The Yale Globalist Blog

This past Friday, April 18, Yale hosted the 2008 Conference of Governors on Climate Change to sign a declaration to push for better state and federal legislature to fight against climate change. The Conference was attended by the governors of Connecticut, Kansas, New Jersey, and California, as well as by representatives from Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, and Washington. There were various international observers including the Premier of Quebec and Manitoba, the Environment Minister of the Czech Republic, and the Minister of Ecology of Sonora. Other notable attendants included Yale President Richard Levin and Nobel Laureate Dr. R.K. Pachauri.

Special guests included US Governors and foreign leaders
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We received a letter in response to Pete Martin’s article (Coal Nation), from a source that played a major role in the article. It is from Mike Murphy, a farmer who lives in Marissa, Illinois, and whose farm is threatened by the construction of the Prairie State power plant.

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The Yale Globalist recently selected its new editorial board for the upcoming academic year.

Congratulations to the members of the new editorial board.

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Last week, the Romanian capital welcomed the leaders of 26 countries for the 20^th annual NATO summit. One of the week’s many happenings raised eyebrows: Greece’s vote against the membership bid by Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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