Most heads of state aren’t even bothering to show up in Cancún. Ordinary people must step onto the stage of history to organize to force the change that we want to see and that is so urgently needed. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
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Cancun Eyewitness #1: Checkpoints and Exhibits
Climate and Capitalism will publish regular reports from the climate change meetings in Cancun, Mexico Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new...
Capitalism is a doomsday machine
Video: Derek Wall of the Green Left speaking at the Coalition of Resistance conference in London, November 27 —————— Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
Eyewitness Report: Tar sands tailings are poisoning muskeg and First Nations community
“Here we were, standing on traplines and hunting trails that remain in use by members of the Fort McKay First Nation, as the toxic waste covered many hectares with an oily ooze.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
How the Alberta tar sands work
It takes 185 gallons of water, 2 tons of soil, 700-1200 cubic feet of natural gas and 170 pounds of greenhouse gases to make one barrel of crude … Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
Climate scientists: One billion people will lose their homes
If drastic action to cut emissions isn’t taken soon, a billion people will lose their homes and three billion will lose access to clean water Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
Video: The Rights of Pachamama
An emotional and inspiring video that was created as a joint project between five indigenous communities in Peru with the message: ‘We wish from out hearts that these rights we are proposing will be added to and that people across the world recover their harmony with our Mother Earth.’...
UN: Emission Promises Won't Stop Dangerous Climate Change
Even if all the promises are kept — and that’s unlikely— global warming will pass the danger threshhold in this century Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to...
European Assembly for Climate Justice, Nov. 26-29
Program details, practical information, and venues are now available. Join us in Brussels for 4 days of debate, discussion, planning, films, cultural events, and action. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter...
Most Canadians Support Climate Justice Now
Poll finds strong support across Canada for the Cochabamba Agenda … but the government is ignoring public opinion and supporting environmental destruction. Only mass action for climate justice can win the changes that are urgently needed now Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...