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.

Hansen: Climate, Tipping Points, and U.S. Politics

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Published on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 by The Toronto Star
Earth Near Tipping Point, Climatologist Warns by Tim Harper

WASHINGTON-James Hansen returned to Capitol Hill a hero yesterday, but certainly not a conquering hero.

The soft-spoken scientist, hailed as the “whistle-blower for the planet,” tried to quiet a standing ovation from environmentalists here with a typically blunt admonition.

“It is not a time to celebrate,” said Hansen, 20 years to the day since he became the first leading scientist to warn of the dangers of global warming before a congressional committee.

He returned not to bask in any adulation, but to warn that the Earth is nearing a tipping point, to call for a national carbon tax and to say that CEOs of energy companies may be guilty of crimes against humanity and nature.

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Biofuel Use ‘Iincreasing Poverty’

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Biofuel Use ‘Iincreasing Poverty’ 
 
Palm oil is one of the biofuel crops stirring controversy
The replacement of traditional fuels with biofuels has dragged more than 30 million people worldwide into poverty, an aid agency report says.

Oxfam says so-called green policies in developed countries are contributing to the world’s soaring food prices, which hit the poor hardest.

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*Stop Black Mesa Project! DEIS Comment Period Deadline July 7, 2008*

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—————————- Original Message —————————-
Subject: *Stop Black Mesa Project! DEIS Comment Period Deadline July 7, 2008*
From:    “Black Mesa Support” <blackmesais@riseup.net>
Date:    Mon, June 23, 2008 10:53 am
To:      “support, Black Mesa Indigenous Support” <blackmesais@riseup.net>
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The following action alert is from The Black Mesa Water Coalition:
Dear friends and relatives,
Please take a few minutes to read and hopefully respond! We have
being trying our best to handle the railroading tactics of Peabody,
the Office of Surface Mining and its desire mine more coal!
Best, BMWC
www.blackmesawatercoalition.org

Black Mesa Project permitting process Re-opened! Deadline for
commenting: July 7, 2008
Coal is the liver of Mother Earth, keep it in the ground, keep her
alive and healthy!

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