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In today's Mailbox: One more response to Radio Prague's interview with a US
war veteran from Iraq, the "Hunger Wall" in Prague, a song for
George W. Bush, and the Czech politician who "does not believe in
global warming". Listeners quoted: David Eldridge, Annette Cech,
Joseph F. Slechta, Dan Garsonnin.
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Current AffairsKlaus - our blue (not green) planet at risk from environmental lobby
President Vaclav Klaus launched his latest book on Wednesday, this time
aimed at what he called the "hysteria" surrounding the debate
over global warming. Mr Klaus claims that the debate has been hijacked by
politicians and environmentalists, who are using what he describes as a
"controversial hypothesis" to justify curtailing personal
freedom and economic growth.
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Current AffairsPresident Klaus: our planet is blue not green
Czech president Vaclav Klaus, an economist by profession, is preparing to
do battle with environmentalists. In his latest book called "Our
Planet is Blue - Not Green", which is to be released shortly, the
president challenges the conclusions reached by the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change namely that climate change is caused by human
activity. The president on Wednesday presented his views to students at
the Prague School of Economics, where he argued that environmentalists
were not only misleading society - they were actually a threat to further
development.
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Talking PointFuture climate change policy discussed in Prague
Scientific evidence that climate change is caused by human activity has
boosted ongoing efforts to address the problem. Now the focus is primarily
on what will happen after 2012 when the validity of the Kyoto Protocol, an
international treaty designed to limit global greenhouse gas emissions,
expires. Last week representatives of the EU, the World Bank and the new
EU member states met in Prague to discuss the challenges ahead.
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Current AffairsSecondary school kids quiz Martin Bursik on "An Inconvenient Truth"
Pupils from Prague's Secondary School for Environmental Studies sat down at
the city's Atlas cinema on Thursday morning for a showing of Al Gore's
award-winning documentary on global warming - An Inconvenient Truth.
Afterwards students were given the chance to put questions to Environment
Minister Martin Bursik, who attends such showings on a regular basis.
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Current AffairsPresident Klaus savages "dangerous" green lobby over global warming
President Vaclav Klaus has launched another fierce attack on the green
lobby, claiming that "ambitious environmentalism" poses a
greater threat to society than communism. His comments came in written
answers to a committee meeting being held on Wednesday in the U.S. House
of Representatives. The Czech president said instead of trying to stop
climate change, mankind should learn to live with it. Rob Cameron spoke to
the head of the Czech branch of Greenpeace, Jiri Tutter, and asked him if
he was surprised at Mr Klaus's comments.
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