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Dim outlook for real action on global warming

One Week on Earth” – Michael Tobias – Green Conversations – Forbes 13 June 11 The Netherlands: Ten Dutch Greenpeace lobbyists chain themselves to a train carrying nuclear waste to a reprocessing plant in France, while nations throughout the world debate the future of nuclear power, attempting to somehow reconcile greenhouse gas mitigation in a post-Fukushima minefield of unclear energy calculus. The status quo of coal/oil/natural gas/nuclear power slams nascent alternative energy enthusiasts (particularly in Russia) dimming hopes for anything like the carbon neutral renaissance so many green ethicists have urged at one carbon-indebted global conference after another. “One Week on Earth” – Michael Tobias – Green Conversations – Forbes

June 13, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, EUROPE