Ahead in Copenhagen: More global-warming futility Copenhagen (The Wenatchee World) WASHINGTON — Intelligent people agree that, absent immediate radical action regarding global warming, the human race is sunk. That is a tautology because those who do not agree are, definitionally, unintelligent. Britain’s intelligent Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives scary precision to the word “immediate.” By his reckoning, humanity now has about 30 days to save itself. He says that unless a ... [News Source]

GOP’s Graham steps out on a limb on climate change (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News) WASHINGTON — When it comes to combating global warming, Sen. Lindsey Graham is right where he loves to be — ahead of the curve, in the mix on a major issue, at the table for high-level, bipartisan talks behind closed doors. [News Source]

Sounding the trumpet. It takes a lot to frighten Albertha Hasten, a campaigner for poor citizens of Louisiana, and fellow African-Americans, who suffer disproportionately from contaminated air, water and soil. She fears that this group is going to be threatened again by rising sea levels and hurricanes as a result of climate change. [News Source]

Polluters’ fear tactics on climate. Big polluting companies around the world, employing thousands of lobbyists, are exerting heavy pressure on governments to weaken climate change laws and slow progress on an international climate agreement in Copenhagen, a global investigation reveals. [News Source]

Scientists warn caribou collapse not unlike disappearance of cod stocks. Once, caribou wandered over the Arctic tundra in herds that took days to pass. So great were their numbers - even 20 years ago - that they were able to shake off man's puny imprint on the great barren lands like so many flies on a rump. [News Source]

China a big winner in carbon credit game. In energy-hungry China's southwestern Yunnan province, power is being produced at wind farms, dams and garbage dumps as the Asian giant adopts more "green" technology thanks to carbon trading. [News Source]

Ethical travel company drops carbon offsetting. One of Britain's leading ethical travel operators has launched a scathing attack on the carbon offset industry and has decided to stop offering offsets to its customers as a way of reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Climate war gets personal for Rudd. Kevin Rudd has launched a blistering attack on climate change sceptics and deniers in Australia and abroad, accusing them of a systematic campaign to sabotage global talks in Copenhagen and of being contemptuous towards the world's children. [News Source]

Chris Smith - the respectable radical who is plotting a green revolution. Lord Smith of Finsbury wants to start a green revolution. As chairman of the Environment Agency, his job is to persuade a sceptical public that, despite the recession, climate change remains the greatest threat to Britain. [News Source]

Will talking change anyone’s mind about climate change? A poll conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found that the number of people who think there’s solid evidence of human-induced climate change has declined dramatically in the past few years. [News Source]

(Not yet) marching as to war. Even as politicians and protesters the world over gear up for a fateful climate-change meeting in Denmark, many citizens have little stomach for a fight. In fact, there are clear signs in several democracies of sentiment moving in the other direction. [News Source]