Archive | December, 2009

Pale Greens Honor Climate Vandals

By Ian Angus on December 29, 2009 in Greens, NGOs, Indigenous

For some, a tiny tax outweighs massive environmental destruction (more…)

And you thought carbon offsets couldn't get worse!

By Ian Angus on December 28, 2009 in Population

Climate and Capitalism has frequently commented on two widespread illusions – that global warming is caused by overpopulation, and that buying offsets is an effective way to combat greenhouse gas emissions. I never imagined that anyone would try to combine them. (more…)

Inside Report: How ALBA Fought for Humanity in Copenhagen

By Ian Angus on December 28, 2009 in Bolivia, Cuba, UN Meetings

Evo Morales: “I have heard many debates in the UN where presidents condemn climate change but they never say what causes it. We say clearly that it is caused by capitalism.” (more…)

What Next for the Global Climate Movement?

By Ian Angus on December 28, 2009 in Climate Justice, UN Meetings

A movement of movements is already starting to take shape. Spurred into action by the announcement of the Accord, activists came together on the Saturday after the COP to discuss building a united global movement in each country. (more…)

Fidel Castro: We must continue to defend humanity's right to life

By Ian Angus on December 28, 2009 in Cuba, UN Meetings

In the meetings leading up to Copenhagen, it became clear that the leaders of the USA and the other wealthiest countries were maneuvering to place the burden of sacrifice on the emergent and poor countries. (more…)

Curing the Post-Copenhagen Hangover

By Ian Angus on December 22, 2009 in UN Meetings

Uncivil society will have to take up the slack and apply direct pressure, starting with the slogan ‘leave the oil in the soil, the coal in the hole and the tarsand in the land!’ (more…)

Bolivia Calls World Conference of Social Movements

By Ian Angus on December 21, 2009 in Bolivia, Cochabamba, Latin America, Meetings & Events

April 22, 2010: International Day of Mother Earth (more…)

Tanuro: Excellent News from Copenhagen

By Ian Angus on December 21, 2009 in Ecosocialism, Protests & Revolts, UN Meetings

More and more people understand that climate degradation is not the outcome of “human activity” in general but of a mode of an unsustainable mode of production and consumption (more…)

Hugo Chavez: A Battle for the Planet Has Begun

By Ian Angus on December 20, 2009 in Latin America, UN Meetings

“Copenhagen is not the end, I repeat, but a beginning: the doors have been opened for a universal debate on how to save the planet, life on the planet. The battle continues.” (more…)

Copenhagen: A Turning Point for the Climate Movement

By Ian Angus on December 20, 2009 in Ecosocialism, Protests & Revolts, UN Meetings

The number of demonstrators on the streets of Copenhagen is a proof positive that it is possible to develop mass mobilisations on the issue of global warming (more…)

Fidel: The Truth About Copenhagen

By Ian Angus on December 20, 2009 in Cuba, UN Meetings

The truth can be stronger than the influenced and often misinformed minds of those holding in their hands the destiny of the world. (more…)

Surprise: Harper likes it!

By Ian Angus on December 19, 2009 in Canada & Quebec, UN Meetings, Video, audio

Conclusive proof that the Copenhagen Accord is a dangerous hoax that will have no effect on emissions: (more…)

ALBA and G77 Denounce Copenhagen Sham

By Ian Angus on December 19, 2009 in UN Meetings

“Obama, acting the way he did, definitely established that there’s no difference between him and the Bush tradition” (more…)

Full Text: Chavez Speech on Climate Change in Copenhagen

By Ian Angus on December 18, 2009 in Latin America, UN Meetings

“Socialism, this is the direction, this is the path to save the planet, I don’t have the least doubt. Capitalism is the road to hell, to the destruction of the world.” (more…)

Copenhagen: Chavez Salutes Climate Protestors

By Ian Angus on December 17, 2009 in Climate Justice, Latin America, UN Meetings

“I have been reading some of the slogans painted in the streets … One said, ‘Don’t Change the Climate, Change the System!’ – And I bring that on board for us. Let’s not change the climate. Let’s change the system!” (more…)

Countering critics of a cap-and-trade critique

By Ian Angus on December 16, 2009 in Video, audio

By Patrick Bond Eight million people have viewed Annie Leonard’s The Story of Stuff video since December 2007, and her new nine-minute The Story of Cap and Trade received 400,000 hits in the two weeks after its December 1 launch. The film, produced by Free Range Studios, was developed in collaboration with the Durban Group for […]

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