by Linda*in*SFNM [courtesy of Blog for America]

Dear Friends,

In Bali, Indonesia thousands of delegates from nearly 190 countries have gathered at the UN Conference on Climate Change. In ten days, I will address the conference to urge the adoption of a visionary new treaty to address global warming and I want to bring your voices with me.

Click here to sign my petition today and I will bring your signatures on stage with me as a clear demonstration of our resolve:
http://climateprotect.org/standwithal

Together, we will call on the US government to assume a new leadership role in solving the climate crisis.

World leaders including British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and newly elected Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd have all agreed to aggressively battle the climate crisis - yet our country still lags behind.

by Michael Kuykendall [courtesy of Blog for America]

Staunch Bush ally and soon-to-be former Australian Prime Minister John Howard loses to Labor leader Kevin Rudd.

 Australian PM and zealous Bush ally John Howard has conceded to Labor leader Kevin Rudd- from the BBC;