Policy texts posted

Discussions about the harm caused by emissions at home and abroad, and how to limit them, have been moving rapidly in recent days. The following texts, hot off our blog's news feed, may be helpful to inquiry groups researching related topics. Notice how more than one of these reports reference more academic "source" texts:

• From The New York Times, "E.P.A. Moves to Curtail Greenhouse Gas Emissions"

• From the Associated Press, "Obama adviser says no climate change law this year"

• From The Washington Post, "Hurdles Remain on Climate Change Goals"

• From USA Today, "Report: Climate change 'greatest threat ever' to national parks"

• From Agence France-Presse, "Climate change hits poor countries hardest: WB"

• From The Los Angeles Times, "Think globally, act locally: Mayors move on climate change"
  

Interviews and Slideshow Posted

How can an Open Letter become "timely," to quote our assignment handout? Consider its context: this week world leaders have been meeting at the United Nations in New York to talk climate change ahead of a summit scheduled for December that will echo talks in Kyoto, Japan a decade ago.

PBS and NPR have briefings on what's being said at the UN and Yahoo has pictures.

Radio Segment Posted

Click here for a recent segment from NPR's Weekend All Things Considered on the historical context of climate change legislation currently pending in Washington. We'll be discussing the segment today in class ahead of our Open Letter assignment that asks you to write to someone who works in the White House or in Congress. A related interview aired on the same program in June. Update: you can listen to global context on this issue from a Friday interview by PBS's The Newshour with Jim Lehrer.