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PaulaFarrell Donating Member (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 02:35 PM
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Climate change protests ahead of Copenhagen summit
Source: BBC

Demonstrations have taken place around the UK to urge action on climate change ahead of the Copenhagen summit.

Organisers Stop Climate Chaos want world leaders to reach a tough new deal on cutting emissions.

In London, police say about 20,000 people have been taking part, while about 7,000 turned out in Glasgow. A protest also took place in Belfast


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8396696.stm
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imdjh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 02:36 PM
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1. A cheap form of entertainment. Like street festivals, without the food.
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PaulaFarrell Donating Member (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 02:53 PM
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2. What's your point?
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-05-09 03:32 PM
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3. That Gordon Brown was correct.


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"Mr Brown said he and the "vast majority of people" were convinced by the scientific evidence for man-made global warming.

He said Copenhagen had to convince everyone of the risks, including the sceptics.

"There's a flat earth group over the evidence, if I may say so, that exists about climate change, and we've got to show them that the scientific evidence is strong," he said."

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Thanks for the thread, PaulaFarrell.
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