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I’m a veteran journalist in news- papers, magazines, public radio and on the web. I have dual US/EU citizenship and I divide my time between Seattle and Normandy, France.
The more I report on climate change, energy, transportation, resource consumption and related issues, the more I see connections and commonalities between how Europeans are tackling these problems and how we’re going about it in the Pacific Northwest.
This blog is my effort to connect those dots in ways that might help us all find ways of living that leave a green, healthy planet for our grandchildren.
To learn more about me and my work, please visit www.liammoriarty.com.
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Drone Wars: Europe’s Uncomfortable Silence
It’s been five days since news broke that a 29-year-old German-born jihadi was among those killed last month by a drone strike in Pakistan’s South Waziristan province. On Monday, the German news magazine Der Spiegel suggested that the death of … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Military and Security, Terrorism
Tagged drone strike, European union, jihadi, Pakistan, terrorism, Waziristan
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The Road to Cancun, Part 4: An American in Brussels
There are times and places where being an American can make you the center of attention, and not always in a fun way. When your country does things that the rest of the world sees as selfish, short-sighted, ignorant, arrogant … Continue reading
The Road to Cancun, Part 3: There’s Something About Connie
The EU’s top climate official is the Mick Jagger of eurocrats. Connie Hedegaard has a reputation for being whip smart, politically savvy and intensely passionate about the need to move forward on dealing with climate change. And when the Danish … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Energy, Uncategorized
Tagged Brussels, Cancun, cap and trade, carbon market, climate change, climate conference, climate negotiations, climate treaty, Connie Hedegaard, Copenhagen, DG climate action, EU, European union, hedegaard, kyoto, Liam Moriarty, Moriarty
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The Road to Cancun, Part 2: The View from Brussels
The planet is sliding down a rapidly deteriorating path toward a global climate catastrophe, and unless the rest of the world starts acting a lot more like Europe — and fast — we’re all toast. That’s a very condensed, highly … Continue reading
The Road to Cancun: Europe and the Next Climate Conference
It’s 4 a.m. and I’m jet-lagging in a hotel room in Brussels. Italian soccer highlights on the muted TV, ragged graffiti scrawled on the nearly 200-year-old walls of the Jardin Botanique just outside my window. I’m here with nearly 100 … Continue reading