Opinion: Julia’s beef.
// December 10th, 2009 // Comments Off // Blog
Pushed over the climate-change edge.
Julia Hawthornthwaite
November 28: Op/Ed – Rant
I’ve got a head like a ping-pong ball, I’ve got a head like a ping pong ball. Anyone know that song? Does anyone else feel like a ping-pong ball in the middle of an intense match when reading the headlines surrounding the Copenhagen climate talks? I sure do.
One day it’s – “Climate Talks Doomed”, the next day, Barack Obama is pledging to make cuts, shaking hands with the world’s largest emitter of C02, President Hu Jintau of China, promising to work together to cut emissions. Ban Ki-Moon and the Maldives President going to great lengths to encourage leaders to attend the talks in almost a weeks time – “It will fail.” – “but there’s still hope! Obama is coming!” ..”no wait….it might fail regardless”. “It’s likely it will be a political agreement, but not a legally binding one”. So, does that mean that Canada will sign but never ratify? Let me get this straight…it’s like Kyoto all over again? (more…)
