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And really, why should you? Forests are an integral part of the climate change fight. The destruction of forests around the world accounts for 20 percent of global greenhouse gases. Saving the rainforest requires the same system changes that stopping fossil fuels does – a new greener world based on sustainability, not consumption. We do [...]
Continue reading...By Adrian, December 9 2009
Written by Jennifer Krill and Adrian Wilson. Cross-posted from It’s Getting Hot in Here. Whispers in the hallways at the COP-15 Copenhagen climate negotiations emerged as a full blown controversy yesterday, when the UK Guardian published leaked text that was written by a secret group of negotiators, the so-called ‘Circle of Commitment’. The U.S., UK, Denmark [...]
Continue reading...By Nell, December 7 2009
Robert Kennedy, Jr. calls for a stop to the blasting of Coal River Mountain and protection of nation’s clean energy resources, on first day of global climate talks in Copenhagen Why would 300 people stand in the bitter cold for more than two hours on a Monday afternoon? Well, in Charleston today, we braved the [...]
Continue reading...By joshua kahn russell, December 7 2009
Cross Posted from Grist. Well it was opening day of the madness that is COP15: the meeting of the UNFCCC that is supposedly going to decide the fate of the entire world. And what better way to open it than with broad civil society outrage at the egregious lack of democracy in the process. Here’s [...]
Continue reading...By Hillary Lehr, December 7 2009
You know something’s up when Santa is hanging out with orangutans in your corporate headquarters parking lot. You know its something you are going to have to deal with when a team of environmental activists, labor organizers, and church groups bring a holiday present of 5,000 petitions to your doorstep. And you know when dozens [...]
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This blog was posted first on Grist. In the midst of decreasing expectations over a global climate deal, saving forests has been held out as the one thing that might be achieved over the next two weeks in Copenhagen. Says Newsweek: “One of the few tangible achievements expected from the climate talks in Copenhagen this [...]
Continue reading...By Annie Sartor, December 4 2009
RAN’s Chicago chapter is amazing!!! -Annie RAN Chicago keeps the pressure on JPMorgan Chase. On Nov. 19 – Nov. 21 around 20 people in the Chicago area and Central Illinois delivered 73 letters over a 3 day period to branch managers of JPMorgan Chase. The letter addressed the banks role in funding mountain top removal [...]
Continue reading...By Annie Sartor, December 4 2009
Richard Heinberg is the author of nine books, including The Party’s Over, Peak Everything, and the newly released Blackout. He exposes the tenuousness of our current way of life and offers a vision for a truly sustainable future. His letter to Jamie Dimon is below: -Annie Dear Mr. Dimon: I am writing to respectfully request [...]
Continue reading...By Robin Averbeck, December 3 2009
I am happy to announce that forests continue to be this year’s fashion trend. Just this week, PAK 2000, packaging supplier to fashion’s finest companies, including Versace, Coach, Calvin Klein, and Marc Jacobs, has rejected rainforest destruction! PAK 2000 announced that they will cut all financial ties with their majority shareholder Asia Pulp and Paper [...]
Continue reading...By David Gilbert, December 2 2009
Human Rights Watch has just released the report: Wild Money: The human rights consequences of illegal logging and corruption in Indonesia’s forestry sector. Talking to allies in Riau, Sumatra, where Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) is logging tropical forests, it is clear that APP engages in corruption and utilizes a complete lack of transparency to [...]
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