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Leading Global Warming Denialist Bjorn Lomborg: Climate Change Is a 'Chief Concern'

(Aug. 31) -- Bjorn Lomborg, science's most notable climate change skeptic, has changed his mind. In a new book to be published next month, Lomborg calls for $100 billion to be spent annually to tackle global warming. For years, the vast majority of the scientific community have agreed that mankind is responsible for...

UN Chief: 'We Have a Deal' on Climate Change

COPENHAGEN (Dec. 19) -- The U.N. climate conference narrowly escaped collapse Saturday as bitterly divided delegates agreed after all-night talks to recognize a political compromise that President Barack Obama brokered with China and other emerging powers. The Copenhagen Accord was bogged down for hours by protests from...

Opinion: Time to Go to Plan B on Climate Change

(Nov. 17) -- Facing fourth down and long odds, President Barack Obama's decision to punt on climate by pushing off a global treaty to a future U.N. summit is the smartest strategic move he's made on the issue so far this year. He knew the Senate was preparing to fumble, failing to advance effective emissions legislation....

Background on climate change

Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years.

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