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I live in a rural part of England. Yet the size of my country means that to get to the capital – London – it is a mere two hour’s train journey. London is often called the Big Smoke by those not living there. An almost reverent and hushed tone is applied to our country’s [...]
Last year, at the China-US Conference on Climate Change, I noticed that when really pressed to answer for their horrible emissions records, both China and the US would just kind of point fingers at each other. It was still the “why should I clean up when I have a dirty neighbor?” mentality. Thankfully, this Cold [...]
The US decade-long boycott of international progress on climate change has finally come to an end. For ten years, the United States has sent diplomats to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Conferences (UNFCCC) with the single goal of preventing progress. At each meeting, US delegates historically demand that the convention abandon mandatory carbon [...]
As an Australian, it was a sad day indeed when the news of Steve Irwin’s death filtered through to us all. And though for some of us (myself included) he was just that bit too loud to be truly loved, his loss was no less saddening or dramatic. Let me for a moment though just [...]
Earlier this month the United Nations climate summit took place in Bali, Indonesia, with many nations attending looking to drill down for energy. But one of the smallest nations attending the conference is deciding to dig up (in the immortal words of Chief Clancy Wiggum from The Simpsons), or, more literally, look up. The annual [...]
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