thats cuz we don't care..do as we say, not as we do

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Protests, international conference focus on U.S. climate stubbornness

 

How many delegates does it take to convince the U.S. to address climate change?

No one knows, but the 5,000 gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for the latest U.N.

climate conference are giving it a shot. The two-week event opened today with

remarks from Kenyan Vice President Moody Awori: " We are all gathered this

morning on behalf of mankind because we acknowledge that climate change is

rapidly emerging as one of the most serious threats humanity will ever face. "

U.S. negotiator Harlan Watson didn't get the hint, telling those assembled that

the U.S., despite shunning Kyoto, is controlling emissions better than some

other countries and isn't likely to accept mandatory cuts. This despite the

growing fury represented by thousands who protested political foot-dragging this

weekend in locales from London (20,000-plus) to Melbourne (30,000-plus) to

Taiwan, Sweden, and the U.S. One Canadian protester said climate apathy was

" like calling 911 and being put on hold. " Man, those Canadians are needy.

 

 

 

straight to the source: Forbes, Associated Press, Charles J. Hanley, 06 Nov 2006

 

 

straight to the source: BBC News, 04 Nov 2006

 

 

straight to the source: The Vancouver Sun, CanWest News Service, Catherine

Solyom, 05 Nov 2006

 

 

straight to the source: The Age, 05 Nov 2006

 

As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances,

there's a twilight where everything remains seemingly unchanged, and it is in

such twilight that we must be aware of change in the air, however slight, lest

we become unwitting victims of the darkness.

William O. Douglas