Rising Tide North America and Carbon Trade Watch announce the 2nd edition of Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: False Solutions to Climate Change. Download today … 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...
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Comparison of the People’s Agreement and the Copenhagen Accord
The Copenhagen Accord represents a step backward with relation to the Kyoto Protocol by proposing a methodology of voluntary commitments for the industrialized countries that are principally responsible for climate change. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
Canadian Politicians Suppress Tar Sands Report
Conservatives and Liberals in Canada’s Parliament have agreed to suppress a report on water pollution caused by mining the Alberta Tar Sands. And the government has exempted a major Tar Sands toxin from regulation. UPDATED, July 10, July 19 Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
BC's Carbon Tax Gets Even More Regressive
When it was implemented the BC government claimed its carbon tax wouldn’t hurt the poor. We disagreed – and we were right. 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...
Joel Kovel: Organizing the Ecosocialist International Network
Since its formation in 2007, Joel Kovel has been a leading figure in the Ecosocialist International Network. In this letter, Joel discusses where the EIN is going, including plans for forming chapters in the United States and Canada. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to...
From Water Wars to the Fight for Climate Justice: Pablo Solón on the Lessons of Cochabamba
A Speech by Pablo Solón, Bolivia’s UN ambassador, to the Shout Out for Global Justice, attended by nearly 3,000 people on June 25 in Toronto. Video of the event, which was sponsored by the Council of Canadians, can be viewed at rabbletv. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
Double Standard: BP and Bhopal
If we continue to value some lives more than others, and to allow corporations to spoil some areas with impunity, our world will not last. 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...
Put BP on Trial for Crimes Against the Earth
The demands of the movement against BP are clear: the oil company should be put on trial for the environmental devastation it has caused and forced to pay for the entire clean-up operation. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
BP and Obama: A Disaster Foretold
U.S. regulators allowed BP to operate with lower safety standards than is required in the North Sea, and about the same kind of regulatory regime as is asked for by the government of Nigeria in its Delta. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
Big Oil: From Nigeria to the Gulf of Mexico
We’re in a death spiral of industrial calamities that are all for the sake of producing petroleum products that will, in turn, create another set of appalling calamities called man made climate change. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...