Thursday, April 15, 2010

Obama administration will 'hold South Africa to account for Eskom plant emissions' | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Climate chief Jonathan Pershing defends abstention on World Bank loan for controversial power station while holding country to account for carbon emissions
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The administration has denied funding to Ecuador and Bolivia, it emerged last week. Other countries could also be penalised if they register strong opposition to the agreement, Pershing told the Guardian.

"We are not saying that if you are not signed on to the deal you will not get funding," he said. "We are saying that if you actively oppose or reject the deal [you will not get funding]," he said.
Twitter / Brad Johnson [Hmm...looks like a lot of special interests here.  Did he meet with the Tea Partiers?]
Rahm Emanuel just met with heads of @LCVoters, @CAPAction, @Sierra_Club, @EnvDefenseFund, @NRDC, @NWF to talk #climate action
Senate Climate Bill Debut Set for April 26 - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
Senator Harry Reid, the Democratic leader, has promised to find time for floor debate on the energy measure in a crowded legislative calendar that includes a broad financial regulation measure and confirmation hearings for a Supreme Court nominee.
Twitter / Don Gerritsen [Unqualified left-winger to preach climate hoax to a captive audience of innocent young children?]
Back to primary school tomorrow: teaching sustainability and climate change once more...
About Don Misha Gerritsen
Don Gerritsen (24 January 1984) is the former official United Nations youth representative in the Netherlandsgovernment delegation to the United Nations climate change conferences (UNFCCC) in Poznan and Copenhagen and the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in New York.
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Don has studied Social and Political Sciences of the Environment at the Radboud University (Nijmegen), International Environmental Politics at the University of the West of England (Bristol) and International Relations at the International School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Amsterdam)

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