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The only thing though, is none abroad knows the reason for such WELL
DESERVED Collective Chastiment, and indeed the most heinous Collective
Crimes committed in cold blood which are the cause of that
uncontrolled stiuation.
May be some of you Bastards could tell them ?

Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud
Australia Mining Pioneer
Discoverer of Telfer, Nifty & Kintyre mines in the Great Sandy Desert

Exploration Geologist & Offshore Consultant
Mobile +33 650 171 464
Founder of the True Geology

~ Ignorance is the Cosmic Sin, the One never Forgiven ~

for background info.
http://www.tnet.com.au/~warrigal/grule.html
http://users.indigo.net.au/don/tel/index.html
http://members.iimetro.com.au/~hubbca/turcaud.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s28534.htm

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THE TELEGRAPH
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21740692-5001021,00.html
DROUGHT A WORLD WAKE-UP CALL

By Stefanie Balogh in New York and wires

May 16, 2007 12:00

AUSTRALIA'S drought is a "wake up call" on global warming, the C40
Large Cities Climate Summit has heard.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is hosting the conference in NY
along with former US President Bill Clinton, made the call overnight
at the summit's launch.

Mayors from some of the world's largest urban areas - including
Sydney's Lord Mayor Clover Moore - have united and called on cities to
unite and take the lead in tackling climate change.

"As cities produce three-fourths of the carbon emissions, we must
act," said London Mayor Ken Livingstone, the head of the C40 large
cities, describing climate change as "the single biggest threat to the
future of humanity."

"Whatever the discussions within our governments, as cities we are not
waiting," he told leaders from 46 of the world's most polluted cities,
from Cairo to Shanghai and Los Angeles to Bangkok.

Livingstone said the summit aimed to "create a critical mass that puts
the world on the path to avoid a catastrophic climate change... We
came to take decisive actions to reduce our own carbon emissions," he
said.

The summit, which opened late yesterday and runs through Thursday, is
expected to include several joint initiatives that harness the cities'
combined purchasing power.

The event is being organised in conjunction with the Clinton Climate
Initiative, part of the foundation set up by former US president Bill
Clinton, who is due to address the summit on Wednesday.

The summit has also attracted dozens of major corporations, including
GE, Deutsche Bank, Swiss Re, JP Morgan Chase, Shell and Siemens, who
are either offering technological expertise or financial backing for
green projects.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg criticised governmental inaction on
climate change, telling delegates: "We need no new technology, we need
no new invention, all that is required is political will."

"If they don't act, we will. Shame on them but we cannot sit around
and watch our environment deteriorate and put this world in jeopardy,"
he said. "We are willing to stand up, we think it is one of the
seminal issues of our time."

Other topics up for discussion at the summit include beating traffic
congestion, making water systems more efficient, adopting renewable
energy sources, increasing recycling, reducing waste and improving
mass transit.

When London hosted the inaugural large cities summit in 2005, only 18
cities took part. With climate change now one of the most pressing hot-
button issues, the number of cities represented has more than
doubled.

"Even here in the United States things are beginning to move," said
New York's deputy mayor, Daniel Doctoroff. "The time for debate is
over, the time for action is now."

He explained how a plan to manage an expected boom in the city's
population over the coming decades had evolved into proposals to trim
carbon emissions by 30 per cent before 2030 and restrict vehicle
access into Manhattan.

"So many companies are now taking it seriously," he said.

Some 500 US mayors were also at the summit to show their objections to
the policies of President George W Bush, who has refused to sign up to
the Kyodo Protocol, which commits countries to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.

"Mayors took action because we have to, because the federal government
was silent," said Douglas Palmer, head of the United States conference
of Mayors.
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David Z · Guest

Not only Australia is in drought at the moment. South Florida in the USA is
another example - they're on tough water restrictions too.

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On 16 mai, 07:26, "David Z" <d...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Jason James · Guest

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