Websites and networking help thousands to save climate, make change
BY PETER BAUMANN
COPENHAGEN – Over the last six months, hundreds of thousands of people across Europe participated in nonviolent direct action focused on corporate and government targets across the continent. The protests were designed to disrupt “business as usual” and force these companies and politicians into [...]
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Mass activism just clicks for more people than ever
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Markets soar on news of Copenhagen climate deal
Germany, Denmark and Spain are winners of the new energy economy
BY JIM MADDOX
LONDON – When the deal to save the climate was announced in the early hours of the morning in Copenhagen the first markets to respond were in East Asia. Markets in the Philippines and Indonesia soared as analysts adjusted prices to reflect the [...] -
Sarkozy: Nuclear is dead
France revolutionizes climate summit, stuns delegates and leaders
BY FRANÇOISE BOUTON
PARIS – He’s a man that many love to hate, even in his own country. French president Nicolas Sarkozy is often satirized as controlling and pushy and with a bling lifestyle and trophy wife whom he loves to flaunt. As his many critics analyze Sarkozy’s complex [...] -
Heads of state agree historic climate-saving deal
BY MICHAEL COUNTRY
COPENHAGEN – World leaders gathered at the Copenhagen Climate Summit took an historic step to halt climate change and global warming today. The deal will force ambitious cuts in global carbon emissions, end deforestation and help fund climate protection measures in the developing world.
The intense negotiations spilled into the early morning hours with [...] -
Berlusconi confounds critics
Berlusconi stuns climate summit with policy shift
BY MATTIA GRENADO
ROME – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was rushed to hospital late today and treated for confetti inhalation and minor hug-related injuries sustained at the hero’s welcome he received in Rome on return from the climate summit. Grateful Italians overwhelmed security at Fiumicino airport to greet the [...] -
In Greece, sun shines for renewable energy
BY GEORGIO SPIROS
ATHENS – The Greek government is bucking its image as a bureaucratic nightmare for those who want to develop clean energy alternatives, speeding up the process and setting new, high targets.
A spokesperson for the energy ministry, returning from the landmark Copenhagen Climate Summit said “At long last we can make use of Greece’s [...]
