I want to kiss Norway on the mouth.

After the rest of the world yapped about making a difference in Copenhagen at this year's Climate Summit of Nothingness, and then returned to their dirty countries and made no real promises at all, NORWAY has come out as a shining hero by announcing that they will indeed meet thier goals for curbing carbon emissions and pledges to CUT  CO2 EMISSIONS by 30% in TEN YEARS.  And that plan includes infrastructure for electric cars, using more biofuels, creating more bike paths, carbon capture, and more.

Germany takes the lead in reducing emissions.

Following the Copenhagen clusterfuck, Germany emerges as a leader while other nations -- including ours -- fall away from promised reforms.

"Germany has a firm target that the government has even spelled out in its coalition agreement to cut its emissions by 40 percent," Schellnhuber told a news conference. "That's unconditional. Germany will continue to be a driving force."

Full article from Reuters HERE Bravo!!

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Copenhagen in the Bleak Mid-winter! Go BIKES!

The beautiful, healthy, enlightened people of Copenhagen bike despite winter. Love them.

Copenhagen January Cycling - Your Country from Copenhagenize on Vimeo.

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37% and rising in Copenhagen!

Under the scrutiny of the world's greenies, Copenhagen is shining brightly as a biker's paradise.

"Tens of thousands of people from nearly every nation on earth have descended on Copenhagen this month for the UN climate summit. As the delegates try to piece together a framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, they're also absorbing lessons from one of the world's leading cities in sustainable transportation. In Copenhagen, fully 37 percent of commute trips are made by bike, and mode share among city residents alone is even higher."

Great video HERE. Shows some cool advances like bike counters, innovative lane updates, and the SUV's of Denmark (they're bikes). 

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COP15 begins next week! Here's hoping the results are spectatular.

Quick explanation of the conference HERE

"The earth’s temperature has risen by 0.74 degrees Celsius in the last 100 years.

An increase of increase of just 2 degrees Celsius more will lead to massive loss of species, 100 million climate refugees, and other major stresses.

We need to set strict emissions restrictions by 2012 in order to avert a worldwide climate catastrophe"

Sign the HOPENHAGEN petition, and tell the world what gives you hope. (Kind of corny, but cool map tech)

and this:

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