When rational people give up, all that is left are zealots - that means the conduct of some nations at the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) could be a sign reasonable discussion of controlling emissions are out the window.It has been hoped for years that a meaningful successor to the Kyoto agreement could be in...
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read moreMost neutral parties regard the Kyoto Treaty as more of a political/economic effort than a science-based climate one. Regardless of how much blame you place on CO2 for current climate change, the fact that Germany and France rammed through a date that made it easier for them (for Germany, a date right after re-unification, so they simply closed World War II-era Soviet factories in E. Germany and...
read moreLet's hope bizarre stories regarding Sweden's nationalized health care system are the exception - worried Americans have enough on their minds without wondering if a government life/death panel will suddenly decide not having legs is not good enough reason to have a wheelchair.A man from Nyköping in eastern Sweden has been denied a power wheelchair despite having had both of his legs...
read moreOne of eastern Europe's busiest transport routes is stuck - literally. The waters of the Danube are so low due to lack of rain that 80 big cargo ships are stranded. The Danube is Europe's second largest river and winds 2,860 kilometers, passing through eight countries before flowing into the Black Sea.The Czech Republic is at its driest since records began in 1775.
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