Tag Archives: Barack Obama
15 Reasons to be (Mildly) Optimistic about COP15
As the Copenhagen conference progresses, I thought it might be worthwhile to take a brief look what’s the various different countries have offered, and reasons why there is some room for optimism about a decent deal being done… 1. The … Continue reading →
Posted in Global Warming
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Tagged Barack Obama, carbon, China, climate change, CO2, Copenhagen, emissions, environment, EU, global warming, Ireland, US
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There (still) is no plan B
One of my earliest posts on this blog, on December 12, 2007, was headed ‘There is no Plan B‘. The headline was taken from a quote from the then new Australian PM, Kevin Rudd to delegates at the UN climate … Continue reading →
Posted in Economics, Global Warming, Irish Focus, Media, Sustainability
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Tagged Barack Obama, climate change, Copenhagen, Dav, David McWilliams, Energy, environment, Gordon Brown, John Gibbons, Obama, RTE, Sustainability
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The new order begins
Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address today at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC took just over 20 minutes to deliver, and runs to 2,400 words. As you would expect from one of the greatest political orators in a generation, he delivered a … Continue reading →
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Sustainability
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Tagged Barack Obama, climate change, Energy, Nuclear, politics, science
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A night to remember
The last 24 hours has passed by in a blur, punctuated by less than 3 hours’ sleep. It was 6am today before we could drag ourselves away from TV screens and assorted laptops, to drift off, still smiling, into a … Continue reading →
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Habitat/Species, Irish Focus
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Tagged 2008, Barack Obama, climate, election, FOE, global warming, Hillary Clinton, Ivana Bacik, McCain, Obama, Oisin Coughlan, president, US
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The waiting is very nearly over…
OCD is the term that could be used to describe a new political creature, the Obsessive Compulsive Democrat. As we now enter the last day before what has perhaps been the world’s longest (and certainly most expensive) election campaign, OCD … Continue reading →
Posted in Energy, Global Warming
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Tagged Barack Obama, climate change, Democrats, election, global warming, Hillary, IPCC, McCain, Palin, Republicans, US
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Hillary shows her true colours on climate
America, in the words of its own president and close compadre of the oil industry, George W. Bush, is “addicted to oil”. Tackling this addiction and turning the country away from its grossly unsustainable frenzy of consumption is essential if … Continue reading →
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Habitat/Species, Sustainability
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Tagged Al Gore, Barack Obama, climate, Hillary Clinton, Kevin Rudd, McCain, politics
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