There's something about this slimy fucker's face that provokes a strange mixture of reactions: on the one hand, I can't see myself ever tiring of smacking that with a (preferably aluminium so that it never wears out) baseball bat; on the other, there is a rage that this slimetard politician who failed to convince the electorate of his merits has found another way to impose his views and his commercial...
Barack Obama could yet decide to attend the Copenhagen climate summit, Jennifer Palmieri of the Center for American Progress told the Fabian Change We Need conference in London. The Center for American Progress is an independent progressive think-tank, which is seen as probably the most influential with the Obama administration. Asked from the audience whether Obama should attend, Palmieri was sympathetic...
The Fabian Global Change We Need conference is, one year on, asking whether and how 'movement politics' and citizen engagement can influence major global issues, from the global economy, climate change and the Middle East. (You can follow some live tweeting from @thefabians and the David Miliband speech on the Fabian website . Foreign Secretary David Miliband recalled watching Obama's Chicago speech...
Most of those concerned with climate have had their eyes on Barcelona this week, where delegates from 192 countries plus hundreds of observers, campaigners, lobbyists - and journalists - convened for the final session of preparatory talks before the UN climate summit in Copenhagen . As I've reported , there's been a deal of tension between rich and poor - with the developing world accusing the developed...
British finance minister Alistair Darling urged his G20 counterparts to work toward a $100bn deal on tackling climate change as developing nations held firm they did not want to talk about it
Matthew D'Ancona (via Iain Dale ): "It's not even that I am especially sceptical about climate change. It's the sanctimonious style of the green lobby and their ministerial accomplices I cannot stand: the collective smugness that comes with absolute moral certainty of any sort and the readiness to disdain and scorn anyone who dares to dissent, even slightly, from any aspect of the new orthodoxy."...
Simon Hughes, the Liberal Democrat energy spokesman, called this week on the Government to give the energy regulator, Ofgem, more powers and to refer the energy industry to the Competition Commission. During parliamentary questions on energy and climate change on Thursday, Mr Hughes, said: “Given that energy ministers, in the past, and Ofgem, up to now, have been [...]
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Britain threw its weight on Saturday behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts and called on the G20 to work towards a $100 billion (60 billion pounds) deal to meet the cost of climate change.
Like Adem on the Big Blog , I too have received this rather threatening letter from Euroferries. My initial thoughts were to tell Mr Gillan to get stuffed. However, as you can see from my response I moderated that somewhat knee-jerk reaction to something rather more conciliatory. Dear Proprietor, As a Director and solicitor of Euroferries it has been brought to my attention that you have published...
"Not forgetting that we must be broad church and all accommodating, not to mention climate change etc and certainly never to mention Christianity or Dogma !"
George Monbiot in The Guardian: There is no point in denying it: we're losing. Climate change denial is spreading like a contagious disease. It exists in a sphere that cannot be reached by evidence or reasoned argument; any attempt to...
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In the Imbabura province of Ecuador lies the beautiful Manduriacos Valley, a sub-tropical zone surrounded by primary forest and rich in bio-diversity. Life for the valley’s human inhabitants, however, hasn’t been easy. The continuing decline in farming income, poor infrastructure and limited economic resources have all had an impact on the 500 families that make up the area’s twelve communities. The
Since the inception of Earth Day, the holiday has become an international effort to improve environmental sustainability from air quality and global warming to wildlife protection and recycling efforts. In 1992, the United Nations recognized the growing need to maintain environmental health with an Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. While Earth Day has changed a great deal from its original demonstration-based