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The Fossil of the Day is presented to the country that does the most to prevent progress on an international climate treaty negotiation. Wednesday, Nov 4th the award went to Canada, so the Action Factory presented this to Canada the next day.

At the DC special viewing of Not Evil Just Wrong, Survivaballs confronted film producer Philem McAleer. We're really on the same side - we both want to protect corporations from having to deal with climate change. He didn't see it that way.

Avaaz activists, joined by a Katrina survivor, today called for strong climate action from inside the D.C. reflecting pool. Prevent the Next Katrina Restore the Gulf Stop Global Warming World leaders have the chance to do this in Copenhagen.

Climate change is forcing people to leave their homes, and even their entire country. Yet climate refugees might not even be included in the international climate agreement being developed for Copenhagen. At last week's Bonn III negotiations (climate geek for getting-closer-to-Copenhagen), the one line of text that referred to climate refugees was bracketed. The United States would rather not use the word 'refugees', fearing its strong implications, and instead use the word migrants. Why? Because a 'migrant' is someone who decides to move.

Youth climate journalists do some investigative reporting o the Bonner and Associates forged letter scandal. Forging letters steals democracy, and we suspect that the stolen goods are somewhere around Bonner.

For his 48th birthday today, President Obama received a giant ticket to Copenhagen from Avaaz's DC Action Factory. In a street party outside his house - complete with party hats, noisemakers, and music - cardboard cut-out Obama received his birthday gift with a smile. He even blew out all the candles on his special Copenhagen-themed birthday danishes in one breath! (He wished for a strong and binding global climate treaty.)

Secretary Clinton can approve or deny a pipeline to allow oil sands into the US. Activists staged a street theatre demonstration in front of the state department to urge her to make the right choice.

Flashmob for ACES Climate Bill, Longworth Cafeteria, Washington DC June 23, 2009