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The coal-fueled Fiddlers Ferry power station emits vapor into the night sky Nov. 16, 2009 in Warrington, UK. As world leaders prepare to gather for the Copenhagen Climate Summit, the resolve of industrial nations seems to be weakening. President Obama said it would be impossible to reach a binding deal at the summit.

Pollution can sometimes be very pretty. Reminds me of folks going to a highway overpass to see the amazing sunset after the "airborne toxic event" in Don DeLillo's novel White Noise.

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