Aubrey Ann Parker's Blog

The Struggle for Indigenous and Freshwater Rights at Copenhagen and Beyond

Friday, January 13th, 2012 | Read the full post...

A look back at the concerns of indigenous communities during the historic climate talks in Copenhagen last month.


The Price of Hydropower Pursuits in Patagonia

Friday, January 13th, 2012 | Read the full post...

In Chile’s trackless mountain wilderness, a clash between pristine rivers and hydropower prospects.

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Elberta Dog Park Proposal Submitted

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 | Read the full post...

We’re on agenda for the the Village Council meeting on Thursday, September 15 at 7pm.

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Sudan’s Fight Against the Guinea Worm

Thursday, May 13th, 2010 | Read the full post...

The Guinea worm has the potential to become the second completely eradicated disease in human history—but the political stability of one African nation will play a crucial role.


Q&A: ‘Crude’ Director Joe Berlinger on Chevron Oil in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 | Read the full post...

Joe Berlinger discusses the three years he spent documenting the international legal battle and the human faces that have emerged from a major environmental disaster of oil contamination in the rainforest.


Copenhagen + The Media: Aubrey to be on San Fran NPR Affiliate

Friday, December 18th, 2009 | Read the full post...

Listen in!!!! I’m going to be on a call-in radio show today (De. 18th, 2009) 2-3pm (EST) discussing Copenhagen and the media!

91.7 KALW Public Radio Station in San Francisco!!!! http://www.yourcallradio.org/

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Copenhagen’s Offshore Wind Industry Shows Global Potential

Friday, December 18th, 2009 | Read the full post...

When it comes to wind power, Americans have all kinds of excuses not to use it. “It’s too expensive” or “Not in my backyard” (NIMBY: referencing that they don’t want a tall, skinny, white turbine obstructing their beautiful view of the ocean or the mountains.) Let me begin by saying this is all a sham, in my opinion.

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UN Bans NGOs from Climate Conference: Part #1

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 | Read the full post...

COPENHAGEN — I arrived at the Bella Center today at 11:40—just ten minutes after the United Nations decided to ban further NGO access to the climate change conference. But they didn’t tell anyone waiting outside in the cold for more than a half an hour.

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McKibben Urges Obama to Ramp up U.S. Climate Promises

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 | Read the full post...

COPENHAGEN — While hundreds of thousands of people were out marching against climate change this past weekend, world leaders inside the Bella Center slyly removed the most important number in the world from climate negotiating texts — one that more than 100 nations had already agreed to.

Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org, marches against climate change with tens of thousands in Copenhagen last Saturday. (J.Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue)

Bomb Threat Closes Down Copenhagen Train Station

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 | Read the full post...

“There is no 1A bus running from here,” the Danish metro transit security man told me on the corner of Kongens Nytorv (King’s Center Square), where I generally get off the subway and hop onto a bus. “You have to get back on the subway, go one stop, get off at the Norreport station. Then go outside, get on a 15 bus.”