From the fine folks at Rainforest Action Network, who say Copenhagen and the “shady back room deals… brokered by President Obama” really make it “the Greenwash of the Century”
And it’s funny too.
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From The BreakThrough Institute, a progressive environmental think tank that thankfully does not walk the now-crumbling mainstream path of climate change politics. One of the country’s most respected liberal foreign policy voices, Walter Russell Mead, blames Al Gore for the magical climate thinking that led to the contrivance and ultimate failure of Copenhagen Here’s some [...] Photo: Gruenenrw on Flickr Treehugger “I have the feeling of dread that we are on the Titanic and sinking fast, but we can’t launch any life boats because a member of the crew has decided that we are not sinking and that we have to have informal consultations to decide whether we are [...] Indymedia.dk photo. Article An array of civil society, delegates and negotiating parties representing a global alliance of both north and south civil society groups, people’s Movements, indigenous representatives and even some governments have begun a dramatic protest today disrupting the inside of the Bella Center. Scores/Hundreds of representatives gathered in the central hall and [...] This in advance of the big protest planned for tomorrow. No word on why Tadzio Mueller of Climate Justice Action was arrested by plainclothes police who promise to detail why when they get around to it, which will almost certainly be after the protest. Kevin Smith, an organiser for activist group Climate Camp, said: [...] Activist preparations in Copenhagen. Democracy Now. Mass Cop15 protest in Copenhagen: 100,000+ Hundreds arrested in Copenhagen protests The Copenhagen climate talks have been rocked by the leak of a draft final agreement which weakens the role of the United Nations in climate change negotiations and abandons the Kyoto Protocol. Gosh, then we’ll have the current binding agreements replaced by a few vague promises to do better. I’m sure that will help [...] A real solution demands actual cuts in emissions via a green new deal that would reduce emissions and create ’1 million new jobs’, affordable public transport, promotion of more economic localisation (for example more local businesses mean less commuting), insulation, organic agriculture (factory farming and non organic is very energy intensive), war is very energy [...] Worldchanging opines that some sort of agreement in principle my be penned at Copenhagen, but the real victory is elsewhere. But one huge achievement looks more certain, and is largely being overlooked: leaders are taking the science seriously. More and more politicians, business leaders, religious leaders, doctors, even soldiers, have decided to try to [...] The Guardian details the various political machinations that might derail any agreement on climate change at Copenhagen. However it doesn’t mention the crucial cap-and-trade provisions which if enacted would be used by more speculators to make money rather than helping to reduce carbon emissions. Six words to expose the scam After two years of distilling [...] |  | ||||
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