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Political leaders for the Swedish opposition parties speaking at a political event earlier this year.

Failure: Sweden will reach EU’s climate targets 195 years too late

10 September, 2010

The Swedish Green Party has released a report which shows that Sweden will reach the EU’s climate targets in 2205 instead of 2050 – 195 years too late. During the last four years with a right-wing Government in Sweden the … Continue reading

“This may be the only political issue whose results could be catastrophic permanently”

19 August, 2010

Here is a quick quote from Tom Toles, a pulitzer prize-winning political cartoonist at the Washington Post, about the ongoing “climate debate”: “We are apparently going to let the debate on the science run until hell freezes over. If you … Continue reading

The Swedish government is bad for the environment

31 July, 2010

When it comes to environmental and climate issues the current right-wing government in Sweden is one of the worst ever. And that is not just my own words! According to the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC), an environmental organization … Continue reading

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The mass media and our environment

29 June, 2010

What kind of role does our mass media play in how we perceive and react to environmental problems around us? Who are currently the owners of our mainstream media? And how does corporations use it to their own benefits? The … Continue reading

Sweden - not so green anymore?

The Swedish government completes its climate wrecking track record with a pro-nuclear vote

23 June, 2010

The right-wing government in Sweden unfortunately won, with a two votes margin, the pro-nuclear vote in the parliament this past week and is now in full climate-wrecking gear. The political left-leaning opposition as well as numerous environmental organizations have criticized … Continue reading

The energy-independent future that never was

21 June, 2010

Bernie Sanders, the only democratic socialist in the US Senate, says that the single most important lesson we can learn from the ongoing oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is that drilling is not the answer. Sanders also … Continue reading

Gordon Brown calls climate change deniers “flat-earthers”

26 April, 2010

Recently Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spoke out against climate change deniers labeling them as anti-science “flat-earthers” who are spreading outdated information: “Mr Brown last night insisted that the science on climate change in settled, and … Continue reading

Change the politics, not the climate!

Inequality between rich and poor nations helps fuel a climate of mistrust and sabotages efforts to secure a climate deal

13 February, 2010

The 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, which many have said was our last chance to take action against “the greatest threat the world has ever faced”, ended in a failure. For over 15 years delegates and … Continue reading

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Obama says he will attend Copenhagen climate talks, also announces emissions reduction target

25 November, 2009

Maybe he liked the city? Either way, President Barack Obama announced today that he will attend the climate negotiations in Copenhagen this December. The climate summit is held between 7-18 December and is the last chance we have to take … Continue reading

Copenhagen or bust?

24 November, 2009

Photo credit: JC i Núria Much sheer speculation has been written about the upcoming Copenhagen climate negotiations, and we will see much more over the next few weeks. What is this conference about, and what are the real issues at … Continue reading

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