Tuesday 20 July 2010

Der Spiegel embraces reality

2 Apr 2010

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The image above is from Der Spiegel's 1986 cover story on climate change.

Today things are changing in Germany as elsewhere. The article link below is a very long (8 parts) and detailed discussion of the changing views in climatolgy re AGW.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,686697,00.html

Excellent!

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Copenhagen Fallout

Merkel Abandons Aim of Binding Climate Agreement
26 April 2010

By Dirk Kurbjuweit, Christian Schwägerl and Gerald Traufetter

Frustrated by the climate change conference in December, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is quietly moving away from her goal of a binding agreement on limiting climate change to 2 degrees Celsius. She has also sent out signals at the EU level that she no longer supports the idea of Europe going it alone....

More here
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,691194,00.html

Looks as if reality is dawning in Germany as well as in France (and Australia). Good.

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