSJ version of this story, they paint it this way: "A partial review of the emails shows that in many cases, climate scientists revealed that their own research wasn't always conclusive. In others, they discussed ways to paper over differences among themselves in order to present a "unified" view on climate change. On at least one occasion, climate scientists were asked to "beef up" conclusions about climate change and extreme weather events because environmental officials in one country were planning a "big public splash." I can't say I see a "liberal bias" on this coverage...

Announcing Jen's blog for COP15!

I promised that I would blog for the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change - and I am actually going to do it! So Eric, here is the first and possibly only time I am going to blog for several days straight!

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I actually don't leave until December 4, but here I will post parts of my research, what I am told the experience is going to be like and my concerns about the Conference.

None of the comments here represent the official position of the League of Women Voters of the United States.

Recent media coverage of my trip: Is your city green? Sierra Club on the hunt to find out (Orange County Register)

Announcement of delegation by the League of Women Voters
LWV recently secured its official Observer status for the United Nations Framework Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen this December. The following League members were selected to serve as delegates to the conference: Carole Conors, (MD), Chair of the LWV Lobby Corps; Sarah Diefendorf, former LWVUS Board member and Chair of the Climate Change Task Force (CA); Ellyn Murphy, (WA), LWVUS Climate Change Task Force; Jennifer Searfoss,(CA); Ellen (Mel) Bromberg, (WI); Claire Vanderslice, (WI);and Lauralee Barbaria, (CA). All of these delegates have taken an active role in working on climate change issues both for the LWV and in their professional work; they are making this trip at their own expense as representatives of the LWV. Special thanks to Doris Schapira, LWV UN Observer, for her work in navigating the successful application process. We are proud to have our own delegation on the ground keeping us informed!