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Posts Tagged ‘hopenhagen’Copenhagen’s Offshore Wind Industry Shows Global PotentialFriday, December 18th, 2009Originally Published by the Detroit Free Press
UN Bans NGOs from Climate Conference: Part #1Wednesday, 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 PromisesWednesday, December 16th, 2009Originally Published by the Detroit Free Press
Bomb Threat Closes Down Copenhagen Train StationTuesday, 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.” An introduction to ‘Hopenhagen,’ Denmark and the former president of Costa RicaTuesday, December 8th, 2009Originally published by the Detroit Free Press  The Kongens Nytorv square in Copenhagen has 8-feet tall posters scattered around the plaza, each filled with facts and photos about climate change around the world. (AUBREY ANN PARKER) COPENHAGEN — Unfortunately, I opted to watch four Hollywood Blockbusters in place of the inside of my eyelids on my eight-hour overnight flight—not that the screaming baby sitting in front of me, crawling into my seat, would have let me sleep even if I had wanted to. The Delta-Northwest 747 finally arrived at the Amsterdam airport at 8 a.m. this morning, on schedule for me to stand in the 45-minute customs line. (more…) Departure for DenmarkMonday, December 7th, 2009Originally published by the Detroit Free Press  We are at a crossroads and I believe if planned carefully, the correct infrastructure will support global growth that encompasses environmental stewardship and the viability of local cultures. (Photo by Aubrey Parker) DETROIT — I leave today for the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark — after I take a final exam and turn in two final papers (not to mention the two papers I have to write while I’m gone, and the two exams I take on Dec. 18, the day after I return!). Because I will be attending the conference for the last two weeks of classes at U-M, I had to make special arrangements with my professors, all of whom have all been very understanding and accommodating. (more…) |
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. 
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