by L J Furman on April 11, 2009
BUT the CERES principles fall short in some very important ways.
Adherence to the CERES Principles is voluntary; not mandatory.
The “CERES Principles” are just that – principles. They are not goals.
The government must fully support them, and back them, and push them, and enforce them.
While there are milestones in the 20 year history the Ceres Principles, there are no dead-lines for the future.
Given the climate crisis and the prospect for destruction of what I call the “humanosphere,” i.e. the biosphere which forms the foundation of human civilization, we must act now.
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Via Ron Fournier of the Associated Press, Gore sets 'moon shot' goal on climate change, dated today (16 July 2008). An excerpt:
Just as John F. Kennedy set his sights on the moon, Al Gore is challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years, [...]
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Al Gore’s renovations - delayed, apparently, because of zoning restrictions - are well underway. JekyllnHyde on Gore’s improvements, initially quoting the Associated Press:In an Associated Press interview, Gore responded to the phony attacks levelled against him a few months ago by a conservative think tank in Tennessee for consuming too much energyNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- [...]
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