Has climate change affected Sunderbans? (Press Trust of India) Kolkata, Dec 13 (PTI) With reports of rise in the water level in the Sunderbans because of global warming, foresters have demanded a proper study of climate change in the world's largest mangrove forest stating that the royal Bengal tiger and other wildlife might be affected if it was true. [News Source]

Canadians demonstrated for climate-change agreement (SpaceDaily) MONTREAL, Dec 12 (AFP) Dec 13, 2009 Hundreds of demonstrators in six major Canadian cities held street marches Saturday to demand global warming solutions from world leaders attending the climate change summit in Copenhagen. [News Source]

Canadians demonstrate for climate change agreement (AFP via Yahoo! News) Hundreds of demonstrators in six major Canadian cities held street marches Saturday to demand global warming solutions from world leaders attending the climate change summit in Copenhagen. [News Source]

Nearly 1,000 arrested outside climate talks

Several hundred people among tens of thousands of climate activists are detained in Copenhagen as industrial and developing countries bicker over a draft climate agreement.

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N.Y. lawmakers differ on prospects for climate change legislation (Press & Sun-Bulletin) WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's plan to tell an international conference on climate change that the U.S. will aid efforts to control global warming comes as prospects dim for turning that commitment into law, members of New York's congressional delegation say. [News Source]

Review: Climate e-mails petty, not fraudulent

E-mails stolen from climate scientists show they discussed hiding data but they don't support claims that the science of global warming was faked, according to a detailed review.

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‘ZBNF effective to meet global warming, climate change challenges (New Kerala) Kochi, Dec 12 : Batting strongly in favour of Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) as a solution to meet the increasing requirements of food as well as the challenge of global warming and climate change, proponent of ZBNF Subash Palekar today said not a single farmer following this method committed suicide in Vidarbha during the ongoing agrarian crisis. [News Source]

Copenhagen climate change summit: 400 arrested and two Britons deported as rioters clash with police (Daily Mail) An estimated 100,000 protesters took to the streets of the Danish capital where a UN climate change summit is taking place as part of worldwide 'Day of Action' to fight global warming. [News Source]

Climate change eroding coast at accelerating rate, scientists find. Coastal erosion isn't the only climate-related problem confronting rural communities in Alaska. Health officials now are concerned about food and water safety in northern villages as warming temperatures thaw ice cellars. [News Source]

Interior Secretary outlines how to use North American continent to combat climate change. U.S. forests and soils store some 90 billion metric tons of carbon, or 50 years worth of present U.S. emissions from fossil fuels, according to a new study from the U.S. Geological Survey. [News Source]

Paper trees in precious ground. Two huge plantation industries are sweeping Indonesia: palm oil and acacia trees used to make paper. But most of the land left for plantations is in peat forests -- land with the highest carbon content in the world. [News Source]