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Real Breakthrough
By: Thomas Tanton
9.25.2007
In a major United Nations conference on climate change, somewhat overshadowed by the Iranian President’s visit to the U.S., Secretary General Ban Kimoon said Monday that a 15-year international effort to stem global warming has not halted the buildup of greenhouse gas emissions and that governments must take "unprecedented action" to reverse the trend. Governor Schwarzenegger, taking the international stage, said California is following Europeans' example. "California is moving the United States beyond debate and doubt to action," he said. "It is time we came together in a new international agreement that can be embraced by rich and poor nations alike." The only trouble is that Europe is, no doubt, setting a bad example for California.
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Priorities, priorities.
By: Josh Trevino
9.12.2007 12:15:00 AM
The Russians have a new bomb, and it's a whopper: a thermobaric device with the putative power of a small nuclear weapon. One might assume this is an unusable weapon, but given the Russians' record in Chechnya, we shouldn't assume that mere scruples would prevent its use. This not to say the Putin-era Russian state has no scruples -- they're merely environmental scruples! As the UK Telegraph story on the device reports: "Despite its destructive qualities, the bomb is environmentally friendly, Gen [Alexander] Rushkin said." Well, there you go: it may vaporize several city blocks, but the environment will be fine. Thus, our era.
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