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Focus The Nation is an unprecedented educational
initiative on global warming solutions for America occurring at more than 1,500
campuses, faith and civic organizations and in all 50 states on Jan. 31, 2008.
As the largest teach-in in U.S. history, Focus The Nation is preparing millions
of students to become leaders in the largest civilizational challenge any
generation has faced. For more information, please visit www.focusthenation.org.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Cape Wind privatizers are celebrating the recent Minerals Management
Service (MMS) green light for their industrial wind plants in public
waters off the Massachusetts coast in beautiful Nantucket Sound. That would be the
same Bush regime MMS that's leasing critical polar bear habitat to Big
Oil. Not surprizingly, MMS's evaluation of Cape Wind is "deeply
flawed". (see: http://www.wmass.indymedia.org/?q=node/171 )

U.S. Delays Global Warming Decision on Polar Bears. By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters, January 8, 2008. "The U.S.

Fossil Fools Day, April 1st: International Day of Action Against the
Fossil Fuel Empire
The International Rising Tide network and its allies are calling for a
day of action against the fossil fuel industry on April 1st 2008…FOSSIL
FOOLS DAY!
Confronted with melting ice caps, unprecedented species extinction,
droughts, and extreme weather the fools at the head of the fossil fuel
empire continue to plunder the earth, with the governments as willing
court jesters at their side.
Been feeling like maybe your climate activism isn’t really reaching the

The third issue of Alter-Eco, the climate justice newsletter of the
Bali climate conference, is now online. It can be downloaded from:
http://www.altereconews.org
Or direct download from:
http://www.tni.org/altereco/altereco3.pdf
In this issue:
New World Bank Find Triggers REDD Alert
Nusa Dua?s Burdened Past
Taking a Chainsaw to the World while Promising to Protect Forests
Carbon Financing for Ocean Dumping

Hobart, Monday 3 December 2007 Australian Greens climate change
spokesperson, Senator Christine Milne, welcomed Prime Minister Rudd's
swift action to ratify the Kyoto Protocol today.
Senator Milne said "Today is a historic day, many years overdue.
"Australia's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol is a welcome return to
the multi-lateral approach of negotiating through the UN.
"Prime Minister Rudd realises that he has now legally bound Australia to
meeting our targets, so real and swift action is now needed to turn
around our sky-rocketing emissions.