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Planet 100 - Copenhagen, Polar Bear Robots and Gore's Plan B

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By Team Planet Green
Mon Nov 23, 2009 16:48

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Welcome to the Planet 100 for November 23, 2009. Here's what we're covering today:

WATCH VIDEO: RSVP Copenhagen, Robot Polar Bears and Al Gore's Plan B


RSVP Copenhagen

In a bold move to salvage a politically binding deal in Copenhagen next month, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen upped the ante by inviting 191 heads of state to attend the final two days of COP15 climate talks.

65 world leaders have RSVP'd including Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom. No official word yet from the planet's three biggest carbon emitters -- the US, China and India.

LINK: Yahoo News: Denmark says 65 leaders enrolled for climate talks

Photo: İAP Photo

Robot Polar Bears
Whether or not the Copenhagen treaty goes through, at least a few polar bears will be saved from misery. The St. Louis Zoo announced that their new Wild Lights exhibit would opt for bears of the robotic variety.

The animatronic versions will be taking the place of their real endangered counterparts, all whom have died at St Louis zoo in recent years -- only 81 polar bears remain at American zoos.

LINK: Inhabitat: Polar Bear Robots Replace Dead Bears at St. Louis Zoo
Robot Photo: İTsuneo Yamashita/Getty Images
Polar Bear Photo: İGrant V. Faint/Getty Images

Gore's Plan B: Go crazy
Gore unveiled a new method for drawing attention to the climate crisis — act crazy. Watch him on SNL as he describes his diabolical schemes.

LINK: Huffington Post: Al Gore on Saturday Night Live: "I'm Just Going To Start Acting Crazy"
Photo: Al Gore SNL İAP Photo

 
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