The Guardian:
The Queensland government is furiously lobbying Unesco representatives behind the scenes of the G20 to stop the Great Barrier Reef from being listed as “in danger” by the UN’s cultural and heritage body.
The state premier, Campbell Newman, told Guardian Australia on Saturday that his environment minister, Andrew Powell, was talking to G20 countries who were members of the Unesco world heritage committee to combat the “dishonest” campaign being waged by environmentalists about threats to the reef. [...]
A decision will be taken next year, but Australian authorities fear that an “in danger” listing could damage the $5.2bn tourism industry that exists around the reef.
Speaking at the G20, Powell said he would lead a delegation that included the director general of Unesco, Irina Bokova, her technical advisers, as well as reef park representatives and environment department officials.
“We are getting them out on the reef so they can see first-hand that it’s in good shape.”
Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2003—The battle for the soul of the Democratic Party:
Divisions over ideology can be easily accepted in our party. We do have a big tent, and policy divisions are a reality we can learn to live with. Indeed, we have to live with them. Electoral realities mean that Democrats in the south have to be more moderate or conservative than those in the West Coast or in new England.
But the hatred the establishment feels against Dean has nothing to do with ideology. Dean hasn't paid his dues with the establishment. Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi has made his name working the campaigns of insurgent (hence anti-establishment) candidates like Jerry Brown. He is not part of the chummy inside-DC club of Democratic Party consultants.
If Dean wins the nominnation, he becomes the head of the Democratic Party. He gets to replace McAuliffe and fill the top ranks at the DNC. Suddenly, a "DNC Chairman Joe Trippi" is a real possibility, and for an establishment that has spent the better half of the last decade laughing at Trippi's antics and dismissing him as a kook are suddenly standing on shaky ground.
I always knew about the "establishment" distaste for Dean and Trippi, but Lizza's piece puts the blame squarely on the Clinton crew.
As the party's split into Deaniacs and anti-Dean Clintonites unfolds, one of the most intriguing subplots concerns the machinations of Gore. Immediately after the Florida recount was decided in 2000, Gore's senior aides were purged from the DNC and Clinton's were installed. Some ex-Gore staffers are still bitter about the coup, and several express admiration for what Dean is doing. |
And Gore himself seems to be modeling his resurgence on the Dean phenomenon […]
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