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Island Lessons A tour of Samso feels a bit like a greatest hits collection of Denmark's successful energy policies. The island features district heating plants fired by waste biomass such as straw. The plants provide heat to homes in lieu of more polluting oil-burning furnaces. When the sun is shining - which, admittedly, is not often - solar thermal panels provide hot water. Wind power is everywhere - on land, where towering turbines shade cows on a dairy farm, and offshore, where 10 turbines greet the incoming ferries like a row of sentinels. Many of the turbines are owned collectively...
Denmark's own challenges are small compared to the gargantuan task of trying to get more than 190 nations to agree on new carbon-cutting targets. (Rasmussen, an avid cyclist, compares the Copenhagen summit to the Tour de France's punishing Alpe d'Huez climbing stage - which he tried for himself last summer.) But the country does have the power of its example, showing that you can stay rich and grow green at the same time. "Denmark has proven that acting on climate can be a positive experience, not just painful," says NRDC's Schmidt. The real pain could come...
...within 18 months, he'll face skepticism from some military commanders who fear the withdrawal may be too hasty to maintain the country's recent security gains. But the President ought to be reassured by the assessment of Marine Major General John Kelly, who just completed a 13-month tour as the top U.S. commander in Anbar province...
...they're turning the Oscars into a musical mystery tour, I think they're wrong. I think I'm wrong too; adding blockbusters to the nomination lists is part of the answer, but it's not the big answer. Which is: have a designated celebrity read out the five names in each major category in ascending order of the votes they received - the last-named being the winner...
...able to fish. That got thrown out, and a number of ladies started competing. They certainly could compete with all the guys. It's just that a lady has never qualified for this event. They decided to open up it up to one position from the Women's Bassmaster Tour, which has been going on for three years. They did it purely to generate support from the ladies and to grow the sport. I'm certainly honored and lucky that it's me. (See pictures of tuna fish...