First major case of carbon credit crime British police arrests nine on suspicion of carbon credit trading fraud.
38 million British pounds was the presumed gain in a carbon credit scam investigated by British police. 130 officers raided 27 business and residential premises in Greater London and Kent, and arrested nine people suspected of being involved in the conspiracy, Financial Times reports. Continue reading
Take Action Oct 12-16: Global Mobilization in Defense of Mother Earth and the Peoples
On May 31, the 4th Continental Summit of Indigenous Peoples Abya Yala (”America”) called for a Global Mobilization in Defense of Mother Earth and the Peoples from October 12-16, 2009, “against [pollution], the commercialization of life … and the criminalization of indigenous and social movements.” Continue reading
Climate Movement, Meet Global Capitalism. Global Capitalism, meet the Climate Movement. On the G20 and the fight for Climate Justice
By Rising Tide “Oceans turn increasingly acidic, wiping out calcareous plankton and further hitting surviving coral reefs-much of the marine food chain endangered. One summer in every two has heat waves as strong as the 2003 disaster in Europe, when 30,000 died. Drought, fire and searing heat strikes the Mediterranean… Continue reading