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Subject: The 300-350 Show: Forests and Biofuels
From:    “Phil England” <phil@switch-off.co.uk>
Date:    Fri, December 12, 2008 3:47 pm
To:      phil@switch-off.co.uk
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Dear Friends,

THE 300-350 SHOW: Forests and Biofuels

We continue our coverage of the UN Climate Talks in Poznan, Poland where the
big issue on the table is “how to reduce emissions from deforestation”? The
big push from investors is to incorporate forests into the carbon markets,
but this approach is riddled with problems. Friends of the Earth
International has warned that this would “create the climate regime’s
biggest ever loophole.” We speak to Miguel Lovera, chair of the Global
Forest Coalition about his concerns and his proposals for an alternative way
forward.

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By Evo Morales, International Journal of Socialist Renewal
December 15, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/112765/

Sisters and brothers, today our Mother Earth is ill. From the beginning of the 21st century we have lived the hottest years of the last thousand years.

Global warming is generating abrupt changes in the weather: the retreat of glaciers and the decrease of the polar ice caps; the increase of the sea level and the flooding of coastal areas, where approximately 60% of the world population live; the increase in the processes of desertification and the decrease of fresh water sources; a higher frequency in natural disasters that the communities of the earth suffer[1]; the extinction of animal and plant species; and the spread of diseases in areas that before were free from those diseases.

One of the most tragic consequences of the climate change is that some nations and territories are the condemned to disappear by the increase of the sea level.

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It would be interesting to review these book & see how they handles issues
surrounding Indigenous/POC, false solutions, capitalism, etc.

ASW

From: <ecoauthor@howweknowclimatechange.com>
Date: Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 6:28 PM

Talking with Kids about Climate Change–A new book leads the way
with ideas on how parents and teachers can talk to kids about global
warming … Informative, engaging, non-scary and energizing.
Perfect recommendation for Holiday Books and Gifts.

How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and
Kids Explore Global Warming, by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch… was
written especially for middle schoolers and their teachers.

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Subject: Lakota win standing in Cameco nuclear fight
From:    “wsdp” <wsdp@igc.org>
Date:    Sat, December 13, 2008 7:07 am
To:      wsdp@igc.org
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FYI – Good news.

From the article below: “This is about the Human Rights of my clients
and their future generations to have clean drinking water,” said Bruce
Ellison, attorney for White Plume and Owe Aku.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Lakota win standing in Cameco nuclear fight

At:
http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2008/12/lakota-win-standing-in-cameco-
nuclear.html

By Alex White Plume
http://www.unobserver.com <http://www.unobserver.com/>

Water Protectors and Human Rights Activists Granted Standing to Oppose
the World’s Largest Uranium Producer Transnational Corporation: Cameco,
Inc.

PINE RIDGE SD–An Atomic Licensing Board (ALB) judges’ panel of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ruled in favor of petitioners who
filed interventions in the 10-year license renewal of Cameco, Inc.’s In
Situ Leach (ISL) uranium mine near Crawford, Nebraska.

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