If the sea performs less
Asia is particularly vulnerable to global warming
Asia is particularly vulnerable to global warming
Palash Biswas
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Contact: Palash C Biswas, C/O Mrs Arati Roy, Gosto Kanan, Sodepur, Kolkata- 700110, India. Phone: 91-033-25659551
Email: palashbiswaskl@gmail.com
Two Indians on Time`s global "Heroes of Environment" list
Domestic wind power firm Suzlon Energy chief Tulsi Tanti, along with Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology`s D P Dobhal, have made to a list of Global Environment Champions prepared by the Time magazine. Tanti and Dobhal are the only two Indians on the list, which includes other prominent names like Nobel Peace Prize winner and former US Vice-President Al Gore, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Prince Charles of Wales and former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev. The magazine said its `Heroes of the Environment` list is focused on those who are making efforts to address the pressing questions of sustainability. While Tanti, Chairman of Suzlon Energy, the fourth largest wind turbine maker in the world has been named as one of the `moguls and entrepreneurs`, Dobhal, a glaciologist, is part of the scientists and innovators category. The magazine has described Dobhal as the one scaling "the shrinking glaciers of the Himalayas to track the globe`s warming in real time".
Domestic wind power firm Suzlon Energy chief Tulsi Tanti, along with Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology`s D P Dobhal, have made to a list of Global Environment Champions prepared by the Time magazine. Tanti and Dobhal are the only two Indians on the list, which includes other prominent names like Nobel Peace Prize winner and former US Vice-President Al Gore, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Prince Charles of Wales and former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev. The magazine said its `Heroes of the Environment` list is focused on those who are making efforts to address the pressing questions of sustainability. While Tanti, Chairman of Suzlon Energy, the fourth largest wind turbine maker in the world has been named as one of the `moguls and entrepreneurs`, Dobhal, a glaciologist, is part of the scientists and innovators category. The magazine has described Dobhal as the one scaling "the shrinking glaciers of the Himalayas to track the globe`s warming in real time".
"The environment isn`t bound by borders on the map and neither are our heroes. So we selected candidates from developed countries, where environmentalism has had time to take root, and from developing nations, where tomorrow`s green battles will be fought", the magazine said in the cover story of its latest Asia edition.
Pointing out that Tanti is all the more convinced that wind is the energy of the future and that his firm would help in launching the industry into the mainstream, he is quoted as saying, "green business is good business. But it`s not just about making money. It is about being responsible". According to the magazine, Tanti settled down on wind power by buying two turbines to meet the energy needs of his textile company in late 90s. Later, in 2001, Suzlon sold off its textile-manufacturing firm and entered into the field of wind turbine generators. "If wind was the answer to Suzlon`s energy needs", asked Tanti, "then why couldn`t it fuel the growth of other industries?", the report added.
Dobhal, a glaciologist at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology which studies the Himalayan glaciers, makes use of bamboo sticks to measure the rise and fall of glacial mass. "Because I am a government servant, whatever I do I`m doing it for my country. Glaciers are the best indicator we have", he is quoted by the magazine. His work is all the more important since Himalayan glaciers have been studied by less scientists compared to that of glaciers in Alps, the Rockies and the Arctic, points out the report.
"You don`t have to be an environmentalist to be a hero of the environment. The threats that face the planet are so varied from widespread species extinction to dwindling natural resources that we`ll need front-line activists and boardroom tycoons in equal measure," says the magazine.
If the sea performs less well as a carbon sponge, or "sink" according to the technical jargon, more CO2 will remain in the atmosphere, thus accelerating the greenhouse effect.
The world's oceans may be losing their ability to soak up extra carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, with the risk that this will help stoke global warming, two new studies say.Absorption of atmospheric CO2 by the North Atlantic plunged by half between the mid-1990s and 2002-5, British researchers say in a paper published in the November issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research.The data comes from sensors lowered by a container ship carrying bananas, which makes a round trip from the West Indies to Britain every month. It has generated more than 90,000 measurements of ocean CO2.The finding touches on a key aspect of the global warming question, because for decades the ocean has been absorbing much of the CO2 released into the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels.-Meanwhile, Firefighters battled into the night Monday to tame wildfires in California that sparked mass evacuations, drove Hollywood stars from their million-dollar homes and killed one person, authorities said.
Ute Schuster, who led the research with Professor Andrew Watson of the University of East Anglia's School of Environmental Sciences, admitted she was astonished by the data.
"Such large changes are a tremendous surprise. We expected that the uptake would change only slowly because of the ocean's great mass," Schuster was quoted by the university in a press release Monday as saying.
Research last year pointed to rising acidification of the oceans as a result of CO2 uptake, highlighting the risk of carbon saturation as well as a looming peril for biodiversity.
Schuster was cautious about drawing too swift a conclusion from the new research.
"Perhaps this is partly a natural oscillation or perhaps it is a response to the recent rapid climate warming," she said.
"In either case, we now know that the sink can change quickly and we need to continue to monitor the ocean uptake."
Meanwhile, The head of a UN climate panel that shared the Nobel Peace Prize warned Friday that Asia was particularly vulnerable to global warming, with the continent set for more disasters unless action is taken.Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, warned that fighting greenhouse gasses entailed more than adopting new technologies, with individuals required to change their lifestyles.
"Asia being the rapidly growing continent with the largest share of the human population located over here, clearly vulnerabilities in Asia are going to be of importance," Pachauri told an environmental conference in Tokyo.
The Indian scientist said Asia risked floods and diminished access to fresh water and food supply if global warming continued unabated.
"Poor communities are of course at the highest risk," he said, explaining that they did not have the capacity to adapt to climate change.
"In the case of coastal areas, flooding of the residences of millions of people could take place in South, Southeast and East Asia."
He warned that the vital agricultural production of Asia's densely populated delta regions would be in jeopardy if temperatures kept rising.
Pachauri's panel, a network of 3,000 experts regarded as the world's top scientific authority on global warming, shared this year's Nobel Peace Prize with former US vice president turned environmental activist Al Gore.
Pachauri applauded the Nobel committee, which announced the award a week ago, for linking climate change to peace and stability in the world.
"I thought the Nobel Peace Prize committee has taken some of these factors into account," he said.
"We already have several areas of the world where there is intense competition for water resources. If these become more scarce, then the danger of conflict obviously will increase, substantially."
The brutal conflict in Darfur has sometimes been referred to as the world's first war triggered by climate change. UN statistics show that rainfall has diminished 40 percent in the Sudanese region over the past two decades, causing drought and intense friction over access to the land.
At the two-day conference sponsored by Global Environmental Action, a group created by Japanese politicians, business leaders and scholars, Pachauri applauded Japan for taking an initiative in battling climate change.
"One of the major findings we have is the importance of lifestyle changes," he said. "This problem cannot be treated as one which requires (a) technological fix only.
"(There) has to be a change in human behaviour. And I think in this regard I must say Japan is setting an outstanding example," he said.
He applauded Japan's "Cool Biz" campaign, in which politicians and bureaucrats are encouraged to shun their usual jackets and ties in the summer to cut down on air-conditioning.
"The time has come for us to drastically shift our lifestyle in a way that is more friendly to the earth to become a sustainable society," Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told the conference.
Japan was host of the 1997 negotiations that drafted the Kyoto Protocol, which mandates cuts in greenhouse gases by developed countries, and the country has sought a leading role in drafting the successor to the landmark treaty.
Sunderbans in danger, locals turn climate refugees
Bahar Dutt / CNN-IBN
Sunderbans (West Bengal): Is global warming for real? As the world debates climate change and global warming join us on a special journey as we transverse through the Sunderbans Delta and find out how wildlife and people are coping with quite literally living on the edge.
Hard to access and a difficult terrain to live in, Sunderbans is home to over 54 species of mangroves - the only flora that can survive in these saline waters.
This is a world heritage site and now it's a climate change hotspot. There's a crisis brewing here which may seem local but its causes are global.
As sea levels rise as many as 6000 people have been relocated and two islands in the Sunderbans already submerged due to climate change.
"I lost everything. That part is the tiger reserve. But the river comes in- it destroyed my house it also destroyed our crops as the water is so saline. Earlier it did not flood so often but now it seems it is flooding ever so often," says a resident of the area, Suryakant Moundal.
Moundal is a distressed man. He does not know about climate change. What he does know is that the frequency with which he has to move has gone up and that the river now destroys his home with greater frequency.
"We are from santhal tribe. We have lost everything. Where do we go? There is no land on the island it is already taken," says another local.
Any island you visit on the Sunderbans tells the same story. People have their own coping strategies. Some have put these bamboo structures to prevent the mud from falling, others have just got used to moving home more often. So what has made this world heritage site more vulnerable to climate change?
"Sunderbans is a delta, the river always used to flood but now if you look many islands are disappearing fast, in fact two of the islands are already submerged. If you look at these satellite images you will see the difference," WWF Senior Coordinator Dr Prakash Rao.
The waters that bring life are also the waters that take it away. Scientists estimate with rising sea levels there will be cascading effects.
While 60 per cent of Mangrove species will be destroyed, the habitat of the endangered species like the Royal Bengal tiger will be wiped out.
Once saline water moves in to the islands, crops will be destroyed.
Eco-tourism project for Sunderbans
Buddhadeb Halder
KOLKATA, Oct. 13: It was quite a few months ago, the West Bengal chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee spoke of his plans to develop eco-tourism in the Sunderbans without disturbing wildlife. Though, it is still far from implementation, there has been some progress in this regard. World Tourism Organisation, an UN affiliated body, has already come out with a preliminary concept paper on the project.
"Now a master plan has to be made on how we can move ahead as regards development of eco-tourism in that place. On the basis of that plan further assessments of fund requirement and project implementation modalities can be chalked out", Mr Bijoy Chatterjee, additional chief secretary, tourism department, told The Statesman. The global body is very willing to prepare the master plan. But, it is an expensive affair. Preparation of the master plan will cost around $5 lakh. The fund has to be approved by the Centre. He, however, added that the Centre was also very keen on the project.
Mr Chatterjee said a team of World Tourism Organisation is coming to the state towards the end of this month to prepare a master plan for the development of beach tourism in West Bengal and Orissa.
The team will stay for around one month in the state and pay onsite visits across the entire coastal area to carry out a study. On the basis of the study developmental work can be taken up, Mr Chatterjee said.
The state has recently received Rs 20 crore from the Centre to implement infrastructure development projects at different tourism circuits. "The Centre has recently sanctioned funds for developing three circuits which include Jhargram, Bolepur-Shantiniketan-Bakreshwar-Nalhati and Bakkhali-Frejergange circuit.
KOLKATA, Oct. 13: It was quite a few months ago, the West Bengal chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee spoke of his plans to develop eco-tourism in the Sunderbans without disturbing wildlife. Though, it is still far from implementation, there has been some progress in this regard. World Tourism Organisation, an UN affiliated body, has already come out with a preliminary concept paper on the project.
"Now a master plan has to be made on how we can move ahead as regards development of eco-tourism in that place. On the basis of that plan further assessments of fund requirement and project implementation modalities can be chalked out", Mr Bijoy Chatterjee, additional chief secretary, tourism department, told The Statesman. The global body is very willing to prepare the master plan. But, it is an expensive affair. Preparation of the master plan will cost around $5 lakh. The fund has to be approved by the Centre. He, however, added that the Centre was also very keen on the project.
Mr Chatterjee said a team of World Tourism Organisation is coming to the state towards the end of this month to prepare a master plan for the development of beach tourism in West Bengal and Orissa.
The team will stay for around one month in the state and pay onsite visits across the entire coastal area to carry out a study. On the basis of the study developmental work can be taken up, Mr Chatterjee said.
The state has recently received Rs 20 crore from the Centre to implement infrastructure development projects at different tourism circuits. "The Centre has recently sanctioned funds for developing three circuits which include Jhargram, Bolepur-Shantiniketan-Bakreshwar-Nalhati and Bakkhali-Frejergange circuit.
http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/science/ nature/7053057. stm
*Europe floats future space ideas*
*A mission could be launched before the end of the next decade to put a
balloon on Titan, the hazy Saturnian moon.*
balloon on Titan, the hazy Saturnian moon.*
The balloon is one of several ideas being considered by the European Space
Agency as it sketches out where its science should be focussed in future.
Agency as it sketches out where its science should be focussed in future.
Other proposals include an X-ray telescope that flies in two parts; and a
sample-return mission to an asteroid.
sample-return mission to an asteroid.
All the ideas will be subjected to further study; and are likely to evolve
as international partners get involved.
as international partners get involved.
Eventually, two missions will be selected, one to fly no earlier than 2017
and the other no earlier than 2018.
and the other no earlier than 2018.
Esa's future-scoping project is known as Cosmic Vision. It assesses the big
questions currently in space science and then tries to find mission
architectures that can best deliver the answers.
questions currently in space science and then tries to find mission
architectures that can best deliver the answers.
There are two categories: large (L-Class), which will cost Esa something in
the region of 650m euros; and medium (M-Class), which is projected to cost
the agency about 300m euros.
the region of 650m euros; and medium (M-Class), which is projected to cost
the agency about 300m euros.
For the big missions, international partnerships are necessary because the
costs involved are so great. A recent US space agency (Nasa) report found
that no meaningful mission to the Saturnian system could be undertaken for
less than $1bn (700m euros) and would in all events cost considerably more.
costs involved are so great. A recent US space agency (Nasa) report found
that no meaningful mission to the Saturnian system could be undertaken for
less than $1bn (700m euros) and would in all events cost considerably more.
The Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 candidates will undergo an internal review in
Esa before contracts are awarded to industry to carry out feasibility
studies.
Esa before contracts are awarded to industry to carry out feasibility
studies.
The L-Class candidates include:
- *Laplace*: This mission would go to Jupiter and its moons. A key
target of interest would be the icy moon Europa which is thought to harbour
an ocean under its icy crust. The mission would deploy three orbiting
platforms to perform coordinated observations of Europa, the other Jovian
satellites, Jupiter's magnetosphere and its atmosphere and interior.
- *Tandem*: The mission would explore both Titan and Enceladus, the
other Saturnian moon currently fascinating scientists. The mission would
carry two spacecraft - an orbiter and a carrier to deliver an
instrument-carrying balloon and three probes on to Titan.
- *Xeus*: This next-generation telescope would study the X-ray
Universe. It comes in two parts: a mirror satellite and a detector satellite
which have to be flown in formation with extreme precision.
- *Spica*: The Japanese are proposing an L-Class mission which would
launch a telescope to study the cosmos at far infrared wavelengths. If
Europe became involved, it would bring expertise and technology developed
for its own Herschel telescope due to launch next year.
target of interest would be the icy moon Europa which is thought to harbour
an ocean under its icy crust. The mission would deploy three orbiting
platforms to perform coordinated observations of Europa, the other Jovian
satellites, Jupiter's magnetosphere and its atmosphere and interior.
- *Tandem*: The mission would explore both Titan and Enceladus, the
other Saturnian moon currently fascinating scientists. The mission would
carry two spacecraft - an orbiter and a carrier to deliver an
instrument-carrying balloon and three probes on to Titan.
- *Xeus*: This next-generation telescope would study the X-ray
Universe. It comes in two parts: a mirror satellite and a detector satellite
which have to be flown in formation with extreme precision.
- *Spica*: The Japanese are proposing an L-Class mission which would
launch a telescope to study the cosmos at far infrared wavelengths. If
Europe became involved, it would bring expertise and technology developed
for its own Herschel telescope due to launch next year.
The M-Class candidates include:
- *Cross-scale: *A swarm of 12 spacecraft to make simultaneous
measurements of plasma (charged gas) surrounding Earth.
- *Marco Polo: *A sample-return mission to a near-Earth object. It
would consist of a mother satellite which would carry a lander, sampling
devices, re-entry capsule as well as instruments.
- *Dune and Space: *These are two mission ideas before Esa that would
tell us more about the mysterious "dark matter" and even stranger "dark
energy" that seem to dominate our Universe but which have proven
frustratingly difficult to explain with current observation technologies.
- *Plato: *A mission to find and study planets beyond our Solar
System. It would be capable of observing rocky (similar to Earth) exoplanets
around brighter and better characterised stars than its predecessors, such
as the recently launched Corot mission.
measurements of plasma (charged gas) surrounding Earth.
- *Marco Polo: *A sample-return mission to a near-Earth object. It
would consist of a mother satellite which would carry a lander, sampling
devices, re-entry capsule as well as instruments.
- *Dune and Space: *These are two mission ideas before Esa that would
tell us more about the mysterious "dark matter" and even stranger "dark
energy" that seem to dominate our Universe but which have proven
frustratingly difficult to explain with current observation technologies.
- *Plato: *A mission to find and study planets beyond our Solar
System. It would be capable of observing rocky (similar to Earth) exoplanets
around brighter and better characterised stars than its predecessors, such
as the recently launched Corot mission.
At the end of the assessment process, it is likely Esa will select just one
L-Class and one M-Class to take forward to full development and launch.
L-Class and one M-Class to take forward to full development and launch.
One complicating factor is the desire to loft an observatory into space that
can test a key prediction of Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
- by making a detection of gravitational waves.
can test a key prediction of Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
- by making a detection of gravitational waves.
Europe and the US are together developing a mission known as Lisa which
would detect these "ripples" in the fabric of space-time - but it is proving
an immense challenge from a technological standpoint.
would detect these "ripples" in the fabric of space-time - but it is proving
an immense challenge from a technological standpoint.
Whether or not one of the L-Class missions listed above gets to be developed
may depend on how well, or not, progress is made on Lisa (Laser
Interferometer Space Antenna).
may depend on how well, or not, progress is made on Lisa (Laser
Interferometer Space Antenna).
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
Gravitational waves are an inevitable consequence of the Theory of General
Relativity
They describe the gravity force as distortions made by matter in the fabric
of space-time
Any moving mass will produce waves; they are expected to propagate at the
speed of light
Detectable sources to include exploding stars, merging black holes and
neutron stars
If Lisa is made to work, it would see remnant radiation from the Big Bang
itself
Gravitational waves are an inevitable consequence of the Theory of General
Relativity
They describe the gravity force as distortions made by matter in the fabric
of space-time
Any moving mass will produce waves; they are expected to propagate at the
speed of light
Detectable sources to include exploding stars, merging black holes and
neutron stars
If Lisa is made to work, it would see remnant radiation from the Big Bang
itself
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[Previous lead stories:] WTC contractors with mob ties, fraud: Daily
News probe 09 Sep 2007 Seven contractors cited for everything from mob
ties to tax fraud to fatal accidents are getting a slice of the $16
billion reconstruction at Ground Zero, a Daily News investigation has found.
All of the companies work for the Port Authority, the Dormitory
Authority or the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. on taxpayer-funded
contracts worth millions of dollars.
News probe 09 Sep 2007 Seven contractors cited for everything from mob
ties to tax fraud to fatal accidents are getting a slice of the $16
billion reconstruction at Ground Zero, a Daily News investigation has found.
All of the companies work for the Port Authority, the Dormitory
Authority or the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. on taxpayer-funded
contracts worth millions of dollars.
New bin Laden video identifies 9/11 hijacker BBC revealed 'alive and
well' on 23 Sept. 2001 by Lori Price 11 Sep 2007 New bin Laden video
surfaces (CNN) 11 Sep 2007 A new video purportedly featuring an
introduction from al Qaeda [al-CIAduh] leader Osama bin Laden appeared on the
Internet Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks
on New York and Washington. In the video's introduction, a voice
identified as bin Laden's praises 9/11 hijacker Waleed al-Shehri, from Saudi
Arabia. He sat in seat 2B on American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed
into World Trade Center's north tower. [See: Hijack 'suspects' alive
and well (BBC) 23 Sep 2001 Another of the men named by the FBI as a
hijacker in the suicide attacks on Washington and New York has turned up
alive and well. The identities of four of the 19 suspects accused of
having carried out the attacks are now in doubt. Saudi Arabian pilot Waleed
Al Shehri was one of five men that the FBI said had deliberately
crashed American Airlines flight 11 into the World Trade Centre on 11
September. His photograph was released, and has since appeared in newspapers
and on television around the world. He told journalists there that he
had nothing to do with the attacks on New York and Washington, and had
been in Morocco when they happened.
well' on 23 Sept. 2001 by Lori Price 11 Sep 2007 New bin Laden video
surfaces (CNN) 11 Sep 2007 A new video purportedly featuring an
introduction from al Qaeda [al-CIAduh] leader Osama bin Laden appeared on the
Internet Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks
on New York and Washington. In the video's introduction, a voice
identified as bin Laden's praises 9/11 hijacker Waleed al-Shehri, from Saudi
Arabia. He sat in seat 2B on American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed
into World Trade Center's north tower. [See: Hijack 'suspects' alive
and well (BBC) 23 Sep 2001 Another of the men named by the FBI as a
hijacker in the suicide attacks on Washington and New York has turned up
alive and well. The identities of four of the 19 suspects accused of
having carried out the attacks are now in doubt. Saudi Arabian pilot Waleed
Al Shehri was one of five men that the FBI said had deliberately
crashed American Airlines flight 11 into the World Trade Centre on 11
September. His photograph was released, and has since appeared in newspapers
and on television around the world. He told journalists there that he
had nothing to do with the attacks on New York and Washington, and had
been in Morocco when they happened.
http://www.nytimes. com/aponline/ world/AP- UN-Climate- Summit.html? hp
September 25, 2007
World Leaders Meet for UN Climate Talks
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
World Leaders Meet for UN Climate Talks
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 1:07 a.m. ET
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- With tales of rising seas and
talk of human solidarity, world leaders at the first
United Nations climate summit sought Monday to put new
urgency into global talks to reduce global-warming
emissions.
talk of human solidarity, world leaders at the first
United Nations climate summit sought Monday to put new
urgency into global talks to reduce global-warming
emissions.
What's needed is ''action, action, action,''
California's environmentalist governor, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, told the assembled presidents and
premiers.
California's environmentalist governor, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, told the assembled presidents and
premiers.
The Bush administration showed no sign, however, that
it would reverse its stand against mandatory emission
cuts endorsed by 175 other nations. Some expressed
fears the White House, with its own forum later this
week, would launch talks rivaling the U.N. climate
treaty negotiations.
it would reverse its stand against mandatory emission
cuts endorsed by 175 other nations. Some expressed
fears the White House, with its own forum later this
week, would launch talks rivaling the U.N. climate
treaty negotiations.
President Bush didn't take part in the day's sessions,
which drew more than 80 national leaders, but attended
a small dinner Monday evening, a gathering of key
climate players hosted by Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon.
which drew more than 80 national leaders, but attended
a small dinner Monday evening, a gathering of key
climate players hosted by Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon.
Ban set the day's theme in his opening address,
declaring that ''the time for doubt has passed'' on
the issue of global warming. At the day's end, he said
he believed the scores of speeches showed a ''major
political commitment'' to success in the global talks.
declaring that ''the time for doubt has passed'' on
the issue of global warming. At the day's end, he said
he believed the scores of speeches showed a ''major
political commitment'' to success in the global talks.
Throughout, in remarks clearly aimed at Washington,
the U.N. chief described the U.N. negotiating umbrella
as ''the only forum'' where the issues can be decided.
the U.N. chief described the U.N. negotiating umbrella
as ''the only forum'' where the issues can be decided.
Ban organized the one-day summit to build momentum for
December's annual climate treaty conference in Bali,
Indonesia, when Europe, Japan and others hope to
initiate talks for an emissions-reduction agreement to
succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.
December's annual climate treaty conference in Bali,
Indonesia, when Europe, Japan and others hope to
initiate talks for an emissions-reduction agreement to
succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.
The 175-nation Kyoto pact, which the U.S. rejects,
requires 36 industrial nations to reduce carbon
dioxide and other heat-trapping gases. It set an
average target of a 5 percent cut below 1990 levels by
2012 for emissions from power plants and other
industrial, agricultural and transportation sources.
requires 36 industrial nations to reduce carbon
dioxide and other heat-trapping gases. It set an
average target of a 5 percent cut below 1990 levels by
2012 for emissions from power plants and other
industrial, agricultural and transportation sources.
Advocates for emissions reductions say a breakthrough
is needed at Bali to ensure an uninterrupted
transition from the 1997 Kyoto pact to a new,
deeper-cutting regime, something that almost certainly
would require a change in the U.S. position.
is needed at Bali to ensure an uninterrupted
transition from the 1997 Kyoto pact to a new,
deeper-cutting regime, something that almost certainly
would require a change in the U.S. position.
The chief U.N. climate scientist, Rajendra Pachauri,
told the summit of the mounting evidence of global
warming's impact, including the accelerating rise in
sea levels as oceans expand from heat and the runoff
of melting land ice.
told the summit of the mounting evidence of global
warming's impact, including the accelerating rise in
sea levels as oceans expand from heat and the runoff
of melting land ice.
''The time is up for inaction,'' he said.
A Pacific islander, President Emanuel Mori of the
Federated States of Micronesia, told the summit that
encroaching seas are already destroying crops,
contaminating wells and eating away at his islands'
beaches.
Federated States of Micronesia, told the summit that
encroaching seas are already destroying crops,
contaminating wells and eating away at his islands'
beaches.
''How does one explain to the inhabitants that their
plight is caused by human activities done in faraway
lands?'' he asked.
plight is caused by human activities done in faraway
lands?'' he asked.
The United States has long been the world's biggest
emitter of greenhouse gases.
emitter of greenhouse gases.
Bush objects that Kyoto-style mandates would damage
the U.S. economy and says they should be imposed on
fast-growing poorer countries like China and India in
addition to developed nations. He instead is urging
industry to cut emissions voluntarily and is
emphasizing research on clean-energy technology as one
answer.
the U.S. economy and says they should be imposed on
fast-growing poorer countries like China and India in
addition to developed nations. He instead is urging
industry to cut emissions voluntarily and is
emphasizing research on clean-energy technology as one
answer.
On Thursday and Friday, Bush will host his own
Washington climate meeting, limited to 16 ''major
emitter'' countries, including China and India, the
first in a series of U.S.-led gatherings expected to
focus on those themes.
Washington climate meeting, limited to 16 ''major
emitter'' countries, including China and India, the
first in a series of U.S.-led gatherings expected to
focus on those themes.
''The Washington meeting is a distraction, '' Hans
Verolme, climate campaigner for the Worldwide Fund for
Nature, told reporters. U.S. leaders ''need to show
they are serious and implement domestic legislation to
reduce emissions,'' he said.
Verolme, climate campaigner for the Worldwide Fund for
Nature, told reporters. U.S. leaders ''need to show
they are serious and implement domestic legislation to
reduce emissions,'' he said.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, speaking at the
summit, put the Washington meetings in a different
light, describing them as designed ''to support and
help advance the ongoing U.N. discussion.' '
summit, put the Washington meetings in a different
light, describing them as designed ''to support and
help advance the ongoing U.N. discussion.' '
Late Monday, U.N. chief Ban was asked by reporters
about Bush's position during the dinner discussions.
''He made it quite clear that what he's going to do is
help the United Nations effort,'' he replied.
about Bush's position during the dinner discussions.
''He made it quite clear that what he's going to do is
help the United Nations effort,'' he replied.
Japan's envoy, former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori,
said Tokyo believes the separate U.S. talks will
''contribute to achieving consensus'' in the U.N.
process, in which all agree that China, India and
others must eventually accept emission limits. German
Chancellor Angela Merkel said the Washington sessions
show ''the Americans are back in the climate
process.''
said Tokyo believes the separate U.S. talks will
''contribute to achieving consensus'' in the U.N.
process, in which all agree that China, India and
others must eventually accept emission limits. German
Chancellor Angela Merkel said the Washington sessions
show ''the Americans are back in the climate
process.''
But Japan and others, to one degree or another,
stressed that all nations -- including the United
States -- must accept emission targets.
stressed that all nations -- including the United
States -- must accept emission targets.
To try to spur global negotiations, the European
Union, which must reduce emissions by 8 percent under
Kyoto, has committed to a further reduction of at
least 20 percent by 2020.
Union, which must reduce emissions by 8 percent under
Kyoto, has committed to a further reduction of at
least 20 percent by 2020.
Speaking for the EU, French President Nicolas Sarkozy
told Monday's summit that ''all the developed
countries and the largest emitters'' must commit to a
50 percent reduction by 2050. He also said the U.N.
negotiating process is the only ''efficient and
legitimate framework.''
told Monday's summit that ''all the developed
countries and the largest emitters'' must commit to a
50 percent reduction by 2050. He also said the U.N.
negotiating process is the only ''efficient and
legitimate framework.''
Schwarzenegger told delegates that U.S. states are
embracing emissions caps even if the Bush
administration isn't. California's Republican governor
and Democrat-led legislature have approved a law
requiring the state's industries to reduce greenhouse
gases by an estimated 25 percent by 2020.
embracing emissions caps even if the Bush
administration isn't. California's Republican governor
and Democrat-led legislature have approved a law
requiring the state's industries to reduce greenhouse
gases by an estimated 25 percent by 2020.
''California is moving the United States beyond debate
and doubt to action,'' Schwarzenegger said. ''What we
are doing is changing the dynamic.''
and doubt to action,'' Schwarzenegger said. ''What we
are doing is changing the dynamic.''
In a summit luncheon speech, former Vice President Al
Gore, a leading climate campaigner, painted a dire
picture of changes already under way because of global
warming, including last week's scientific report that
the Arctic ice cap this summer shrank to a
record-small size.
Gore, a leading climate campaigner, painted a dire
picture of changes already under way because of global
warming, including last week's scientific report that
the Arctic ice cap this summer shrank to a
record-small size.
''We cannot continue a slow pace,'' Gore said,
proposing that heads of state meet every three months
beginning in 2008 to ensure the world is doing all it
can to meet the threat.
proposing that heads of state meet every three months
beginning in 2008 to ensure the world is doing all it
can to meet the threat.
FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY
REVISED & CORRECTED BY : L. J., Oz
FOR RELEASE BEFORE 20071015-0330
(FINAL REVISION)
IF YOU CAN MANAGE TO READ ALL OF THIS ONE, BY THE TIME YOU
COME TO THE END OF IT, YOU WILL SIMPLY JUMP OUT OF YOUR SKIN
(POOR SKIN)
THE EASY ROAD TO
SELF-DESTRUCTION
BY JACQUES HARDY
THIS (STRONG) ARTICLE COULD SAVE THE U.S.A. FROM SELF- DESTRUCTION !
Everyone will agree that strange things are going on in this (sick) world and, not surprisingly, even stranger is the meaning of it all and where is it supposed to lead! I am just like you, I hesitate, I am not too sure of what conclusion to draw. But let's try to review the whole matter from A to Z and see if there is a way to avoid the automatic self-destruction of our decadent species. Decadent? Well if you compare the different historical periods, starting from day one... when we climbed down our trees and lost our tail, which was the time when we were peaceful and quiet until today when our species has become, not only greedy and barbaric but incredibly brutal, sadistic and uncivilized, we have to conclude that we are making great regress which the Washington brainwashers are calling "Progress".
I am starting to write this in Qc., Canada on September 9th, 2007 and plan to finish it in Leningrad, Russia, on October 15, 2007, assuming I am still alive and in one piece by that time (Let's be optimist).
But this plan had to be all changed as you will see explained at the other end in chapter 14. IMPORTANT AND URGENT !
1. SYSTEMATIC BRAINWASHING
The crimes constantly committed by the United States in Iraq, including the murder of over one million Iraqi women, children and old people, many of them after the most horrible torture, are indeed dreadful and shameful but there is something highly positive in this case! THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS ABOUT IT although too few are aware that the very same diabolical behaviour has been followed by the United States... not just against Iraq and Vietnam but against most other Asiatic countries, and not only in Asia but in Latin America, Africa, Europe... and most incredibly, against ITSELF... and by "itself" I definitely don't mean ONLY New Orleans. In fact using their notorious principle of CRIMINAL FREEDOM they behaved that way everywhere and all the time. Yet they invariably got away with it all, thanks to their highly skilled and successful brainwashing of the fools the world over by a tightly controlled, well paid media (press, radio and TV).
Indeed until now, the Evil Empire succeeded in hiding those criminal activities thanks to a highly refined psychological manipulation of people the world over. This was accomplished because ALL NEWSPAPERS, RADIOS, TELEVISION AND OTHER MEANS OF INFORMATION, INCLUDING SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES are tightly controlled and generously paid by the International Plutocracy (including the Zionists)... not just in the U.S. but in almost the entire world. I am not going to explain HOW people got to know the truth because anybody who can still think knows exactly what happened.
As the situation stands right now and taking the United States as a great example, 2/3 of that population KNOWS what is going on, though they do not revolt because they are scared of Uncle Sam's fantastic power: the power to spy, control and assassinate "as needed"... That is the modern International Plutocracy at work. They only number about a thousand, yet they own everything and by the looks of things they are also succeeding in their notorious "Agenda".
What about the 1/3 of the population who are "patriots" and make believe that they don't know nor understand anything, what about them? As I have shown previously, these criminal perverts will be the first to perish. They will pay dearly for their "patriotic" crimes and their make-believe stupidity.
2. MODERN TIMES
First let's define the meaning of the word "modern": It means the present time. However, during the 19th Century, modern meant better than before while now it means worse than before, the reason for this being that the intellectual and moral condition of the human species has gradually deteriorated to a simply frightening degree. Worse yet, if you are aged 60 or over, you know exactly the difference between us, educated and cultivated old guys and the frightful, almost criminal ignorance and foolishness of the "modern" youth.
This circumstance is not at all accidental. It was all along planned that way by the plutocracy which, being perfectly educated, was well aware that the easiest, surest way for them to remain in control of this entire planet was to make sure that people were thoroughly DESEDUCATED, as well as given full FREEDOM to cultivate their stupidity and multiple vices. They were also made to regard THINKING as a form of TERRORISM. In addition, just observe the known fact that well over 60% of the U.S. population are suffering from obesity, from lung cancer caused by the U.S.M.I.C. and falsely attributed to tobacco. And also from AIDS, drug poisoning or from different forms of mass murders. All this was planned that way long ago by the extremely wealthy few.
How could this happen? ONLY ONE WAY... Psychological manipulations or more exactly intensification of the following six easy fields:
(1) Deseducation
(2) Criminal freedom
(3) Agnosticism
(4) Mental deterioration
(5) Acute selfishnes
(6) Acute greed
Now you have to admit that the destruction of human society is really easy. Therefore it is likely to succeed because the worst is that even those who are fully aware of all this just don't dare do anything and prefer to wait until they can't stand it any more and THEN they do something drastic but counterproductive.
3. RELIGIONS AND ATHEISM
When I was young... before World War 2, I can still remember that the majority of people belonged to one or another religion. Each religion was based on the belief in a supreme power, God or Allah for instance. Atheism was not too successful. Now I have to confess: I am not much of a believer myself (shame on me). I figure that if there was a God, surely he would have long ago totally destroyed the atheistic, anti-human, anti-everything United States. Except that - just maybe - the USA is under the special protection of Satan (as George used to be called).
Anyway, as an expert on the subject - Jesuit-educated no less - my experience and studies have taught me that religions are simply the means to fool and control the masses. And you have to give them that, they succeed pretty well... although they fail in some cases... In my case for instance, they had to kick me out of school because - they said - my thinking had been spoiled by my living a few years (during the 2nd world war) in Clermont-Ferrand, in Auvergne. This, they said, had turned me into an anarchist, a renegade.
True enough when I was a little boy, I attended mass every single day but by the time I was 13 years old and I had seen the reality of war and the behaviour of priests and popes and other such greedy, selfish garbage, I became a "skeptic" or doubter.
FOR RELEASE BEFORE 20071015-0330
(FINAL REVISION)
IF YOU CAN MANAGE TO READ ALL OF THIS ONE, BY THE TIME YOU
COME TO THE END OF IT, YOU WILL SIMPLY JUMP OUT OF YOUR SKIN
(POOR SKIN)
THE EASY ROAD TO
SELF-DESTRUCTION
BY JACQUES HARDY
THIS (STRONG) ARTICLE COULD SAVE THE U.S.A. FROM SELF- DESTRUCTION !
Everyone will agree that strange things are going on in this (sick) world and, not surprisingly, even stranger is the meaning of it all and where is it supposed to lead! I am just like you, I hesitate, I am not too sure of what conclusion to draw. But let's try to review the whole matter from A to Z and see if there is a way to avoid the automatic self-destruction of our decadent species. Decadent? Well if you compare the different historical periods, starting from day one... when we climbed down our trees and lost our tail, which was the time when we were peaceful and quiet until today when our species has become, not only greedy and barbaric but incredibly brutal, sadistic and uncivilized, we have to conclude that we are making great regress which the Washington brainwashers are calling "Progress".
I am starting to write this in Qc., Canada on September 9th, 2007 and plan to finish it in Leningrad, Russia, on October 15, 2007, assuming I am still alive and in one piece by that time (Let's be optimist).
But this plan had to be all changed as you will see explained at the other end in chapter 14. IMPORTANT AND URGENT !
1. SYSTEMATIC BRAINWASHING
The crimes constantly committed by the United States in Iraq, including the murder of over one million Iraqi women, children and old people, many of them after the most horrible torture, are indeed dreadful and shameful but there is something highly positive in this case! THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS ABOUT IT although too few are aware that the very same diabolical behaviour has been followed by the United States... not just against Iraq and Vietnam but against most other Asiatic countries, and not only in Asia but in Latin America, Africa, Europe... and most incredibly, against ITSELF... and by "itself" I definitely don't mean ONLY New Orleans. In fact using their notorious principle of CRIMINAL FREEDOM they behaved that way everywhere and all the time. Yet they invariably got away with it all, thanks to their highly skilled and successful brainwashing of the fools the world over by a tightly controlled, well paid media (press, radio and TV).
Indeed until now, the Evil Empire succeeded in hiding those criminal activities thanks to a highly refined psychological manipulation of people the world over. This was accomplished because ALL NEWSPAPERS, RADIOS, TELEVISION AND OTHER MEANS OF INFORMATION, INCLUDING SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES are tightly controlled and generously paid by the International Plutocracy (including the Zionists)... not just in the U.S. but in almost the entire world. I am not going to explain HOW people got to know the truth because anybody who can still think knows exactly what happened.
As the situation stands right now and taking the United States as a great example, 2/3 of that population KNOWS what is going on, though they do not revolt because they are scared of Uncle Sam's fantastic power: the power to spy, control and assassinate "as needed"... That is the modern International Plutocracy at work. They only number about a thousand, yet they own everything and by the looks of things they are also succeeding in their notorious "Agenda".
What about the 1/3 of the population who are "patriots" and make believe that they don't know nor understand anything, what about them? As I have shown previously, these criminal perverts will be the first to perish. They will pay dearly for their "patriotic" crimes and their make-believe stupidity.
2. MODERN TIMES
First let's define the meaning of the word "modern": It means the present time. However, during the 19th Century, modern meant better than before while now it means worse than before, the reason for this being that the intellectual and moral condition of the human species has gradually deteriorated to a simply frightening degree. Worse yet, if you are aged 60 or over, you know exactly the difference between us, educated and cultivated old guys and the frightful, almost criminal ignorance and foolishness of the "modern" youth.
This circumstance is not at all accidental. It was all along planned that way by the plutocracy which, being perfectly educated, was well aware that the easiest, surest way for them to remain in control of this entire planet was to make sure that people were thoroughly DESEDUCATED, as well as given full FREEDOM to cultivate their stupidity and multiple vices. They were also made to regard THINKING as a form of TERRORISM. In addition, just observe the known fact that well over 60% of the U.S. population are suffering from obesity, from lung cancer caused by the U.S.M.I.C. and falsely attributed to tobacco. And also from AIDS, drug poisoning or from different forms of mass murders. All this was planned that way long ago by the extremely wealthy few.
How could this happen? ONLY ONE WAY... Psychological manipulations or more exactly intensification of the following six easy fields:
(1) Deseducation
(2) Criminal freedom
(3) Agnosticism
(4) Mental deterioration
(5) Acute selfishnes
(6) Acute greed
Now you have to admit that the destruction of human society is really easy. Therefore it is likely to succeed because the worst is that even those who are fully aware of all this just don't dare do anything and prefer to wait until they can't stand it any more and THEN they do something drastic but counterproductive.
3. RELIGIONS AND ATHEISM
When I was young... before World War 2, I can still remember that the majority of people belonged to one or another religion. Each religion was based on the belief in a supreme power, God or Allah for instance. Atheism was not too successful. Now I have to confess: I am not much of a believer myself (shame on me). I figure that if there was a God, surely he would have long ago totally destroyed the atheistic, anti-human, anti-everything United States. Except that - just maybe - the USA is under the special protection of Satan (as George used to be called).
Anyway, as an expert on the subject - Jesuit-educated no less - my experience and studies have taught me that religions are simply the means to fool and control the masses. And you have to give them that, they succeed pretty well... although they fail in some cases... In my case for instance, they had to kick me out of school because - they said - my thinking had been spoiled by my living a few years (during the 2nd world war) in Clermont-Ferrand, in Auvergne. This, they said, had turned me into an anarchist, a renegade.
True enough when I was a little boy, I attended mass every single day but by the time I was 13 years old and I had seen the reality of war and the behaviour of priests and popes and other such greedy, selfish garbage, I became a "skeptic" or doubter.
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