Czech Government Topples, Leaving Global Warming Denier President Vaclav Klaus Stranded

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The Czech Republicโ€™s three-party coalition government toppled today after losing a parliamentary โ€œno confidenceโ€ vote.ย  That leaves Czech President Vaclav Klaus – global warming denier extraordinaire – with the responsibility of forming a new government post-haste as the economic crisis continues to pummel his people.ย  If three attempts to form a government fail, Klaus must call for early elections to let the peopleย decide.

The Czech Republic is likely to hold onto the EUโ€™s rotating presidency until June as expected, although with its embarassing status as โ€œresigned governmentโ€ backย home.ย 

Klaus was the keynote speaker at this yearโ€™s Heartland Institute-sponsored โ€œInternational Conference on Climate Changeโ€ in New York (he spoke at last yearโ€™s Heartland fest too).ย  Klaus said in 2007 that โ€œGlobal warming is a false myth and every serious person and scientist saysย so.โ€

Serious people in the Czech Republic just let President Klaus know what they think of his leadershipย skills.

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Kevin is a contributor and strategic adviser to DeSmog. He runs the digital marketing agency Spake Media House. Named a โ€œGreen Heroโ€ by Rolling Stone Magazine and one of the โ€œTop 50 Tweetersโ€ on climate change and environment issues, Kevin has appeared in major news media outlets around the world for his work on digital campaigning. Kevin has been involved in the public policy arena in both the United States and Canada for more than a decade. For five years he was the managing editor of DeSmogBlog.com. In this role, Kevinโ€™s research into the โ€œclimate denial industryโ€ and the right-wing think tank networks was featured in news media articles around the world. He is most well known for his ground-breaking research into David and Charles Kochโ€™s massive financial investments in the Republican and tea partyย networks. Kevin is the first person to be designated a โ€œCertified Expertโ€ on theย political and community organizing platformย NationBuilder. Prior to DeSmog, Kevin worked in various political and government roles. He was Senior Advisor to the Minister of State for Multiculturalism and a Special Assistant to the Minister of State for Asia Pacific, Foreign Affairs for the Government of Canada. Kevin also worked in various roles in the British Columbia provincial government in the Office of the Premier and the Ministry of Health. In 2008 Kevin co-founded a groundbreaking new online election tool called Vote for Environment which was later nominated for a World Summit Award in recognition of the worldโ€™s best e-Content and innovative ICTย applications. Kevin moved to Washington, DC in 2010 where he worked for two years as the Director of Online Strategy for Greenpeace USA and has since returned to his hometown of Vancouver, Canada.

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