Tag Archives: Denmark

Changing Climate : Denmark Becoming Police State?

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Above, a Danish policeman arrests a demonstrator at Copenhagen climate change summit. Photo from AP. Below, detained demonstrators are seen lined up on a street during mass arrests. Photo by Thibault Camus / AP.Changing winds in Denmark:Preventive detention and the … Continue reading →

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Amy Goodman : Take Me to Your Climate Leader

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo from NASA. In a freshly released report on Tuesday, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stated that 2000-2009 was the warmest decade ever on record. While the WMO has warned the world about this dire situation before, this new analysis … Continue reading →

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Ron Ridenour on Obama : Conditional Hope from Across the Seas

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Lazane Tyler (center) celebrates Barack Obama’s victory in Grant Park, Chicago, on Nov. 4, 2008. Photo by Kuni Takahashi / Chicago Tribune. ‘I must confess that I feel a vague hope that he — this black man who was three … Continue reading →

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ENVIRONMENT : The Island in the Wind

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Once people on Samsø started thinking about energy, a local farmer explains, “it became a kind of sport.” Photo by Joachim Ladefoged.A Danish community’s victory over carbon emissionsby Elizabeth Kolbert Jørgen Tranberg is a farmer who lives on the Danish … Continue reading →

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