Global warming, mining, new “Cold War” go hand in hand
The USA and Canada have markedly increased joint efforts to assert sovereignty over the Arctic sea-bed and the vast natural resources lying there. If exploited, these could prove to be the most significant mineral lodes on the planet.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10567.
Cancun: the science is damning, but will politicians act?
Most of the world’s states are gathering this week in Cancun, Mexico, to pick up the pieces left from the abortive climate change conference, held in Copenhagen a year ago. To many observers the chances of success – essentially gauged by a binding agreement to reduce emissions of global greenhouse gases ([GGE) to well below the 2% mooted in December 2009 – are slim. Yet, failure to conclude such a treaty is even more urgent now than it was then. According to several studies, released over the past fortnight, GGE within the past twelve months are likely to have hit an all-time high.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10555.