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Peter N Spotts

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Dec 10, 2017
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The Geology Underlying the Devastating Haiti Earthquake

The same earthquake fault that lies under Haiti also runs through the Dominican Republic. Geologists warn that the Haiti quake – at the Enriquilla-Plantain Garden Fault – may…
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Peter N Spotts,
The Christian Science Monitor
January 12, 2010
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Copenhagen Accord: “Essential Beginning” to Some, Shaky Foundation to Others

Copenhagen, Denmark — Ministers from more than 190 countries approved a new climate agreement today that lays out emissions-control objectives for the US and a range of developing…
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Peter N Spotts,
The Christian Science Monitor
December 21, 2009
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Copenhagen Summit: Major Powers Broker Compromise Voluntary Climate Pact (2)

The US, China, India, South Africa, and Brazil agreed to a voluntary climate pact. President Obama acknowledged that ‘we have much further to go.’ The deal did not…
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Peter N Spotts,
The Christian Science Monitor
December 19, 2009
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Copenhagen Summit: Major Powers Broker Compromise Voluntary Climate Pact

The US, China, India, South Africa, and Brazil agreed to a voluntary climate pact. President Obama acknowledged that ‘we have much further to go.’ The deal did not…
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Peter N Spotts,
The Christian Science Monitor
December 18, 2009
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Obama Cracks the Whip at Copenhagen Global Warming Talks

At Copenhagen global warming talks, President Obama urged heads of state to agree on a new pact this weekend and move beyond ‘the same stale arguments’ that countries…
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Peter N Spotts,
The Christian Science Monitor
December 18, 2009
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Copenhagen Global Warming Talks Suspended Over Rich-Poor Divide

Negotiations on a deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions and head off global warming were suspended Monday morning in Copenhagen, with poorer countries charging wealthier nations aren’t prepared…
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Peter N Spotts,
The Christian Science Monitor
December 14, 2009
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Copenhagen Global Warming Draft Points to Hard Bargaining Ahead

Negotiators working on a new global warming treaty released a draft pact today that would commit the US to significant emissions cuts by 2020 and 2050. And, for…
by
Peter N Spotts,
The Christian Science Monitor
December 12, 2009
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Climate Change: Scientists Say This Decade Likely Hottest on Record

At Copenhagen climate change talks, a research group says this decade is likely to prove the hottest on record.
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Peter N Spotts,
The Christian Science Monitor
December 8, 2009
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“Climategate”: Leaked Emails Push Scientists Toward Transparency

As delegates for climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, prepare to craft the outlines of a new global-warming treaty, a controversy over the hacked e-mails of some climate researchers…
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Peter N Spotts,
The Christian Science Monitor
December 5, 2009
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At Climate Talks, US to Offer 17 Percent Emissions Cut by 2020

The Obama administration announced Wednesday that the president will attend, briefly, global climate talks set for next month in Copenhagen. The White House also unveiled the greenhouse-gas targets…
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Peter N Spotts,
The Christian Science Monitor
November 25, 2009
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