Activists 'trick or treat' for climate change

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Halloween is around the corner, and children will soon be dressing up and chanting "trick or treat," their demand for candy backed up by the threat of a prank. Climate change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are doing the same.

On Monday, the activist artist group The Yes Men staged another of its hoaxes, with one member posing as an official from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, leading what appeared to be a legitimate press conference and stating the chamber's complete reversal on its historically adamant opposition to climate change legislation. Meanwhile, in the Indian Ocean, the president of the Maldives held the world's first underwater Cabinet meeting, demonstrating that rising sea levels could very soon overwhelm his archipelago nation.

With the Copenhagen climate conference less than 50 days away, people are stepping up the pressure



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