Jennifer Morgan
Jennifer Morgan
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In some of the more energy intensive industries, there would be negative change in jobs. But when you look at state levels, even states that had large sectors of the energy industries in them, they had overall positive change in jobs.
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This project in Australia is just one example of what could go terribly wrong for the world's forests if the governments of Japan, Australia and the United States get their way next week at the climate summit in the Hague. Instead of reducing the pollution that causes global warming, these countries are looking for quick fixes that have high risks for forests.
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Unlike the recent Asia-Pacific Pact with the United States and other countries, this agreement includes policies, markets and technologies, which should lead to real and significant action.
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The administration just doesn't seem to get it. They don't understand the world is suffering from climate change.
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They are very knowledgeable and can answer any astronomy question.
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We want a clear, independent process to negotiate the post-2012 framework under the Kyoto protocol. We want this by 2008.
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With smart policies, climate protection could become an economic engine, unleashing entrepreneurial creativity on a problem that otherwise threatens huge economic and environmental costs.
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Normally the ground would be covered with them. And it still might be in about a week and a half when the weather comes out.
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(As currently drafted) the Kyoto Protocol could actually accelerate forest destruction by giving incentives to plant large-scale plantations on formerly native forest land,
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Developed countries should continue after 2012 with Kyoto-type commitments with ever deeper cuts. But developing countries should start with less strict goals.
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My hope is that the end product won't look like the draft. I am counting on Germany, France and Britain to ensure that this text is put into shape.
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The credibility of Japan as a responsible global actor is at stake. It would be tragic if Japan's vacillation killed a vital U.N. agreement.
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There were many potential points at this meeting when the world could have given up due to the tactics of the Bush administration and others but it did not.
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If people forget their lunch there is going to be a hot dog vendor. It's going to be so much fun.