Year: 2009

Our Climate is not Your Business: Rising Tide takes the fight for climate justice to the Big Apple and beyond

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After a summer long lull in actions, Rising Tide and allies have switched into high gear. With the UN Climate talks in Copenhagen around the corner, the corporate greens and their buddies in Wall St are working overtime to paint capitalism green and push through bullshit climate legislation that would do more harm than good. In response Rising Tide has set its sites on fighting the corporate greens and their market solutions. Continue reading

Friends of the Earth Statement on the Kerry-Boxer Draft Climate Bill

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Washington, D.C.— Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had the following statement in response to the Kerry-Boxer draft climate bill:

“We commend Senators Boxer and Kerry for their dedication to combating the important problem of climate change but we cannot support a bill that fails to solve the problem. Overall the draft is riddled with loopholes and does not go far enough to protect the planet. Continue reading

What is REDD?

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According to the publication, “The Little REDD Book”, the basic idea behind Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) is simple: Developing countries that are willing and able to reduce emissions from deforestation should be financially compensated for doing so.5 However, according to many Indigenous Peoples, REDD is CO2lonialism of Forests because it allows Northern polluters to buy permits to pollute or “carbon credits” by promising not to cut down forests and plantations in the South.

http://www.ienearth.org/REDD/index.html