Today, November 30, is an anniversary. Eight years ago today, civil society activists converged on Seattle to protest the World Trade Organization (WTO). At the ministerial in Seattle, the WTO hoped to further institutionalize corporate rule being built in various trade agreements and transnational economic institutions. And they didn’t just converge. Thousands got [...]

According to a new Naomi Klein piece in the Nation, the “smart” money these days is on guns, not green. Private security companies, weapons makers, and disaster-response contractors can expect brisk business in the fast-arriving era of climate chaos. Anyone tired of lousy news from the markets should talk to Douglas [...]

On the eve of the climate negotiations in Bali - our esteemed President George Bush had some great news for us today. US greenhouse gas emissions went down in 2006! A little bit. What Bush’s statements on the matter (see below) fail to mention that US emissions in 2006 were 15% higher than in 1990, and [...]

I like Google. No, wait… I love Google. The folks in Mountain View have changed my life for the better, several times. Google Search did it the first time, then Google Image Search, then Google News, Google Maps… Really, almost every project they come up with has improved the quality of my life, not just give [...]

A group of DC based polar bears made a “bank run” on Bank of America withdrawing $27k in COLD CASH from the banking giant over their fund of coal and climate change.

I missed Thanksgiving this year. Instead of feasting on turkey, I joined oil palm producers, exporters, processors, small farmers, and NGO reps at the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The RSPO bills itself as a “multi-stakeholder initiative” with the goal of bringing everyone on the oil palm supply chain—from smallholders in Indonesia, to Cargill, [...]

This weekend, Australia’s Labor party scored a resounding victory over John Howard’s right wing Liberal party. Not only did John Howard’s party lose power by more than 25 seats, but he personally lost the seat in parliament he has held since 1974. Way to go, Johnny. I guess you’ll be brushing up [...]

Join the global call to ANZ Bank, “Don’t fund forest destruction.” Last weekend was a wake-up call for regional banking giant ANZ. Over 15,000 people took to the streets of Hobart, Tasmania to protest ANZ’s potential financing of a big new pulp mill that threatens remaining stands of Tasmanian old-growth. In Tokyo, where RAN has [...]

San Francisco NYC (”How Citi Stole Christmas”)

So I’ve been planning this online action targeting Citi for a while now. I love it because instead of an online petition or a call in day, we’re using the internet to get Citi to call you! Citi is the leading funder of the coal industry and coal is the single biggest source of the greenhouse [...]