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POPSPower Execs: Carbon Emission Caps Interesting article... Kidof shows how some in teh power industry are at least trying to think of how thye can help save us all from doom ;) One quote i find apauling in the article however (from one who is agaisnt teh emission caps): " "The issue is global warming, not U.S. warming," said Mike Morris, the chief executive of American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio, the largest coal-burning utility in the country. Unless China, India and other developing nations also are forced to adopt costly alternatives to traditional fossil fuels, U.S. manufacturers -- a major customer for AEP -- will be at an unfair competitive disadvantage, Morris said. " Boo hoo... YOu know at some point the big guy on the block has to stand up and do the right thing and hope others follow suite.
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POPSIsrael's Tragedy Foretold Great editorial by an Israeli historian who just wrote a book about the origins of the settlements in the Occupied Territory. Gorenberg argues that Israeli leaders ignored the advice of the lawyer of Israel's foreign minister, who said that settlements in occupied territories would violate international and Israeli law. Consequently, the settlements have complicated any just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read the whole editorial! Via Helena Cobban's wonderful blog, http://justworldnews.org