Will Environmentalists Get Shoved Aside Again in the 2008 Election?
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By Rachael Bliss
Sunday, 03 August 2008
It's about time we all become "squeaky wheels" at each campaign stop!
Another disappointment from the Obama camp this month when he came out with the following statement defending his position reversal on offshore drilling:
“[A]s president, I will commit two billion dollars each year on clean-coal research and development. We will build the demonstration plants, refine the techniques and equipment, and make clean coal a reality.”
Several days ago I participated in a live radio debate with a socialist (he identified himself as a socialist, both in his political affiliation, philosophy, and activism, and has been for many years). I perceive the debate not over an economic system, but over the fundamental issue: freedom versus no freedom.
Jacques Rogge, the International Olympics president, has predicted that the "magic of the games" will overshadow the lingering worries over media freedom, human rights, pollution and politics when the Olympic Games get under way.
Abu Khabab al-Masri, described as al-Qaeda's chemical and biological weapons expert, has been killed with three other fighters in a suspected US bombing in Pakistan's border region last week.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, has launched an international fund to finance conservation and sustainable development in the Amazon.
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