We british vote for these political elitist?

" The Prime Minister and Government have outlined a framework for constitutional renewal that aims to reverse the apparent breakdown in trust in the political process. At a Downing Street meeting on Tuesday the Cabinet agreed to establish a National Democratic Renewal Council...

B.C. Conservation Framework: a promising action plan or “another Kyoto”?

B.C. government is shelling out $1.2 million for a new conservation project aimed at stopping the extinction of plant and animal species, which are unique to British Columbia. A recent report has found that 43% of species in B.C. are “threatened enough to be of concern.”...

Maglev unveiled at RailsConf

At the recent RailsConf held in Portland, Oregon a new Ruby implementation of Gemstone was unveiled. At it's core, Maglev is a Ruby based virtual machine ( VM) including a full network stack and a bunch of other cool goodies. Allegedly very fast in micro-benchmarks, it...

UW scientists join hunt for 'God' particle to complete 'theory of everything'

When the world's most powerful subatomic particlecollider begins gathering data this summer, it will be a majormilestone for a number of University of Washington scientists. The UW, led by professors Henry Lubatti inphysics and Colin Daly in...

America’s real problems with Mexican illegals

"If these were black people, America would either have to construct an openly bigoted Jim Crow/Apartheid framework to effectively keep them out, or take town all barriers to their entry so as not to seem racist."

Indonesia, Finland sign cooperation in environmental matters

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia and Finland here Monday signed an agreement to cooperate in the environmental field and in anticipation of climate change as a follow-up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which was held in Bali last...

UN Conference finally adopt Bali Roadmap

""Bali Roadmap is a concensus reached by the UNFCCC for all countries to carry out their respective commitments to safeguard the earth," COP-13 Chairman Rachmat Witoelar said Saturday night.The adoption of the Bali Roadmap came after marathon negotiations overnight which...

Polish PM congratulates RI for successfully hosting UNFCCC

""Poland wants to learn from Indonesia`s experience in hosting the UNFCCC conference as in 2008 it will be its turn to host a similar meeting," the ambassador said.The UN conference on climate change in Bali last week endorsed the Bali Roadmap after tough debates and even a...

Blooberg: US policy on climate change to change

"Speaking on the last day of the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) here on Friday, Bloomberg confirmed the present US federal government`s poiicy was not in favor of carbon emission reduction measures as...

Minister: all types of forests must be given compensation

"Minister Kaban said that Indonesia received appreciation for its achievement in reducing forest degradation in the Forest-11 plus 18 meeting attended by 18 countries having tropical forests and advanced countries such as Germany, Britain, the US and Japan which had been held...