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.

Alarming New Study: Greenhouse Gases to Persist for Millenia

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This does not bode well…& it means no solace for those committed to half-assed, reformist approaches-in the face of a corporate fascist elite who will let go of NOTHING w/out a fight. Global Revolution Now!

ASW

The Independent  November 30, 2008

Greenhouse gases will heat up planet ‘forever’ New study shows the effects of CO2 pollution will be felt for hundreds of thousands of years

Global warming is forever, some of the world’s top climate scientists have concluded. Their research shows that carbon dioxide emitted from today’s homes, cars and factories will continue to heat up the planet for hundreds of thousands of years.

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Indigenous People Demand Voice in Climate Talks

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Published on Friday, November 28, 2008 by OneWorld.net

by Haider Rizvi

UNITED NATIONS – Calls for greater participation of the world’s indigenous leaders are on the rise as another round of talks on global climate change opens in the Polish city of Poznan next week.

In a study released last week, MRG researchers warned that a new climate change agreement would be “seriously compromised” if policymakers continued to shut out the voices of those most affected by global warming.

More than 8,000 delegates from around the world are expected to participate in the meeting at Poznan. The two-week meeting is supposed to hammer out further international commitments to fight climate change, including climate-related financial assistance for developing countries.

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