Pieces of the smashed Saudi Arabia sign — about 30 cm and placed on a table to identify the delegation during negotiations — were dropped in a toilet and then photographed, delegates said. The pictures were then put up on some walls.
The action was said to be in protest at a Saudi vote against tougher greenhouse gas targets. It gives a good insight into the small minded people that populate the WWF when the best a well-funded Big Green NGO can manage as protest is offensive vandalism.
Director General Jim Leape said in a statement that it had “apologised unreservedly” to Saudi Arabia and the UNFCCC (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change). “The incident was completely unacceptable under the standards of the Convention and the standards of WWF,” he said. “The individual responsible has expressed deep remorse and apologised unreservedly for his actions. He is no longer working for WWF.”
As I mentioned in yesterday’s round-up, imagine the furor if a US rep or a BP employee had done the same thing. It would be the Gitmo toilet story all over again. The WWF is lucky not to have a fatwa issued against it.
A game show host challenges Al Gore to live the green life, the Governator seems rudderless in defense of his climate bill and global warming causes Mexicans, or something.
Your hottie is another Canadian, because we grow ‘em hot up here.
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The UK may be waving goodbye to Tata Steel and some other large industrial concerns as the government piles on more green costs, making it almost impossible for global businesses based there to compete.
Companies including Tata Steel Ltd. and GrowHow U.K. Ltd. may leave the U.K. as climate-protection policies boost electricity and natural-gas costs.
This post has nothing to do with global warming, but is to point out something that may be entertaining.
For the past couple of months The Daily Bayonet has been messing with Empire Avenue in it’s beta form. Twitter followers will have seen many #EAv tagged tweets from @dailybayonet, now is your chance to take a [...]