greenpeace action: leaders, not politicians

Check it out!  Greenpeace dropped a banner from Mt. Rushmore demanding real action on climate change – “Americans honor leaders, not politicians.”  Great message, great way to draw attention to it.  They managed to keep in up for an hour – no small feat – and it’s been picked up by tons of news outlets.  And now the G8 have announced a pledge to keep temperature rise below 2 degrees.  I have no idea how they will manage to do this given the weak-ass legislation in all of these countries (ACES is no exception; it’s a good start, but only a start).  Nice words though.  Hopefully there will be a lot of momentum going into Copenhagen, even though developing countries are digging in their heels.  This new Princeton study allocating emissions cuts based on the number of high earners in a country is an interesting approach to the problem.  I think their methodology is interesting, and it’s a good approach.  Tough to tell whether it will influence the negotiations, but I like it.  Seeing innovative policy approaches come out actually lifts my pessimism a bit.