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...Burj Dubai, the world's tallest skyscraper; a man-made island shaped like a giant palm; a ski slope in a shopping mall; and an 18-hole golf course (unfinished) in the middle of the desert that will slurp down a million gallons of water a day. But the dozens of giant cranes that once littered the skyline have migrated elsewhere. Dubai today has the feel of a futuristic, five-star ghost town blasted by sandstorms...
With a relieved wave, the boatman let me off at a souk filled with Indians, Pakistanis, Filipinos and Yemenis - the immigrants who built Dubai and keep it ticking. But even there the mood was grim. The best-selling items were suitcases. At the rate of 5,000 a day, workers are heading home. Once, the world came to Dubai. Now all that's left of the World in Dubai is hundreds of empty islands...
...have been waiting and yearning a long time for the day I will be released...
...event, which was co-sponsored by Harvard and several statewide religious and environmental organizations, McKibben called upon audience members to participate in International Climate Day on Oct. 24, when communities across the world will publicly demonstrate their support for the “350” movement. The 350 movement aims to influence policy-makers to adopt a global standard of 350 parts per million carbon at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held this December in Copenhagen. This is the level necessary to avoid catastrophic warming according to NASA climate experts, McKibben said...
...International Climate Day, the advertising screens in Times Square will broadcast real-time images from demonstrations from around the world. On that day, people will be gathering to form a massive number 3 in Israel, a 5 in the West Bank, and a 0 in Jordan at the point where their three borders meet...