Clinton: No binding climate treaty likely

Next month's climate summit in Copenhagen is not likely to produce a legally binding treaty to cut the greenhouse gas emissions, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says.

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Global Warming Film Just Wrong (Flathead Beacon) I recently attended a public showing of the film “Not Evil, Just Wrong” in Kalispell. Sponsored by the Northwest Montana Patriots, it was billed as a documentary exploring the economic impact of global warming “hysteria.” I hoped it would broaden my perspective on climate change issues, but the film was a disappointment. First, while I hoped for an intelligent refute to the mainstream ... [News Source]

Special Report: ‘New’ economy rolls forward. The low-carbon economy has arrived on the prairie north of Denver. Vestas is building the West's largest turbine factory, a $700 million investment in what Gov. Ritter calls a "new energy economy." Some say these efforts – not the Copenhagen talks – provide the most promising solutions to climate change. [News Source]

Coal star state. While America turns away from dirty energy, Texas could soon have 12 new coal-fired power plants. What gives? Coal’s comeback in Texas comes as at least 107 proposed coal-fired power plants have been scrapped nationwide since 2002. [News Source]

Farmers v greens. America will not pass a cap-and-trade law in time for the global climate-change summit in Copenhagen next month. To understand why, it helps to ask a farmer. The biggest obstacle to a climate-change bill is rural America. [News Source]

Seychelles struggles to adapt to climate change in a losing battle. Disease and pests have become a problem for locals who farm on Mahe, Seychelles' main island. Once cool trade winds are now warmer, fostering the right breeding grounds for disease. [News Source]

Special Report: ‘New’ economy rolls forward. The low-carbon economy has arrived on the prairie north of Denver. Vestas is building the West's largest turbine factory, a $700 million investment in what Gov. Ritter calls a "new energy economy." Some say these efforts – not the Copenhagen talks – provide the most promising solutions to climate change. [News Source]

Stalemate in Copenhagen. Around the world the story is the much same. Wherever nations have taken the first modest steps to stave off a looming environmental calamity for future generations, they’ve triggered a backlash from powers rooted in the economy of the past. [News Source]

Coal star state. While America turns away from dirty energy, Texas could soon have 12 new coal-fired power plants. What gives? Coal’s comeback in Texas comes as at least 107 proposed coal-fired power plants have been scrapped nationwide since 2002. [News Source]

Farmers v greens. America will not pass a cap-and-trade law in time for the global climate-change summit in Copenhagen next month. To understand why, it helps to ask a farmer. The biggest obstacle to a climate-change bill is rural America. [News Source]

Seychelles struggles to adapt to climate change in a losing battle. Disease and pests have become a problem for locals who farm on Mahe, Seychelles' main island. Once cool trade winds are now warmer, fostering the right breeding grounds for disease. [News Source]