PLANKTOS: The Solution to Climate Change? By Maya Face A for-profit company named Planktos Inc. claims to “erase carbon footprints” by offsetting carbon emissions. Their promotional materials say, “Global Warming: Solved!” –offering a quick fix to the largest challenge of our times. While they are primarily concerned with “restoring” plankton… Continue reading

Focus on Trade, the publication of Walden Bello’s group Focus on the Global South, is entirely focused on climate politics for this issue…Some excellent writings in here, and illustration that the anti-globalization / Global Justice movement in getting increasingly tapped into the climate movement, and bringing it some much needed… Continue reading

URGENT ACTION ALERT!! DEADLINE APPROACHING! YUCCA MOUNTAIN, SACRED TO THE SHOSHONE & MAJOR FAULT ZONE, IN IMMINENT DANGER! DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MOVES PLANS FORWARD TO TURN YUCCA MOUNTAIN INTO NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD DEADLINE JANUARY 10, 2008.Public hearings have not been well attended, statements mostly in favor of… Continue reading