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I think Libby Purves is angry Not a sheep 2008

Libby Purves is joined by Steve Taylor, Director of the Forum on Prisoner Education and one of the authors of the report; Per Thrane, a Danish Prison Educator who has pioneered a similar scheme in Denmark, and Barry Sheerman MP, veteran parliamentary education expert and Chair of the Select Committee on Education and Skills, whose major report six weeks ago also recommended more internet access.

Archive 2005-05-29 Laban 2005

Libby Purves is joined by Steve Taylor, Director of the Forum on Prisoner Education and one of the authors of the report; Per Thrane, a Danish Prison Educator who has pioneered a similar scheme in Denmark, and Barry Sheerman MP, veteran parliamentary education expert and Chair of the Select Committee on Education and Skills, whose major report six weeks ago also recommended more internet access.

That Didn't Take Long, Did It ? Laban 2005

Purves, the chairman of Environmental Business Australia, has tried to alert the important CEOs down under to the danger, but only Marcus Kloppers of BHP Billiton has responded positively.

Robert Lenzner: 500 Million People Will Be Displaced By the Melting Glaciers in Greenland and the Himalyas Robert Lenzner 2011

Purves, a no-nonsense, matter-of-fact former entrepreneur in Australia, told me that the sea around Greenland is so warm that up to 100 new species of fish have been found recently.

Robert Lenzner: 500 Million People Will Be Displaced By the Melting Glaciers in Greenland and the Himalyas Robert Lenzner 2011

Purves is very concerned about the glaciers in the Himalayan mountains that are the main source of water for irrigation and drinking in China and India, well over 2 billion people.

Robert Lenzner: 500 Million People Will Be Displaced By the Melting Glaciers in Greenland and the Himalyas Robert Lenzner 2011

"Greenland is at risk," Purves warned me," and the result will eventually be a rise in the sea's level of 9 feet to 15 feet," a change he believes could ultimately very well threaten New York City.

Robert Lenzner: 500 Million People Will Be Displaced By the Melting Glaciers in Greenland and the Himalyas Robert Lenzner 2011

Purves, a no-nonsense, matter-of-fact former entrepreneur in Australia, told me that the sea around Greenland is so warm that up to 100 new species of fish have been found recently.

Robert Lenzner: 500 Million People Will Be Displaced By the Melting Glaciers in Greenland and the Himalyas Robert Lenzner 2011

Purves, the chairman of Environmental Business Australia, has tried to alert the important CEOs down under to the danger, but only Marcus Kloppers of BHP Billiton has responded positively.

Robert Lenzner: 500 Million People Will Be Displaced By the Melting Glaciers in Greenland and the Himalyas Robert Lenzner 2011

Purves, a no-nonsense, matter-of-fact former entrepreneur in Australia, told me that the sea around Greenland is so warm that up to 100 new species of fish have been found recently.

Robert Lenzner: 500 Million People Will Be Displaced By the Melting Glaciers in Greenland and the Himalyas Robert Lenzner 2011