Tag Archive for ‘climate’
Hope After Copenhagen?
A month after the failed climate talks in Copenhagen, the news cycle has shifted to more entertaining topics. Underwear bombers, bank bonuses and the ongoing train wreck of the economy have dominated US news channels. Yet the issues that led to the UN-sponsored conference in Denmark still remain. After the world’s leaders failed to sign [...]
There Is No Planet B
As developing nations threaten to walk out of the climate talks in Copenhagen, street protesters seemed to be the only ones with a sense of urgency about the warming planet. An estimated 40,000 protesters took to the streets in Copenhagen, carrying signs that read “Bla Bla Bla. Act Now!” and “There Is No Planet B”. [...]
Tuvalu Calls For Real Climate Treaty
Midway through the third day of climate talks in Copenhagen, tiny Tuvalu has derailed the Kyoto track of the talks by demanding more ambitious carbon limits set into a legally binding treaty. “My prime minister and many other heads of state have the clear intention of coming to Copenhagen to sign on to a legally [...]