A Day to Remember

by Taj Schottland It was a day to be on the streets. NGO access to the Bella Center had become extremely restricted. I managed to get in during the morning using one of the coveted “secondary badges.” But once inside I was dismayed to find nearly all meetings closed to observers (and as I write this I’ve heard they have now completely banned all observers from even entering the building). I...

Leadership can reverse climate change

  by Brooke Welty '11 and Doreen Stabinsky, COA faculty member originally published in the Bangor Daily News Negotiators and ministers from every country in the world are here in Copenhagen trying to form a global agreement to solve the climate crisis. Each of them is asking one question: What will President Barack Obama say when he arrives on Thursday? We are here too, as part of a...