What Obama Can Learn From Old EuropePosted: 28 January 2009 - Huffington Post. In spite of the economic crisis, the European governments will strive to make energy and climate change a win-win situation. They intend to implement far-reaching conservation measures and enact the world's most ambitious carbon-trading program. Thus, more green jobs will be created and investment in the low-carbon economy of the future can be promoted.
10 Steps to Better Elections
Article: 1 May 2005 - Sierra Magazine. Also on the CCMC website. Hill argues that - when elections are unfair, the environment loses. While polls show that large majorities of the American public favor strong environmental protections, those aspirations are routinely frustrated by a flawed voting system. And as long as the winner-take-all system remains intact, the Green Party is doomed to retain the role of spoiler instead of electoral leader for environmental issues.
Article: 1 May 2005 - Sierra Magazine. Also on the CCMC website. Hill argues that - when elections are unfair, the environment loses. While polls show that large majorities of the American public favor strong environmental protections, those aspirations are routinely frustrated by a flawed voting system. And as long as the winner-take-all system remains intact, the Green Party is doomed to retain the role of spoiler instead of electoral leader for environmental issues.
Obama the Impotent
Posted: 25 September 2009 - Huffington Post. Also posted as follows: The Guardian website 22 September 2009. And at: Pumas Unleashed 23 September 2009, under the title - World view of Obama: Impotent Leader. The Obama administration’s accomplishments on climate change have been a disappointment. Europe has announced donations of $2bn to $15bn a year to help developing nations cope with climate warming, yet Obama has not offered anything close to that amount. Europe also wants binding targets for developed nations, proposing a 20% reduction from 1990 levels. Obama has said such targets should be voluntary but verifiable.
Posted: 25 September 2009 - Huffington Post. Also posted as follows: The Guardian website 22 September 2009. And at: Pumas Unleashed 23 September 2009, under the title - World view of Obama: Impotent Leader. The Obama administration’s accomplishments on climate change have been a disappointment. Europe has announced donations of $2bn to $15bn a year to help developing nations cope with climate warming, yet Obama has not offered anything close to that amount. Europe also wants binding targets for developed nations, proposing a 20% reduction from 1990 levels. Obama has said such targets should be voluntary but verifiable.
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