Year: 2009

350 Reasons Project – Carbon Trading Won’t Work

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We are proud to announce the launch of www.350reasons.org – a website presenting 350 1reasons why carbon trading will not serve to stabilize the climate.

In addition to the website we are releasing a pamphlet illustrating the top 35 reasons, as well as 350 reasons stickers. If you would like to distribute these stickers and/or pamphlets at an October 24th action near you (or at any other climate change events), you can order copies by emailing us at: distro@risingtidenorthamerica.org

Remember to include all your contact information and the number of copies that you would like to order. For delivery before October 24, you will need to place the order before next Tuesday, October 20. The 35 reasons pamphlet can also be downloaded starting Monday Oct 19 at www.350reasons.org.

350Reasons ‘zines available here! Continue reading

Obama administration moving forward on oil shale development on public lands

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As further proof that the Obama administration is serious about tackling climate change kissing up to big oil, the Dept of Interior announced today that it would go ahead with a second round of federal oil shale leases. While most news outlets focused on the DoI scrutinizing royalties for shale oil, the real news is that the Obama administration is opening up our public lands to destructive oil extraction. “With this new round of [research, development, and demonstration] leases, we hope to move closer to responsibly and sustainably developing our oil shale resources,” said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

Of course there is nothing responsible or sustainable about oil shale. The process of extracting oil shale is similar to tar sands. The land is  strip mined, then the oil is baked out of the rock by heating it to high temperatures. This is a process that destroys the land, uses massive amounts of water (most US oil shale is in arid climates), and uses massive amounts of energy. If tar sands are any indicator, it may take as much as 1 barrel of oil to extract two barrels of oil, greatly boosting the carbon footprint of shale oil. Continue reading

350 Reasons Project – Carbon Trading Won’t Work

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350Reasons ‘zines available here!

Press advisory for 350Reasons release [here]

Rising Tide North America, Carbon Trade Watch, and the Camp for Climate Action would like you to join us on the October 24th day of global climate action to spread the word about the biggest financial scam in history – Carbon Trading.

In order to stabilize the climate before billions of people around the world suffer the consequences, it is imperative that carbon-trading schemes are stopped and real, democratically determined solutions are implemented.

We cannot afford to waste any more valuable time and resources relying on such market-driven strategies to deliver science-based goals (such as 350 ppm of CO2) when so many lives and livelihoods are at stake. If we truly wish to protect people and planet, then we must put climate justice before corporate profits.

However, first and foremost, we need to dispel the misguided notion that carbon trading has anything at all to do with climate change mitigation, or the present and future wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to announce the launch of www.350reasons.org – a website presenting 350 reasons why carbon trading will not serve to stabilize the climate. You can submit your own reasons for opposing carbon trading via a web-form on this site. We will release the full 350 reasons next week. Continue reading