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.

World Bank Called ‘Unqualified’ to Run Climate Fund

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Putting the foxes in charge of the chicken coop…

ASW

Published on Friday, June 6, 2008 by One World.net
World Bank Called ‘Unqualified’ to Run Climate Fund
By Alison Raphael

WASHINGTON – Organizations from 40 countries called on leaders of the developing world yesterday to oppose World Bank plans to establish a “Clean Technology Fund” that they fear will have little or no impact on halting global warming.0606 03 1

“The Clean Technology Fund [includes] no definition of clean technology,” said Kenny Bruno, international program director for Oil Change International, one of the signatory groups.

By leaving definitions of key terms hazy, the groups argue, the World Bank leaves the door open to use scarce resources in support of energy initiatives likely to have only a minor impact on climate change.

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Longest Walkers Tazered, Beaten, Arrested by Ohio Police

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From:    Deane T. Rimerman <deane@efn.org>
To:      cascadia-organize@lists.riseup.net
<cascadia-organize@lists.riseup.net>
Date:    Friday, June 6, 2008, 12:29:55 PM
Subject: [cascadia-organize] Some kind of new taser craze on activists?
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http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Ohio Police Attack Long Walkers

Ohio police attack Long Walkers
Updated June 5, 2008

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Unprovoked Columbus, Ohio police attacked Long Walkers,
by first pointing a taser at the head of Michael Lane and then forcing
Luv the Mezenger to the ground and handcuffing him.

The Longest Walk Northern Route was walking this prayer through Columbus
on Monday, June 2, when police squad cars and arrest wagons arrived.
Without discussion of the purpose of the prayer walk, or verifying that
the Ohio Department of Transportation had been notified of the prayer
walk, police attacked the walkers.

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UGS Congressional Briefing: Climate Change Impacts to the Colorado River Basin

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Climate Change Impacts to the Colorado River Basin

Scientific research indicates that warmer temperatures may create
substantial water supply shortages in the Colorado River. This would
greatly impact the more than 25 million people who rely on this
source for water and power. Science-based tools and information are
needed to adapt to changing climate conditions in this region of
growing population and limited water resources. For more information
on the USGS model showing potential shortages from this basin, visit
http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/proj.bib/Publications/2007/mccabe_wolock_2007.pdf.

The USGS is hosting a congressional briefing on June 6 in Washington,
D.C. on climate change impacts on the Colorado River.

The briefing is open to the public. For more information about this
briefing, visit www.usgs.gov/solutions or contact Jessica Robertson
at  jrobertson@usgs.gov

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Ocean Life Under Threat From Climate Change

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” …an overwhelming bias toward land-surface studies…”
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CSIRO
Media Release
6 June 2008

The international science community must devote more resources to
research into the effects climate change is having on ocean
environments, according to a paper published today in the journal
Science by researchers at CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation National
Research Flagship.

“Marine ecosystems are undoubtedly under-resourced, overlooked and
under threat and our collective knowledge of impacts on marine life
is a mere drop in the ocean,” wrote Dr Anthony Richardson, from The
University of Queensland and CSIRO, and his co-author, Dr Elvira
Poloczanska from CSIRO in Hobart.

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