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- Megaloads blocked: A victory over the tar sands obscenityEnvironmentalists in the northwestern U.S. have won an important victory, forcing Exxon to abandon plans to transport massive tar sands mining gear through environmentally sensitive areas. This video played a role … =============== A report in Industrial Fuels and Power says that opposition to the Exxon transportation plan has pushed the estimated cost of Exxon’s Kearl tar sands project up $3 ...---READ-->>
- Capitalism's ecological footprint condemns the South to poverty … or genocideThe concept of “ecological footprint” can increase our understanding of the global environmental crisis … but only if environmentalists break away from vulgar economics and the political culture of consensus Samir Amin is director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal. His numerous works include Eurocentrism: Second Edition, The World We Wish to See, The Liberal Virus, Spectres of Capitalism, ...---READ-->>
- Carbon offsets are the world's worst performing commodityIn addition to being a scam that does nothing to reduce emissions, the do-called clean development mechanism is a disaster for investors who hoped to profit from climate change. by Gerard Wynn and Nina Chestney Planet Ark, August 8, 2011 Carbon offsets neared all-time lows Friday, confirming their status as the world’s worst performing commodity, as slumping demand ...---READ-->>
- Stop the pipeline: 10-year-old speaks out and singsTa’Kaiya Blaney inspired the crowd at this August 2011 event at the Rhizome in Vancouver for the Dene Suline. She is 10 years old, she speaks from the heart and sings with passion. Ta’Kaiya is determined to stop the Enbridge “Gateway” oil pipeline. She spoke her truth tonight, oil executives would be smart to listen. The event ...---READ-->>
- Austerity Survival GuideBrian McFadden’s “The Strip” in the New York Times, August 7, 2011: Click to enlarge hat tip to Lou Project, The Unrepentant Marxist---READ-->>
- Shell must pay for destroying my villageOil spills have effectively destroyed my community. Local farmers and fishers were forced to abandon their traditional ways of life. Bodo Creek is, ecologically speaking, dead. These articles appeared in the U.K. Guardian on August 3 and 4 SHELL ADMITS LIABILITY by John Vidal Shell faces a bill of hundreds of millions of dollars after accepting full liability for ...---READ-->>
- Canadian government lies about its climate policies (Is anyone surprised?)Canada cannot achieve its Copenhagen commitment until it takes on the oil and gas industry and compels emission reductions by putting a moratorium on new development, and phasing out the existing industry EFFECT OFCANADA’S CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES WILDLY OVER ESTIMATED, THINK TANK CLAIMS by Linton Nightingale Climate Action, August 3, 2011 The National Round Table on the Environment and the ...---READ-->>
- Obama and Congress: Sacrificing the Earth on the altar of politicsAll equivocation must end, all ties to the Democrats must be severed, and a new, stronger, more effective movement will rise from the ashes of Obama’s false promises by Chris Williams Socialist Worker, August 4, 2011 “It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what ...---READ-->>
- Are safe water and toilets reserved for rich people only?The UN says that access to water and sanitation is a human right … so why aren’t we seeing any action?---READ-->>
- Seven questions for a populationistAn exchange with a reader regarding the article Sex, lies, and statistical correlation Eleanor comments: I have been reading your debate with Saral Sarkar, and I am sorry, but much as I agree with many of your other conclusions and writings, you are wrong about population and environmental damage, and therefore, ultimately climate change. Today’s blog just ...---READ-->>
- Great recession causes record high wealth gaps between whites, blacks, hispanicsU.S. government data explodes the myth that capitalism has overcome racial inequality. Reality: it’s getting worse. The median wealth of white households in the United States is now 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available government data from 2009. These lopsided ...---READ-->>
- From 'common goods' to the 'common good of humanity'Introduction to Commons-Conference organized by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, held inRome, 28-29 April 2011. Alongside the initiative for a referendum on water inItaly, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation has decided to organize a conference on the concept of the Common Good of Humanity, in order to promote reflection on the links between the two notions and to ...---READ-->>
- WWF-endorsed logging companies trade in illegal timber“It’s shocking that one of the world’s most trusted conservation groups deems it acceptable to take money from such companies” WWF’s flagship scheme to promote sustainable timber – the Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN) – is allowing companies to reap the benefits of association with WWF and its iconic panda brand, while they continue to ...---READ-->>
- Australia's carbon price plan delays real action on climate changeThe big environment groups that support the plan may win the battle for a carbon price, but they are on track to lose the climate change war. by Simon Butler Green Left Weekly, July 15, 2011 Action on climate change is one of the most important issues of all. But the Gillard government’s carbon price plan is not ...---READ-->>
- Coal Seam Gas: A Fracking SongCoal seam gas, shove it up their assets, Take your power back, don’t let them frack Composed and performed by the good people at The Creek Blog, who are working to be self sufficient in rural New South Wales, Australia. This is a 128kbps mp3 which they encourage us to download and share. For a CD quality version ...---READ-->>
- Sex, lies, and statistical correlation: A caveat for populationistsThe next time someone tells you that population growth has been proven to cause climate change, tell them about the academic study that ‘proves’ penis length affects economic growth---READ-->>
- Is nuclear really cheaper?The Flamanville fiasco shows once again that new nuclear power plants are not being built on time or on budget, diminishing the arguments in favour of them. On Climate and Capitalism and elsewhere, much of the debate about nuclear power has focused on technical issues — in particular, on the issues of safety (is it unacceptably dangerous?) ...---READ-->>
- Background reading for World at a Crossroads conferenceThe second World at a Crossroads; Climate Change, Social Change conference will be held in Melbourne Australia, September 30-October 3. The meeting aims to contribute towards understanding and collective action, in Australia and internationally, to urgently address the climate and social emergencies that we must overcome if humanity and the planet are to not only survive, but ...---READ-->>
- Bolivia: Cut war spending to aid victims of climate change“A positive initiative would significantly reduce military spending and allocate monies to a fund that addresses the impacts of climate change in developing countries.” Statement by Ambassador Rafael Archondo, Permanent Representative of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the United Nations, in the Debate of the Security Council on Maintenance of international peace and security: The ...---READ-->>
- South Asia Women's Network: For a real green economy“A Green Economy should replace the current economic order, which is based on inequity, environmental destruction and greed, which has resulted in keeping nearly half the world’s population in poverty, and has brought the planet to the point of a severe environmental catastrophe through climate change.” Statement published by the third annual conference of the South ...---READ-->>