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Blogs and More Blogs

by Dr. Donna Charlevoix, GPO Climate Research Campaign Coordinator The official capacity of the Bella Center is 15,000. I have heard estimates of up to 34,000 requests for accreditation to attend the conference. In fact they’ve stopped (possibly temporarily) issuing … Continue reading

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Day Two at COP-15

by Dr. Donna Charlevoix, GPO Climate Research Campaign Coordinator Today is the second day of COP-15 and everyone seems to be hitting their stride. While new people are arriving each day, more of us know where we are going within … Continue reading

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Opening Day at COP-15

by Dr. Donna Charlevoix, GPO Climate Research Campaign Coordinator Today is the official opening of the conference. There are a lot of meetings and presentations going on concurrently and so it is difficult to get a full sense of everything … Continue reading

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Greetings from COP-15

by Dr. Donna Charlevoix, GPO Climate Research Campaign Coordinator Greetings from Denmark! I am here in Copenhagen for the Conference of Parties-15, more commonly known as COP-15. We wrote about this conference in an earlier blog. The two-week conference starts … Continue reading

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More Misconceptions about Climate Change, Part 2

Misconception: The carbon dioxide record at Mauna Loa is not reliable because Mauna Loa is a volcano. It is true that volcanoes give off carbon dioxide. In fact, paleoclimatologists talk about “greenhouse worlds” with more carbon dioxide, much of which … Continue reading

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