Grand Rapids man found dead in cold is eighth in Michigan this month
Pauli was among eight Michigan men and women -- four of them senior citizens -- found dead in the cold since Jan. 17.New ballet on global warming: Will Gore attend the premiere?
Trey McIntyre will present his new ballet about global warming, The Sun Road, at Glacier National Park in the summer of 2009, a performance dealing with the micro and the macro — a dancer changing space but also in the big picture, mankind’s overall effect on the planet.AFP: EU unveils climate change blueprint
BRUSSELS (AFP) — The European Commission Wednesday called for 30 percent cuts in greenhouse gases for developed countries from 1990 among other steps it hopes will provide a blueprint for global talks in Copenhagen.Business World: Detroit Takes One (More) for the Team - WSJ.com
President Obama rolled out his first big gesture on energy and the environment this week. It consisted of a cunning, even brutal judgment -- we're tempted to liken it to the besieged submarine commander in the movies who fills his torpedo tubes with his dead comrades and jettisons them overboard to fool the enemy destroyer circling overhead.
In this case, the circling destroyer is Mr. Obama's green constituency, hungry for a gesture on climate change and energy independence. The dead crewmen are the Detroit auto makers.
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