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Pete Smith @ April 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet

I don’t know the Portugese for “climate change” or “global warming”, but here on the holiday island of Madeira I don’t need to, because the English terms are in constant use by locals and visitors alike. Freak weather here and on the Portugese mainland has been the main topic of conversation over the past week. [...]

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The Hijacking of Live Earth

Pete Smith @ July 8, 2007 # 15 Comments

There’s been a lot of disagreement about the Live Earth project, its motivation and usefulness. There’s always room for a bit more.
Off-Grid journalist Brendan Montague tells the tale of how British environmentalists who first conceived the idea of a climate change concert were forced into the margins and their attempts to reduce carbon emissions replaced [...]

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