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Archived material from historical editions of The Generator
admin /29 December, 2005
Seven north-eastern US states hoped to proceed with plans to launch a
regional greenhouse gas market, even after Massachusetts and Rhode
Island dropped out, reported Timothy Gardner of Reuters News Service.
New York’s Republican
governor George Pataki had worked since mid-2003 to include nine states
in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Pataki’s plan aimed
to cut utility emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) to be 10 per cent
lower in 2020 than in 2000-2004.
admin /26 December, 2005
Australia’s Broadcasting Commission was the unwitting mouthpiece
for US misinformation designed to drum up support for the war in
Iraq, according to this month’s Rolling Stone. In an article titled,
The Man Who Sold the War, The Rolling Stone reports that the CIA
interrogated Adnan Ihsan Saeed al-Haideri who claimed to have inside
information that Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction. The
agency determined that al-Haideri was lying, and recorded that
internally but Pentagon funded firm, the Rendon Group released the
information as a scoop to ABC journalist Paul Moran. Moran was
selected because of previous work he had done favouring the positions
being “sold†by Rendon.
admin /25 December, 2005
The climate conference in Montreal, Canada, produced one point of
consensus – an agreement to talk more; a modern-day fiddling while the
Earth burns.
admin /25 December, 2005
Is it possible that global civilization might collapse within our
lifetime or that of our children? Until recently, such an idea was the
preserve of lunatics and cults. In the past few years, however, an
increasing number of intelligent and credible people have been warning
that global collapse is a genuine possibility. And many of these are
sober scientists, including Lord May, David King and Jared Diamond —
people not usually given to exaggeration or drama.
admin /25 December, 2005
Healthy mangrove forests helped save lives in the Asia tsunami disaster, a new report has said.
admin /25 December, 2005
The oil multinational Shell is facing contempt of court proceedings in Nigeria over gas flaring.
Last month, a court ordered the company to stop flaring
gas from oil wells in the country, which accounts for much of Africa’s
greenhouse gas emissions.
Shell has not halted the practice, so campaign groups
have initiated proceedings for contempt of court, which can result in
imprisonment. Shell has appealed against the initial judgement and denies it is in contempt.
