Media coverage of Cochabamba climate summit: one reader writes

Did you see or hear any media coverage of the Bolivia climate summit? Do you think the event was worthy of coverage? One readers responds…

New oil disaster looms in North Sea

Ninety oil workers have been evacuated from a North Sea rig as engineers fight to control a huge build-up of pressure in a well that may have the potential to blow up the platform.

BP still trying to settle suits over 2006 Alaska spill

Even as the disaster unfolds in the Gulf of Mexico, lawyers for BP are working to settle a civil lawsuit the government brought in connection with the 2006 pipeline spills in Alaska.

Kerry-Lieberman climate bill wins praise —and outrage

The American Power Act written by Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman features carbon trading, more offshore drilling, and big subsidies for “clean coal” and “safe nuclear power.”

Evo Morales delivers Cochabamba climate summit resolutions to United Nations

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales arrived at the UN to present the conclusions of the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of the Mother Earth (CMPCC).

Deepwater Horizon: the petro-oligarchs strike back

The oil industry—through its media flacks and bought politicians—is mobilizing to assure that the Gulf of Mexico disaster will not result in an offshore drilling moratorium.

Gulf of Mexico oil spill endangers birds throughout Americas

Conservationists fear the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will affect migratory bird populations from Alaska to South America.

Cochabamba summit calls for ecological tribunal

The climate summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, closed with a call for creation of an International Tribunal on Environmental and Climate Justice.

Obama plans “dramatic reductions” in n-arms —but not “no first use” pledge

The Obama administration’s new Nuclear Posture Review will call for “dramatic reductions” in the nuclear arsenal—but no pledge that the US will never launch a first strike.

Disappearing Alaska village takes climate suit to Ninth Circuit

The Native Alaskan coastal village of Kivalina, its lands rapidly eroding, is appealing a suit against oil and power companies, charging that climate change endangers their community.

Canada: sea ice melting faster than expected

Sea ice in Canada’s Arctic is melting faster than previously expected, Ottawa’s largest climate-change study yet has found—raising a worst-case scenario of an ice-free Arctic by 2013.

US, Russia agree to nuclear arms reduction treaty

The US and Russia have reached an agreement for the first nuclear weapons treaty since 1991, calling for reductions in both the number of warheads and delivery systems.