http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/wednesday-night-1343-climate-change/ Where the world comes together Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:19:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/wednesday-night-1343-climate-change/#comment-941 Diana Thébaud Nicholson Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:29:28 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/wednesday-night-1343-climate-change/#comment-941 November 7, <a href="http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20071107faupdate86677/michael-shifter/hugo-ch-vez-still-on-the-march.html" rel="nofollow">Foreign Affairs</a> Despite soaring oil prices, <strong>Hugo Chávez's "Bolivarian revolution" in Venezuela</strong> appears to be encountering some turbulence. Oil production is declining and crime, corruption, and inflation are on the rise. Michael Shifter's article "In Search of Hugo Chávez" (May/June 2006) offered a critical appraisal of Chávez's reforms. In this web-exclusive essay, Shifter argues that Chávez may be overreaching by seeking constitutional amendments that would consolidate his power and allow him to be president for life. November 7, Foreign Affairs
Despite soaring oil prices, Hugo Chávez’s “Bolivarian revolution” in Venezuela appears to be encountering some turbulence. Oil production is declining and crime, corruption, and inflation are on the rise. Michael Shifter’s article “In Search of Hugo Chávez” (May/June 2006) offered a critical appraisal of Chávez’s reforms. In this web-exclusive essay, Shifter argues that Chávez may be overreaching by seeking constitutional amendments that would consolidate his power and allow him to be president for life.

]]> http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/wednesday-night-1343-climate-change/#comment-892 Diana Thébaud Nicholson Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:52:42 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/wednesday-night-1343-climate-change/#comment-892 30 November 2007 <strong>Scottish council says no to Trump's £1bn golf resort</strong> By James Macintyre, The Independent Donald Trump's plan to build a £1bn golf resort on Aberdeenshire sand dunes was thrown out at the eleventh hour by councillors who rejected it as " moral blackmail". The dramatic twist came only days after the project– dubbed a ruinous " Disneyland" for Scotland – was approved by the authority's area committee. But yesterday, the council's infrastructure committee overruled the decision .... The planning application on behalf of Trump International Golf Links Scotland proposed two championship golf courses, a five-star hotel, a golf academy, nearly 1,000 holiday homes and 500 private houses, providing what the Trump team portrayed as a huge economic boost to the north-east of Scotland. But the plans proved highly controversial as it emerged that part of the resort would be built on a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) containing the sensitive sand dunes. <a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article3209885.ece" rel="nofollow">More</a> 30 November 2007
Scottish council says no to Trump’s £1bn golf resort
By James Macintyre, The Independent
Donald Trump’s plan to build a £1bn golf resort on Aberdeenshire sand dunes was thrown out at the eleventh hour by councillors who rejected it as ” moral blackmail”.
The dramatic twist came only days after the project– dubbed a ruinous ” Disneyland” for Scotland – was approved by the authority’s area committee.
But yesterday, the council’s infrastructure committee overruled the decision ….
The planning application on behalf of Trump International Golf Links Scotland proposed two championship golf courses, a five-star hotel, a golf academy, nearly 1,000 holiday homes and 500 private houses, providing what the Trump team portrayed as a huge economic boost to the north-east of Scotland. But the plans proved highly controversial as it emerged that part of the resort would be built on a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) containing the sensitive sand dunes. More

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