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Taking Action Against Carbon Trade: What the Clouds Say

By Guest Contributor December 5, 2009 December 5, 2009 RT Newswire, RT Reportbacks

On November 30th, I spent part of my day lying on the ground in the middle of a busy intersection in the heart of Chicago’s financial district with my arms locked into big plastic tubes that connected me to 11 other people. Our arms, in the tubes, were linked to form a big circle of bodies and tubes, around the outside of a large banner reading “The air is not for sale!”. Continue reading

What is The Story of Cap & Trade?

By Guest Contributor December 2, 2009 December 2, 2009 RT Newswire

The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the “devils in the details” in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from what’s really required to tackle the climate crisis. If you’ve heard about cap and trade, but aren’t sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film is for you.

This video was produced in partnership with the Durban Group for Climate Justice of which Global Justice Ecology Project is a founding member.

Check it out at – http://storyofstuff.com/capandtrade/

Tree Plantations Are Not Forests, Women Activists Say

By Guest Contributor December 1, 2009 December 1, 2009 RT Newswire

BUENOS AIRES – Touted as “harvested forests,” single-crop tree plantations are fast encroaching on the native forests and grasslands of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, affecting the environment and the lives of local communities, rural women say. Continue reading

N30 Climate Justice Updates

By Guest Contributor November 30, 2009 November 30, 2009 RT Newswire, RT Reportbacks

http://www.actforclimatejustice.org/news-and-updates/