Tuesday, June 08, 2010

[Danes to Americans:  You're too fat; also, you can prevent bad weather by riding a bicycle]
A third of Denmark's population bikes to work. Denmark hopes to inspire the US to limit global warming, and to instill healthy habits in a country where obesity is increasingly an issue, said Torsten Stiig Jansen, minister counselor for the Royal Danish Embassy.

Jansen admits he owns a motorcycle and a car.
Developed Nations Accused Of Laundering $30b Climate Fund
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Friends of the Earth International (FoI), has alleged at the ongoing United Nations Climate Talks in Bonn that much of the $30 billion fast-start fund promised is recycled aid money already committed for essential programmes in the developing world.
[Remember when everything was George Bush's fault?]: Kevin Grandia: Canada owns the podium for inaction at Bonn climate talks
The fossil-of-the-day is given out each day of negotiations as a means of calling out the countries who have been particular bad actors at the negotiating table. As of last count, Canada has more fossils than any other country in the world.

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