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The U.N. Earth Summit:
Five years after the summit in Rio, the world's leaders are meeting again to look at the state of the environment today.

This week in New York, world governments are meeting to take a look at what progress has been made since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio.Critics say that we haven't come very far. Some foreign governments are saying that it's time for the U.S. to set solid standards and take the initiative in cutting greenhouse emissions. We'll take a look at news from the current meeting, talk about the state of current research into global warming, and look at one possible solution: renewable energy.


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Guests:
John Berger
Author, "Charging Ahead: The Business of Renewable Energy and What it Means for America"
El Cerito, CA

Kevin Trenberth
Climate Analysis Center
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, CO

Peter DeBrine
Program Officer, Climate and Energy Program
World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC


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Related links:

The Earth Summit:
http://www.un.org/dpcsd/earthsummit/
http://www.earthsummitwatch.org/

A Look at Work Towards Fulfilling the Rio Standards
In Japan: http://www.nies.go.jp/english/lib-e/agenda-e/contents.html
In Canada: http://iisd1.iisd.ca/WORLDSD/CANADA/PROJET/a21toc.htm

Renewable Energy:
http://www.eren.doe.gov/
http://www.crest.org
http://www.charging-ahead.com


Global Warming:
http://www.climate.org
http://www.edf.org/issues/globalwarming.html

 

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