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Posts tagged ‘climate change’
Gerald Epstein: Rich Should Be Happy with Cliff Deal
by The Editors, posted on Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 at 7:32 pm“The Most Obdurate Bully in the Room”: U.S. Widely Criticized For Role At Climate Talks
by The Editors, posted on Saturday, December 8th, 2012 at 8:35 pm
from Democracy Now!
“To move ahead we need a recognition that this is an issue of rights and justice, that this is an issue that involves countries which have to reduce their emissions, countries who must be given the right to development. It is also an issue that countries with the right to development must develop differently. We do not want to first pollute and then clean up. So, we need money, we need technology, to be able to do things differently. That’s the only deal that is possible for an effective deal, a meaningful deal, on climate change.”
–Sunita Narain, Indian environmentalist and director general of the Centre for Science and Environment
Finance Rules at Doha UN Climate Summit
by The Editors, posted on Saturday, December 8th, 2012 at 8:15 pmJanet Redman (Sustainable Energy and Economy Network): UN conference reflects lack of urgency from developed countries and focus on private finance
“We are Running Out of Time”: Obama Urged to Match Rhetoric to Action on Climate Deal
by The Editors, posted on Friday, December 7th, 2012 at 5:05 pm from Democracy Now!
Most major issues remain unresolved at the U.N. climate summit in Doha as negotiators enter the final stretch of the two-week summit. While the Doha talks involve nations working toward a pact to limit greenhouse gases starting in 2020, many say the world cannot wait that long. The United States has come under intense criticism at the summit from environmentalists and smaller nations who say President Obama has failed to meet his stated commitments to tackle global warming. We’re joined by Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International; and Samantha Smith, head of the World Wildlife Fund’s Global Climate and Energy Initiative.
Bill McKibben: Connecting the Dots on Climate Change
by The Editors, posted on Friday, December 7th, 2012 at 3:03 pm from The Nation
“We should not have called it Hurricane Sandy. We should have called it Hurricane Exxon,” says climate activist Bill McKibben. In the aftermath of a superstorm, Americans are finally making the connection between the changing weather and our fossil fuel addiction. McKibben took a break from his “Do the Math” tour, which calls on universities and other organizations to divest from the fossil fuel industry, to discuss the pressing structural changes we need to slow our warming planet.
“If there was ever a wake-up call, this is it” — Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change
by The Editors, posted on Monday, October 29th, 2012 at 1:12 pmfrom Democracy Now!
Bill McKibben (350.org) and climate scientist Greg Jones on Hurricane Sandy and climate change.
See also: McKibben’s “Do the Math” Tour, beginning November 7th.
We’re all going to die and no-one’s talking about it
by n0madic, posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2012 at 4:15 pmfrom The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann (RT)
The Human Race may very well die out – and no one is talking about it. The fact that we’ve now gone through three Presidential and Vice-Presidential debates – and not once has global climate change been brought up – should be, to paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, an “Alarm bell in the night” for all of us. Especially because this last September was the hottest September ever recorded in the civilized history of the human race. Not only that – this last September produced the smallest amount of Arctic ice ever recorded in the civilized history of the human race.
Our planet is rapidly changing – scientists across the world are freaking out – farmers are getting hysterical and, in many countries, committing suicide in mass numbers – and yet our two Presidential candidates are fighting about who’s going to pump more carbon pollution into the atmosphere: That would have been the perfect time for Candy Crowley to chime in an say – “Hey, guys what about the climate change crisis that’s being worsened by all of this drilling?” But she didn’t – and then Romney bashed the President over not approving the Keystone XL pipeline…Actually the President DID approve the Keystone pipeline – at least a large portion of it – and he’ll likely approve the rest if he wins a second term.
Why isn’t anyone talking about climate change in this election?
by n0madic, posted on Friday, October 12th, 2012 at 10:21 pmfrom Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer (Current TV)
ClimateProgress.org Editor Joe Romm talks to Current TV’s Michael Shure about how the issue of climate change is missing in the presidential campaign, pointing out that President Obama could attack Mitt Romney for opposing a wind energy tax credit.
“It would be great if a member of the media actually asked even one question on what most of us think is the story of the century: which is that we are in the process of ruining this liveable climate of ours.
Food for Thought: David Roberts – Climate Change is Simple
by n0madic, posted on Saturday, September 15th, 2012 at 7:00 amDavid Roberts is staff writer at Grist.org. In “Climate Change is Simple” he describes the causes and effects of climate change in blunt, plain terms.
On April 16, 2012, speakers and attendees gathered at TEDxTheEvergreenStateCollege: Hello Climate Change to reflect on the ability — and responsibility — of formal and informal education to inspire and empower action in this era of climate change.
Green Party Presidential Candidate Presents a “New Green Deal”
by n0madic, posted on Sunday, September 9th, 2012 at 12:25 pmJill Stein: Neither Obama nor Romney have a program that will create millions of jobs
