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Global Warming Action Camp against Alberta’s tar sands!
A Call to Action To Protect Alberta!
Global Warming Action Camp
June 3rd – June 8th 2007
Alberta Needs Change, Not Climate Change
Invest in Clean Energy NOW!
Alberta faces historic and unprecedented destruction from corporate fossil fuel exploitation of the province to feed America’s insatiable energy appetite. A group of experienced and committed organizers are planning a campaign and actions training to support ongoing campaigns against the destruction of Alberta by the fossil fuel industry, reverse global warming and call for new directions toward renewable energy and energy efficiency. Continue reading
West Coast Convergence for Climate Action!
Between August 8-14th Rising Tide and other groups are organizing coordinated Convergence for Climate Action.
Here on the left coast, the Convergence for Climate Action will be located near the mouth of the iconic and Columbia River. There, at the Washington / Oregon border, big companies with support from numerous politicians from around the region (including Democrats), are trying to build a massive liquefied natural gas terminal.
The terminal’s construction is facing ongoing and massive local opposition because of the damage it would cause to the environment, local economy, and due to domestic and international human rights, environmental, and climate concerns.
Lots more information please visit our website www.climateconvergence.org/west/.
Investigation Uncovers Carbon Credits Smokescreen
By Fiona Harvey / Stephen Fidler
Published on Thursday, April 26, 2007 by Financial Times
LONDON – Companies and individuals rushing to go green have been spending millions on “carbon credit” projects that yield few if any environmental benefits.A Financial Times investigation has uncovered widespread failings in the new markets for greenhouse gases, suggesting some organisations are paying for emissions reductions that do not take place.
Others are meanwhile making big profits from carbon trading for very small expenditure and in some cases for clean-ups that they would have made anyway. 
The growing political salience of environmental politics has sparked a “green gold rush”, which has seen a dramatic expansion in the number of businesses offering both companies and individuals the chance to go “carbon neutral”, offsetting their own energy use by buying carbon credits that cancel out their contribution to global warming.
The burgeoning regulated market for carbon credits is expected to more than double in size to about $68.2bn by 2010, with the unregulated voluntary sector rising to $4bn in the same period.
The FT investigation found: