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...here. Washington's official delegation has emerged as the chief spoiler in moves to take meaningful action on climate change. But among the most vocal critics of the official delegation has been an array of American environmentalists, legislators and state and local government officials. Carl Pope, president of the Sierra Club, called the U.S. performance "the most explicitly irresponsible action that any American Administration has taken in any of our lifetimes...
...America as an alternative to expansive wind farms. The companies building magnetic levitation wind turbines claim they can operate in winds as slow as 3 mph and produce one gigawatt of power, with much greater efficiency than a typical horizontal-axis turbine. Best of all, Maglev Wind Turbine of Sierra Vista, AZ promises a one year return on investment.The prospect of a single wind tower generating far more energy than an entire wind farm, which many consider aesthetically unappealing, means that magnetic levitation turbines could overcome an important objection that has historically prevented the expansion of wind energy in America.Of...
...documented: the emissions per passenger per mile are about one-tenth of flying, for example, and it was only after the Red Line was extended through Davis Square that that part of Somerville became the hip, up-and-coming neighborhood that it is today.But while I am a longtime Sierra Club member—and an economics concentrator to boot—these factors aren’t what compel me to make the 21-hour train ride back to Illinois.I’ll play my cards face up: I’m a devotee...
...laureate was running for President - is now orthodox in the Democratic party. And even though GOP candidates have been less forthcoming, with the occasional exception of John McCain, Republican politicians like Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have showed leadership on climate change at the state and local level. (You can hear Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope talk about climate change and the 2008 election on this Greencast, attached to this story...
...Argentina in the '80s for prosecuting human-rights abuses committed by the country's ruling military junta. In 2003 he signed on for a nine-year term as prosecutor at the ICC. Unlike earlier tribunals--such as U.N.-sponsored courts for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone--the ICC is able to prosecute atrocities in conflicts that are still raging...