Air Conditioning, Surfing and Climate Change - Colonialism and the 2024 Summer Olympics
Yá'át'ééh my relatives. Today is Tuesday, July 9 and over My Second Cup of Coffee I discuss the irony of colonial nations like the USA, Australia and Canada planning to bring their own air conditioners to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris while France unilaterally imposes Olympic Surfing on the Island of Tahiti.
Euro News: Solar panels on old buildings: How is Paris 2024 keeping a lid on Olympics emissions?
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/06/03/solar-panels-on-old-buildings-how-is-paris-2024-keeping-a-lid-on-olympics-emissions
Euro News: Green dreams of the Paris Olympics in meltdown as organisers U-turn on air conditioning
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/07/04/green-dreams-of-the-paris-olympics-in-meltdown-as-organisers-u-turn-on-air-conditioning
AP News: US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan
https://apnews.com/article/olympics-air-conditioning-paris-0f753df91956f3fe61ad4febaff0ebb9
CBS News: Team USA bringing its own air conditioning to Paris 2024 Olympics as athletes made it "a very high priority"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2024-paris-olympics-team-usa-bringing-air-conditioning/
AP News: Hundreds are set to descend on Tahiti for Olympic surfing. Can locals protect their way of life?
https://apnews.com/article/olympics-surfing-paris-2024-tahiti-teahupoo-c4ceff2ccaaf4cd4e0b9f554093bd54b
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https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/29/world/africa/south-africa-obama-5-things/index.html
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