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Canadians 4 Global Warming
I don’t usually post videos here, but this is delightful — and right on the mark. Just 2 minutes and 48 seconds — Enjoy! Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
Full Tanks at the Cost of Empty Stomachs: The Expansion of the Sugarcane Industry in Latin America
Statement prepared by Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST) SAO PAULO, FEBRUARY 28, 2007: We, representatives of organizations and social movements of Brazil, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic, gathered at a...
Exploding the “Emissions Intensity” Hoax
By Ian Angus As I’ve written previously, the Climate Change Denial Industry is still active despite the IPCC Report — but it’s also true that it has become unfashionable as an explicit political stance, at least in Canada. After years of inaction...
Canadian Dimension: A 12 Step Program to Combat Climate Change
Continuing our series of articles and statements reflecting a variety of “Left Views on Climate Change.” Canadian Dimension, founded in 1963, describes itself as “a magazine which shows there is an alternative to the corporate agenda and the...
'Acts of God' or Products of the System?
by Zoe Kenny In early February, rains that flooded up to 70% of Jakarta and displaced some 450,000 people began. Across Indonesia, 85 people died, according to a March 12 Agence France-Presse report. Bloomberg’s wire service reported on March 6...
Climate Change Denial: The Swindle Continues
By Ian Angus Last month’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said that the science is absolutely clear. Climate change is real and human activity is the primary cause. That ended the debate, right? Wrong. Anyone who expects...
British Airways' Offset Greenwash
Eighteen months ago, in September 2005, British Airways announced a plan that allowed travellers to “offset” their travel-generated emissions by paying to have trees planted. Anyone care to guess the total impact so far? Assuming that...
The Sting in the Bio-Buzz
by Jutta Kill Biofuels are flavour of the month for carmakers and politicians keen to be seen as green without directly addressing the problem of everrising transport emissions. The bio-buzz has now caught on strongly in the EU. On 10 January, the...
United States and Brazil: The New Ethanol Alliance
by Raúl Zibechi Translated by Laura Carlsen from: Estados Unidos y Brasil: La nueva alianza etanol for the IRC Americas Program Raúl Zibechi is a member of the Editorial Council of the weekly Brecha de Montevideo, teacher and researcher of social...