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- Why 450 ppm is not a safe targetMany politicians and others say that catastrophic climate change can be avoided by keeping the atmospheric CO2 concentration of 450 parts per million. They are dangerously wrong. Skeptical Science, May 4, 2011 A target of 450 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in the atmosphere is widely regarded as synonymous with keeping mean global temperature by 2100 to no ...---READ-->>
- Oceans rising much faster than IPCC predictedThe Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) says unless action is taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ocean levels will increase by between 0.9 and 1.6 metres in this century. That’s two to three times greater than the range predicted in the last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which did not include the impact of Arctic ...---READ-->>
- Study predicts more U.S. deaths from heat waves“For major a U.S. city like Chicago, the impact will likely be profound and potentially devastating” Global climate change is anticipated to bring more extreme weather phenomena such as heat waves that could impact human health in the coming decades. An analysis led by researchers ...---READ-->>
- Royal wedding accelerates global warmingDid the Windsor-Middleton party set new a record for greenhouse gas emissions produced by a one-day event? by Ian Angus A while back, in an article about a bizarre scheme to let people in Britain offset their carbon emissions by paying for birth control in Madagascar, I wrote: I might take this a little more seriously if the ...---READ-->>
- Population book available for pre-order nowBe the first on your block to read the new book by Ian Angus and Simon Butler! Available for pre-order now …. Too Many People? provides a clear, well-documented, and popularly written refutation of the idea that “overpopulation” is a major cause of environmental destruction, arguing that a focus on human numbers not ...---READ-->>
- Green Illusions and the Carbon Tax ScamA serious program will reject the talk of “market mechanisms” and pursue measures that directly address both carbon emissions and technological change by Tim Anderson Dr. Tim Anderson is a senior lecturer in political economy at Sydney University in Sydney, Australia The proposal for a carbon tax raises the issues of tax equity and political strategy. Yet despite ...---READ-->>
- Bolivia at UN: "We cannot command nature except by obeying her"Speech of Ambassador Pablo Solón, permanent representative of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the United Nations, on the occasion of the General Assembly interactive dialogue on harmony with nature, April 20, 2011---READ-->>
- Breaking the real population tabooComing soon: a new book by Ian Angus and Simon Butler that exposes the fallacies of the “too many people” explanation for the environmental crisis by Ian Angus Is there a taboo against attributing environmental problems to population growth? Are populationist views being suppressed? Sir David Attenborough thinks so. On March 10, the noted naturalist and broadcaster told ...---READ-->>
- Environmentalists, Health Groups and Unions Condemn Canada's Support of Deadly Asbestos TradeThe Canadian government is paying millions to remove asbestos from the Prime Minister’s home, while he supports export of the same deadly material to third world countries Open Letter to Prime Minister Harper Dear Prime Minister Harper: We urge you to put people’s lives ahead of politics. Please end your support for the deadly asbestos trade. Canada’s leading medical ...---READ-->>
- Reflections On The Way From Cochabamba To DurbanSpeech by Elizabeth Peredo Beltran, Director of Bolivia’s Solon Foundation, to the closing session of the Cochabamba+1 Conference in Montreal, April 17, 2011 Related post: Montreal Meeting Shows Growing Support for Climate Justice There is a rebellious movement growing across the planet protesting the unfair impacts of climate change and environmental crisis. A global intuition was being formed ...---READ-->>
- Rich countries don't cut emissions, they export themMore proof of Kyoto’s failure: emissions transferred to the third world outweigh claimed cuts by more than 300% ++++++++++++ by Duncan Clark Guardian, April 25, 2011 Cuts in carbon emissions by developed countries since 1990 have been cancelled out three times over by increases in imported goods from developing countries such as China, according to the most comprehensive ...---READ-->>
- Proposed Climate Fund Co-Chair Adds a New Quantum of Global RiskTrevor Manuel’s long history of collaboration with Washington and London raises prospects for “default” by the industrialized North on payment of climate debt to the impoverished South [UPDATE, April 27: The global elite has indeed chosen Trevor Manuel as co-chair of the Green Climate Fund. As Patrick Bond wrote in the article below, this appointment further undermines ...---READ-->>
- The Flooded EarthPeter D. Ward. The Flooded Earth: Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps. New York: Basic Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-0465009497. 272 pages. reviewed by Javier Sethness In The Flooded Earth, paleontologist Peter D. Ward repeats a pattern found in a number of other works published in recent years that examine climate change and the environmental crisis. ...---READ-->>
- Communities Devastated by Mining Will Confront Barrick GoldOnce a year, the Directors of the world’s most powerful gold mining company gather in downtown Toronto. Join us and representatives from mining-impacted communities to… Confront Barrick Gold! When: Wednesday 27 April 2011 @ 10.30AM Where: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front Street West, Toronto Join the resistance to end corporate impunity! Who is Barrick Gold? Barrick Gold is ...---READ-->>
- Toronto People’s Assembly for Climate Justice MeetsMeeting marks significant progress in the confidence and maturity of climate justice forces by John Riddell The Toronto People’s Assembly on Climate Justice held its third conference on April 23, 2011, with more than 100 participants. The event marked a step forward from the previous two sessions, held in June and November 2010, both in spirit and ...---READ-->>
- James Connolly: We Only Want the EarthA song written in 1907 by the Irish republican socialist James Connolly, who led the Easter Uprising in Dublin, 95 years ago this week. Connolly was severely injured in the fighting on Easter Weekend 1916. He probably would have died of his wounds, but the British army took him from the hospital, tied ...---READ-->>
- Montreal Meeting Shows Growing Support for Climate JusticeCochabamba+1 — “The first chance in twenty years for such a political discussion embracing forces from both Quebec and Canada” by John Riddell Bolivia marked Earth Day (April 22) this year by formulating the Law of Mother Earth, which — when adopted — will establish eleven new rights for nature, including the rights not to be ...---READ-->>
- Some Reflections on the Montreal ConferenceDiscussions at the Cochabamba+1 meeting posed a critical question: how can we build a truly inclusive network that incorporates voices from across the climate justice spectrum? by Matthew Brett Organizational tensions emerged during the Cochbamba+1 conference on climate justice in Montreal last weekend that merit addressing. My concern is that important messages conveyed during the conference will be ...---READ-->>
- Tanuro: To stop nuclear, we must end capitalismBelgian ecosocialist Daniel Tanuro, author of “l’impossible capitalisme vert,” speaking at a meeting organized by the New Anticapitalist Party, April 1 in Marseille. (en français)---READ-->>
- Fukushima and Capitalist InhumanityThe Fukushima disaster shows once again that for capitalism, the health and life of workers, neighbouring populations, and the victims of the pollution is just an adjustable variable, like wages by Pierre Rousset International Viewpoint, April 2011 Writing after the Japanese nuclear disaster, Dr Abraham Behar, President of the Association of French Physicians for the Prevention of ...---READ-->>