Climate Action News of the Day - Dec 9/09
Wednesday/09 December 2009
1.
Climategate TV?
WTF?
Someone with very deep pockets is desperate to spin good science into the compost pile. I'd laugh if it wasn't so malevolent. Might laugh anyway.
2. Canada - Fossil of the Day Award.
Oh the shame. CBC today has a bit of fluff coverage of an article by George Monbiot in The Guardian. The article says Canada sucks when it comes to the global effort to reign in CO2 emissions. It would be good if CBC reported the FOD Award and consulted with real scientists to provide substance to its smart aleck commentary of the climate issue. Yesterday Mark Kelly did a snarky piece on the carbon footprint of the Copenhagen Summit. Okay. Fine. Is that it? Got anything of real value, CBC, like why is this such an incredibly huge issue for the next generation and for many countries right now?
3. Canadian Olympic Athletes deliver a letter to Harper's Office asking for action on the climate.
Olympic athletes are concerned about shorter skiing seasons. Oh my. From the letter: "Winter activities across Canada, from Olympic sports like skiing and snowboarding to iconic Canadian pastimes such as ice fishing and pond hockey will be at risk if we don't take international action to reduce global warming." What? No more avalanches on the skidoo jockeys?
CBC, I beg you, interview climate scientists.
4. Africa falls out of love with Obama.
Naomi Klein writes from COP-15 that while the rest of the world is giving room for Obama to manouver, room that wouldn't be granted so willingly to his predecessor, Africa is becoming disenchanted with the US President. "... when it comes to climate change, Africa has emerged here as the conscience of the world– and its best hope of avoiding a disastrously weak deal."
5. Bolivians love our planet
Robert Eschelman of The Nation interviewed Bolivian Climate Change Ambassador Pablo Erick Solón Romero Oroza who said this:
"We are asking, first, to discuss the main issue, which for us is Mother Earth. We think that is the key issue. Second, we are asking for a goal that will allow that will save all of humanity. We think the goal that they have put on the table is going to save probably only half of humanity ..."
In contrast, the Canadian delegation is completely at the mercy of vested interested in the Canadian oil and gas industry.
President Morales of Bolivia is advocating for an International Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth.
Someone with very deep pockets is desperate to spin good science into the compost pile. I'd laugh if it wasn't so malevolent. Might laugh anyway.
2. Canada - Fossil of the Day Award.
Oh the shame. CBC today has a bit of fluff coverage of an article by George Monbiot in The Guardian. The article says Canada sucks when it comes to the global effort to reign in CO2 emissions. It would be good if CBC reported the FOD Award and consulted with real scientists to provide substance to its smart aleck commentary of the climate issue. Yesterday Mark Kelly did a snarky piece on the carbon footprint of the Copenhagen Summit. Okay. Fine. Is that it? Got anything of real value, CBC, like why is this such an incredibly huge issue for the next generation and for many countries right now?
3. Canadian Olympic Athletes deliver a letter to Harper's Office asking for action on the climate.
Olympic athletes are concerned about shorter skiing seasons. Oh my. From the letter: "Winter activities across Canada, from Olympic sports like skiing and snowboarding to iconic Canadian pastimes such as ice fishing and pond hockey will be at risk if we don't take international action to reduce global warming." What? No more avalanches on the skidoo jockeys?
CBC, I beg you, interview climate scientists.
4. Africa falls out of love with Obama.
Naomi Klein writes from COP-15 that while the rest of the world is giving room for Obama to manouver, room that wouldn't be granted so willingly to his predecessor, Africa is becoming disenchanted with the US President. "... when it comes to climate change, Africa has emerged here as the conscience of the world– and its best hope of avoiding a disastrously weak deal."
5. Bolivians love our planet
Robert Eschelman of The Nation interviewed Bolivian Climate Change Ambassador Pablo Erick Solón Romero Oroza who said this:
"We are asking, first, to discuss the main issue, which for us is Mother Earth. We think that is the key issue. Second, we are asking for a goal that will allow that will save all of humanity. We think the goal that they have put on the table is going to save probably only half of humanity ..."
In contrast, the Canadian delegation is completely at the mercy of vested interested in the Canadian oil and gas industry.
President Morales of Bolivia is advocating for an International Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth.
President Morales — Bolivia
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