A powerful call from Naomi Klein for a global movement for climate justice
Naomi Klein’s new book, This changes everything. Capitalism vs the Climate (Allen Lane, London, 2014), puts climate change at the centre of politics. She makes the connection (local-global) with movements everywhere against oil, coal and gas extraction; one could add movements in Brazil and elsewhere against deforestation. By {Joan Martinez Alier} “Whether or not climate change has been a primary motivator, (such local movements)...
European Citizen Summit: a different vision for Europe
The European Union (EU) should leave behind its economic growth obsession and focus instead on more transparent and sustainable policies, according to hundreds of people gathered at the flagship European Citizens summit event in Brussels A recurring question surrounding the Parliament elections in May was whether and how the EU will be able to regain the public’s lost trust in the European project. Today, hundreds of European citizens...
Illegal loggers blamed for murder of Peru forest campaigner
Authorities confirm killing of Edwin Chota and three other men, with reports saying they were shot in front of villagers Edwin Chota, an activist against illegal logging, was murdered along with three other men, say Peruvian authorities. Illegal loggers are being blamed for the murder of four Asheninka natives including a prominent anti-logging campaigner, Edwin Chota, near the Peruvian frontier with Brazil. Authorities in Peru have...
Hundreds Of Thousands Turn Out For People’s Climate March In New York City
NEW YORK — More than 400,000 people turned out for the People’s Climate March in New York City on Sunday, just days before many of the world’s leaders are expected to debate environmental action at the United Nations climate summit. Early reports from event organizers are hailing the turnout as the largest climate march in history, far bigger than the Forward on Climate rally held in Washington, D.C., last year....
In Fortaleza, BRICS became co-dependent upon eco-financial imperialism
Contrary to rumour, the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) alliance confirmed it would avoid challenging the unfair, chaotic world financial system at the Fortaleza, Brazil, summit on July 15, 2014. By Patrick Bond on [Links] DURBAN | The BRICS “are actually meeting Western demands”, as China Daily bragged, “to finance development of developing nations and stabilise the global financial market”. If BRICS subservience...
U.N. researchers: ‘Montreal Protocol’ has almost totally corrected damage to ozone layer
In some rare good news for the environment, the UN on Wednesday said Earth’s damaged ozone layer was “well on track” for recovery by mid-century, although fixing it over Antarctica would take longer. By {Agence France In their first review in four years on Earth’s vital shield, UN agencies said a 1987 treaty to protect the ozone layer was so successful it was indirectly adding to problems in another area — global warming. Without the...
