(2012/12/05) The Climate Part 1: The powers that be (Climate)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 6 December 2012
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Edition #668
The Climate Part 1: The powers that be
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Qatar climate talks are underway - Green News Report - Air Date: 11-27-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Things a get from bad to worse - The Ethiopians
Ch. 4: Act 2: Qatar Climate Talks Off to a Bad Start - The Progressive - Air Date: 11-28-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: When I grow up - First Aid Kit
Ch. 6: Act 3: Obama's Frustrating Answer to Climate Change - The Young Turks - Air Date: 11-17-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Choke - The Cardigans
Ch. 8: Act 4: Released studies put pressure on Qatar climate talks - Green News Report - Air Date: 11-29-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Down into the sea - Bard
Ch. 10: Act 5: Finding the funds to rebuild from devastation - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 11-30-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: (Find A) Reason to Believe - Rod Stewart
Ch. 12: Act 6: Wen Stephenson on the failure of the media to talk about climate change - Here and Now
Ch. 13: Song 6: Thin blue veil - Julia Kasdorf
Ch. 14: Act 7: World's Number One Source Of Oil (Pt 1) - Mike Malloy Show - Air Date 11-27-12
Ch. 15: Act 8: National Security Considers Climate Surprises - le Show - Air Date 11-18-12
Ch. 16: Song 8: We like to party - The Venga Boys
Ch. 17: Act 9: World's Number One Source Of Oil (Pt 2) - Mike Malloy Show - Air Date 11-27-12
Voicemails:
Ch. 18: Voting to support the programs that supported her - Marie from Houston, TX
Ch. 19: Gaza episode was one-sided - Anonymous
Ch. 20: Humanity needs to expand into the universe - Scott from Philadelphia
Ch. 21: Voting semi-self-interestedly - Dave from Olympia, WA
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Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 22: Final Comments on balancing Gaza conflict coverage and voter motivations
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.8 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com, now welcome to the award-winning |
| 0:10.0 | BestOfTheLeft podcast with Gipsetay from the Green News Report, the progressive, the |
| 0:13.7 | young Turks, the Jimmy Gorshow, here and now, the Mike Maloy Show and La Show. |
| 0:18.7 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners that this episode is kind of a downer. |
| 0:22.0 | So if you're looking for hope, I'd wait until the next episode. |
| 0:30.0 | The next round of United Nations climate talks are now underway in Doha, Qatar. |
| 0:34.8 | Here and in the future, governments must stick to the task and timetables that are necessary |
| 0:41.1 | for an adequate response to climate change. |
| 0:44.1 | For the next two weeks, delegates from the UN's 193 member countries will push through |
| 0:49.0 | the next phase of negotiations for an international climate treaty to reduce emissions of heat-trapping |
| 0:54.4 | greenhouse gases that cause global warming. |
| 0:57.1 | That treaty would take effect in 2020. |
| 0:59.4 | Again, as in previous years, the primary divide at the conference is between developed and |
| 1:04.5 | developing countries who will go first in cutting emissions and by how much rich already |
| 1:09.9 | developed countries have benefited historically from their past emissions, developing economic |
| 1:14.6 | powerhouses like China and India are reluctant to slow their growth and the poorest countries |
| 1:19.6 | are struggling to lift their citizens out of deep poverty. |
| 1:23.1 | The irony, of course, is lost on no one. |
| 1:25.1 | That Qatar is the first member of OPEC to host the annual climate talks. |
| 1:30.3 | U.S. envoy Jonathan Pershing reiterated the United States' position that any new agreement |
| 1:35.5 | must include all nations. |
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