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We’ve been seeing a lot of reports of protests at the COP 19 negotiations in Warsaw. Protestors are targeting the heavy presence of corporate interests at these negotiations. The COP (that’s Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC) is supposed to be dedicated to diplomatic policy-making to reduce green house gas emissions. Warsaw, however, is […] RTCC Nov 11 with full transcript: Philippines negotiator Nasarev (Yeb) Sano declares hunger fast. THE FOLLOWING IS QUOTED FROM COP-19 COLLECTIVE BLOG “Excerpt [from Yeb Sano’s transcript]: These last two days, there are moments when I feel that I should rally behind the climate advocates who peacefully confront those historically responsible for the current […] This is the new normal of the Anthropocene. Extreme weather leading to devastating loss of life and property is like a lottery system for who will suffer the brunt of anthropogenic global warming. Global political response to such sporadic and far-flung destruction is inept. The current conference of the parties to the United Nations Climate […] Fracking Politics are complicated. This article gives an interesting portrait of “fractivists” in Pennsylvania’s Delaware River Valley, and incidentally mentions the GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES paid TO GAS COMPANIES when they sign leases to drill for natural gas. I guess these subsidies are part of Obama’s “clean energy” agenda. In Peru, demonstrations in June of 2009 against government plans for forest use ended in violence that left dozens dead. REDD = Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and environmental Degradation. [The Culture of Climate Change is not for those who wilt at the sight of acronyms. I used to have such an aversion to acronyms that […] |
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