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Defenders of the Land Take Action Across Canada

A new organization of grassroots activists who are in the forefront of the fight for Native rights was created at the Defenders of the Land Gathering  Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...

Mushkegowuk Council Bans Mining on Traditional Lands

“The government needs to recognize that First Nations have the legal and constitutional right to be consulted and now we demand that consent be part of the equation.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit...

Obama’s Energy Plan: New Policies, New Dangers

Obama’s victory marks a real turn in the energy and climate policy of the United States, one that will be carried out at the expense of American workers and the peoples of the world Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click...

Offsets Under Kyoto: A Dirty Deal for the South

The ‘Clean Development Mechanism’ is grossly ineffective and enormously unjust 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...

Poznan Climate Talks: Fiddling While the Earth Burns

The UN Climate Conference failed to achieve any breakthrough towards a global climate deal — a sign not merely of bad timing, but of a flawed system that takes no account of climate justice Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click...

Belem Ecosocialist Declaration

This Declaration was prepared by a committee elected at the Paris Ecosocialist Conference of 2007 (Ian Angus, Joel Kovel, Michael Löwy), with the help of Danielle Follett. It will be distributed at the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil, in January...

Radical New Agenda Needed To Achieve Climate Justice

Members of Climate Justice Now! — a worldwide alliance of more than 160 organisations — have been in Poznan for the past two weeks closely following developments in the UN climate negotiations. This statement is our assessment of the Conference of...

Book Review: Psychology, Culture and Climate Change

Alastair McIntosh. HELL AND HIGH WATER: CLIMATE CHANGE, HOPE AND THE HUMAN CONDITION. Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, 2008. ISBN 978-1841586229 Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...

Canada's Role at UN Climate Talks: "Profoundly Hypocritical"

Welcome to diplomatic doublespeak 101 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 window)MoreClick...