UN takes first steps on road to new Kyoto
While many of the Polish government’s climate change experts will be in the western Polish city of Poznan, hosting the governments of more than 190 countries at UN talks on global warming, their colleagues will be hundreds of miles away in Brussels arguing for a serious weakening of the European Union’s climate change targets. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
In reality--in terms of the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the very land we stand on--we're all on the surface of one smallish ball. At some point--sooner rather than later--we must shift our perspective and view both as important parts of one whole planet. While Poland may be, as the headline suggests, pursuing opposing objectives, the USA must take substantial responsibility for screwing things up completely for the last eight years. One more task for the new President--the single most important task--is to bear in mind that the environment IS the economy, and life on Earth hangs in the balance.