George Bush
Green light, president Barack Obama, go
A Hawaiian-born Kansan-Kenyan must ‘save the earth over the next four years’ – thus spake top climate scientist James Hansen on New Year’s Day 2009. After Barack Obama is inaugurated America’s 44th president in Washington DC on 20 January, should he be looking for tips or banking on support from the school across the Atlantic? Foreign policy, climate change and economy - inklings of a 'post-Obama syndrome'
President-elect Obama: the US changes
History was marked on 4 November. With 52% of the popular vote, the Americans clearly chose the 47-year-old senator of Illinois to be the 44th president of the United States. Perspectives, as the widescreen bows George W. Bush out and Obama campaign fever peaks in the Paris fashion and Barcelona art worlds. Plus a voice for defeated rival, John McCain
Germany leads Europe's wind and solar energy revolution
While the oil chieftains in the Bush-Cheney White House resorted to desperate strategies to secure more oil, Europe joined Japan in leading the development of mass public transit, fuel-efficient cars and thousands of kilometres of bicycle and pedestrian paths criss-crossing the continent
george bush, wind farm, photovoltaic , europe, solar energy, renewable energies, energy
Climate change conference in December: previewing Poznan
Delegates will come more than 190 countries at the Poznan conference, but all eyes will be on the major players - the EU and the United States. After elections in the latter and in the midst of a global financial crisis, will the world walk away from committing significant money and energy to solving the problem?
george bush, united nations, focus, economical crisis, climate change, opinion publique, yvo de boer
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