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Serving My Country – My Patriotic Duty

Creative Greenius

I’m talking about people like Al Gore , Bill McKibben , James Hansen , Michael Brune , Michael Mann , Joe Romm , former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed and the others around the world whose names are unknown, whose stories are yet untold, whose work is the most sincere and meaningful form of patriotism our nation knows.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

This article discusses: (a) why the focus should have been on the transfer of proven renewable energy technology from developed to developing countries; and (b) how this technology transfer can be financed with currently available funds. What cannot be argued is the fact that fossil fuels are non-renewable.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Green Car Congress

” —Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed. “ Every country arrives at the negotiation seeking to keep their own emissions as high as possible ,” complained Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed, whose country is an AOSIS member state, at the Climate Vulnerable Forum earlier this month. ” [ 18 ].

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Where to Eat, Sleep and Shop in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Baua Electric

Here, four Colombo insiders offer a tour of the places that are driving a renewed sense of optimism in the city. There are certain canned condiments that I still take for my friends every time I go to New York, like pol sambol, which is grated coconut with spices and umbalakada, or Maldives fish dried, cured tuna that has a distinct taste.

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Surprising, Unsettling, Surreal: Roaming Through Saudi Arabia

Baua Electric

“We take it to the next level,” he said, before rattling off a list of facts and figures: 100 percent renewable energy, a solar-powered 5G network , plans to enhance biologically diverse habitats. Citing the Maldives, he mentioned the kingdom’s plans to claim a share of the same high-end market.