CLIMATE SHAME most for CANUKISTAN

Another exciting day on the path of climate sanity and we are at the finishing wire. Now the real excitement begins as the world leaders debate into the night - as they seem to prefer doing if past COPs are any indication.

I watched the telebroadcast from the main conference and listened to Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales giving their farewell speeches, accompanied by Cubans and Niacarguans. They made more sense that all the western leaders combined. Morales was fantastic, although I don't suspect anyone 'important' was listening. It seems that all the significant analysis or comment is coming from the G77 leaders, who presumably have nothing to lose. Mohamed what's his name, from the Maldives, is another deeply well informed and honest leader. Although that is no surprise, given that his home is destined to dissapear. The main goal seems to be 2C temperature rise although the G77 are pushing for 1.5C. Considering that variations have been up and down by no more that 1C since the holocene both are considerably scary.

The highlight of that day was seeing our dear home and native land receive the FOSSIL of the YEAR award. The whole sorry episode should be full reported in tomorrows media coverage. It couldn't have gone to a more deserving bunch of cretins than Mssrs harper and Prentice and Co.

There is massive outpourings of compassionate testimony from youth to women to indigenous people and yes, even some corporate types. We would be remiss if we blithly assumed that these folks have all chosen the money over survival. They are thinking and moral people like us with kids and consciences. For reasons I personally fail to comprehend they have decided that going along with the flow is a safe option. Maybe they think there is nothing they can do, that the environmentalists will solve it or perhaps choose a path of self delusion and believe the Calgary, Friends of Science mob?

Anyway, I ended the day by participating in an outdoor demo. Several hundred of us obtained torches and were set up to write the words "CLIMATE SHAME" for an aerial photo shot. It might get in the media, but will definitely be on line, probably at www.350.org or the CANet web site.

One more appeal to repeat: Please get your copy of CLIMATE COVER UP, we desperately need to expose the denial racket and that book does it, in concise detail.