Direct Speak Diplomats from democratic countries returned from the climate change meetings in Durban, South Africa last month saying that they had accomplished a credible way forward. Contrast that with the words of Su Wei, director general of China's Department of Climate Change in the National Development and Reform Commission. He says nothing has fundamentally changed -- rich countries are still obligated to cut and there is no binding commitment placed on a category of developing countries.When the UN COP 17 meeting ended, we contrasted the assessments by a politician and a third party observer:
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, "At Durban, we defied the [climate change] skeptics." Hudson Institute's Lee Lane, "In effect, they s...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
