Middlebury Headlines » 2009 » May http://blogs.middlebury.edu/newsblog News about Middlebury and its extended family from sources around the world Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:17:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Can 350.org save the world? By Bill McKibben | The L.A. Times http://blogs.middlebury.edu/newsblog/2009/05/15/can-350org-save-the-world-by-bill-mckibben-the-la-times/ http://blogs.middlebury.edu/newsblog/2009/05/15/can-350org-save-the-world-by-bill-mckibben-the-la-times/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 18:39:47 +0000 tetchell http://blogs.middlebury.edu/newsblog/?p=283 Writing From Sydney – All around the world, national governments are trying to hammer out their global warming policies, preparing for the United Nations’ climate-change conclave in Copenhagen at the end of the year. And in too many places, the effort seems to be going nowhere.

Here in Australia, for instance, the government last week decided to postpone any real action for another year, citing the recession. It weakened major elements of its so-called emissions trading scheme, bowing to pressure from the coal industry, which is the country’s biggest exporter, and other major polluters.

In Washington, meanwhile …

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