In Chile’s trackless mountain wilderness, a clash between pristine rivers and hydropower prospects. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘environment’
The Price of Hydropower Pursuits in Patagonia
Friday, January 13th, 2012Copenhagen’s Offshore Wind Industry Shows Global Potential
Friday, December 18th, 2009Originally Published by the Detroit Free Press
COPENHAGEN – 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. (more…)
UN Bans NGOs from Climate Conference: Part #1
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Originally Published by The Detroit Free Press
Marina Ahmad of the Pakistan Youth Climate Network and Aniruddha Sharma of International Youth Climate Movement wait outside the UN climate summit, despite Danish police statements that NGOs will not be admitted for the remainder of the day.
McKibben Urges Obama to Ramp up U.S. Climate Promises
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Originally Published by the Detroit Free Press
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. (more…)
Bomb Threat Closes Down Copenhagen Train Station
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009“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.”
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