On January 8, 2009 the world will witness an historic procession of First
Nations chiefs on horses at the National Mall in Washington DC. The chiefs will come from Canada to present their message to the American people and President-elect Obama, that they must be compensated for the oil being sold by Canada to the United States. It is actually the First Nations within the borders of Canada who are the largest provider of foreign oil to the U.S. but they are not receiving payment. The event will begin in the morning with a prayer ceremony (that is closed to the public),
followed by a procession with horses down the National Mall. The day will
culminate with a press conference at the National Press Club at 1:00 PM
EST.
Category: RT Newswire
USE ME! Essentially, this is a catch all for everything. This is probably the ONLY category where things that are not directly related to Rising Tide affiliates/allies should go. For example if a coal company goes out of business (and we didn’t directly cause it) it should probably only go here.
Australian Scientists: Coral Decline Warns of Ocean Changes
Published on Friday, January 2, 2009 by Agence France Presse Coral Decline Warns of Ocean Changes: Australian Scientists SYDNEY - A sharp slowdown in coral growth on Australia's Great Barrier Reef since 1990 is a warning sign that precipitous changes in the world's oceans may be imminent, scientists said Friday. Strong evidence points to the cause being a combination of warmer seas and higher acidity from increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, Australian Institute of Marine Science researchers reported. "The data suggest that this severe and sudden decline in calcification is unprecedented in at least 400 years," said Glenn De'ath, principal author of a paper published Friday in the international journal Science. Continue reading
Forest Death, Carbon Sequestration, and Logging
Watch out…the timber beast will be drooling all over this one.
Industrial logging is NEVER a solution-regardless of what “government
scientists” say.
ASW
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“Since 1999, and especially in the last five years, the forests have
shifted from being a carbon sink to a carbon source.”
“That grim reality is stoking a new debate over commercial logging, one of
Canada’s biggest industries.”
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Chicago Tribune January 2, 2008
Canada’s forests, once huge help on greenhouse gases, now contribute to
climate change
By Howard Witt
VANCOUVER-As relentlessly bad as the news about global warming seems to be, with ice at the poles melting faster than scientists had predicted and world temperatures rising higher than expected, there was at least a reservoir of hope stored here in Canada’s vast forests.
The country’s 1.2 million square miles of trees have been dubbed the
“lungs of the planet” by ecologists because they account for more than 7
percent of Earth’s total forest lands. They could always be depended upon
to suck in vast quantities of carbon dioxide, naturally cleansing the
world of much of the harmful heat-trapping gas.
But not anymore.
Climate Change Forcing Penguins North?
Climate Change Forcing Penguins North?
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/01/01-1
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