“We’re aiming to help reinvigorate Canadians to participate in democracy and hold the Harper government’s feet to the fire on the most pressing issue facing the planet.” (more…)
Archive | October, 2010
IPCC vice-chair: Attacks on climate science echo tobacco industry tactics
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele says rows over ‘climategate’ emails and Himalayan glaciers were organised to undermine Copenhagen summit (more…)
Speculation and climate driving up food prices
The profit system is starving people … (more…)
Most 'green product' claims are misleading
Nearly all “green” consumer products make at least one false, misleading or unproven environmental claim (more…)
Canada and EU given 'Dodo Awards’
Having repeatedly winning “Fossil of the Day” awards at international climate conferences, Canada now has a new dishonor to be ashamed of … (more…)
Toronto, Nov. 13: Teach-in on Bolivia and Climate Justice
Lessons from Bolivia Building a World Movement for Climate Justice (more…)
Superconsumers at sea
The battle of the super yachts (more…)
Against mainstream economics: The Kick It Over Manifesto
An international student movement to free the economics curriculum from its neoclassical straitjacket was launched last week at the University of California at Berkeley. (more…)
If wealth was height, how tall would rich people be?
Video: Barry Healy of Socialist Alliance makes some instructive comparisons…. (more…)
Barry Commoner: Capitalism versus the environment
[Quotes & Insights #14] In the last thirty years many thousands of production decisions have been made in the United States. They have determined that automobiles shall be large and sufficiently powerful to travel at a rate of 100 mph; that electricity shall be produced by nuclear power plants; that we shall wear synthetic materials […]
Bill Maher: Global warming is not a debate
There is no debate here, just scientists and non-scientists. And since the subject is science, the non-scientists don’t get a vote. (more…)
Suppressed report confirms international violations by Canadian mining companies
Canadian mining companies are involved in more than four times as many violations as the next two highest offenders, Australia and India (more…)
The Ant, The Grasshopper, and a Big Steaming Pile of Manure
(From OldBaldLiberal’s Blog on The Smirking Chimp. C&C doesn’t normally publish articles by self-described liberals, but this deserves to be widely read.) The Ant and the Grasshopper – a Fable from Aesop The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks […]
British Green leader to union conference: 'We need to forge an alliance '
“Our current economic system only works by cheating future generations out of their birthright and by exploiting the vulnerable here and abroad” (more…)
Global inequality by the numbers
A graphic exposure of the “consumer democracy” hoax (more…)
Richest nations aim to wreck climate talks
The existing framework will not allow for the urgent action required (more…)
UN Convention meets to decide how to enhance corporate profits by marketing biodiversity
Profit-making and protection of biodiversity are directly opposed and can never be reconciled ++++++++ by Anne Petermann Executive Director, Global Justice Ecology Project and North American Focal Point of Global Forest Coalition Climate Connections October 17, 2010 Governments from all over the world are gathering in Nagoya, Japan for the next two weeks to discuss […]
The new climate-change denialism: Who promotes it, how to answer it
The planet killers are at it again, and some scientific organizations are bending to their intimidation. We need to fight back with hard science and a clear vision about what needs to be done. (more…)
Electric Evasion: The Great Green Car Con
Greenwashing 101: Why electric cars can make things worse +++++++++ by Michael Dawson Counterpunch For any product that gets produced, green-ness involves four questions: Material Intake: How much and what types of material does making the product extract from the environment? Material Output: How does the product end up putting materials back into the environment, […]
A Tale of Two Oil Spills
Exxon got off easy … don’t let BP do the same! (more…)