We One People

China's tar sands

After an abysmal performance at COP15 in Copenhagen (http://www.weonepeople.com/oneworld/2009/12/canada-contribution-to-cop15.html) the Harper government of Canada has outdone itself.  Canada's Industry Minister has given PetroChina the go-ahead for a $1.7bn acquisition of two oil sand projects  (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8434603.stm).  It is as if Canada cannot do enough to pollute our environment, it needs foreign help do so.  Shame on Canada.

Climate change and scapegoats

November 25th, 2009 was a sad day in Saudi Arabia.  In the city of Jeddah 150 people died due to flash floods.  On December 28th, 2009 - about a month later - at least 40 Saudi officials were arrested for investigation (see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8432432.stm).  Are they scapegoats?

Resolving India's Maoist problem

In the post  http://www.weonepeople.com/oneworld/2009/12/reading-anothers-mind.html  I suggested sending the police and army to tackle the Maoist problem in India was the wrong solution.  I am pleased to note that the government of India is now of the same opinion (see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8427622.stm) seeking negotiation instead.

Reading another's mind.

Wouldn't it be great if we could read an insurgent's mind?  Understand what makes them tick?  In fact wouldn't it be great reading anyone's mind including our own?  That may not be impossible.

Tigers and elephants make statements on the environment

As climate changes their environments and as man continues to encroach on their habitats tigers and elephants are making their statements.

Tigers: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8411208.stm

Elephants: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0603_050603_elephants.html

Canada's contribution to COP15

Canada's contribution to the environment at COP15, the Copenhagen summit on climate change, can be viewed at two levels,

An open letter to Stephen Harper

Dear Prime Minister,

 

I'm writing this open letter to express my extreme disappointment at the irresponsible stance you and your government  have taken Canada into at COP15, the Copenhagen Climate Summit - 2009.

Tarred by oil sands

Canada is the only country on earth with oil economically extractable from tar sands.  Is this a blessing or a curse?

COP15. What do we want our governments to support?

Find your country and answer the question at:

http://groups.google.ca/group/one-world-party/web/find-your-country?hl=en

Copenhagen, December 2009

December 12, 2009:  Its below zero degrees Celsius.  The blowing wind makes it colder. We've just had a snow storm. The streets and sidewalks are icy and slippery.  I wish it was warmer.

A few hours away as a jet flies, in Copenhagen, the leaders of the world will suceed or fail to decide on a course of action  to manage climate change.  Sucess will mean that some of us will have to endure harsher winters, more snow and ice and colder temperatures.  The alternative is unacceptable: The decimation of islands such as Tuvalu and the Maldives and coastal regions.