Here’s to Kofi Annan for talking about the “frightening lack of leadership” from some of the world’s economic (and emissions) giants at a conference on climate change in Nairobi, Kenya. There’s two sides to every story, of course, and our government’s goes like this:
“We think the United States has been leading in its groundbreaking initiatives.”
That’s from undersecretary of state Paula Dobriansky, and though the New York Times didn’t specify, she seems to have said it with a straight face. She went on to list a couple of these initiatives.
Curiously absent from her list were prominent Bush strategies including “closing eyes” and “clicking heels together three times.”
Read all the way to the end for a proposal and a choice comment from Swiss president Moritz Leuenberger: “This is not a fight against nature. It is a battle against shortsighted egoism.”
Hi,
I saw your placemark on Google Earth, and I am trying to put one also. So far I can only put those that I can only see from my machine.
Could u tell me how u did it so that anyone who is running Google Earth can view it?
Thanks a bunch.
Hi Anthony – In order for anyone to be able to view your placemarks on Google Earth, you need to post a kml file somewhere online for their copy of GE to open. A good place to do that is on the comments board of the Google Earth community – there should be a link to it from within your copy of the program.
It’s a lot easier to do this in Google Maps – especially with the new “My Maps” feature they unveiled a few months ago. You can make a custom map and then just give people a link to click on. The Veteran Naturalist has a pretty good tutorial on his blog. http://rdp1710.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/ten-minutes-to-meaningful-maps/
Once you’ve made a Google Map, I believe there’s a button that lets you extract the KML for use in Google Earth. Good luck, and thanks for reading. – H