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Copenhagen demonstrators push negotiators to act
COPENHAGEN – Great social movements are about the intelligence and vision of individuals, and the compelling strength of crowds. Both have been in abundance throughout the first week of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and especially on Saturday. Jennifer PredigerWearing polar bear costumes, red suits and dark glasses, black jeans and matching black tee-shirts, […]
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Climate Crock Sacks Hack Attack Part 2
13 years worth of emails, and this is the best they can come up with?
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Yes Men (almost) stage global takeover in Copenhagen
The Hopenhagen Globe looms above City Hall SquarePhoto: Matthew McDermott vic flickrThe Yes Men, merry climate pranksters, had been oddly quiet of late. Strange, since we are now deep into week one of the Copenhagen climate talks. But the activist group broke its silence today when members posing as reps from the Coca Cola company […]
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Youth and Indigenous activists rally for vulnerable nations at climate talks
COPENHAGEN — Echoing the words of Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed (We will not die quietly!) and the African negotiator Ambassador Lumumba, (No to climate colonialism!) hundreds of youth created a loud and energetic “climate storm” today inside the Copenhagen climate talks at the Bella Center. It was the largest demonstration at COP15 yet — and […]
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China Challenging the United States for World Wind Leadership
This Eco-Economy Indicator is written by my colleague J. Matthew Roney, a staff researcher at the Earth Policy Institute. It stresses the importance of wind energy development. Leadership of the global wind market is about to change hands. The United States—the birthplace of the modern wind industry—has held the top spot in new installations since […]
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The Rest of the Story of Cap and Trade
Recently, we’re hearing another round of questions about the cap and trade approach to curbing global warming pollution. For instance, there’s an entertaining cartoon going around called “The Story of Cap and Trade” questioning whether climate legislation based on cap and trade will do the job. Scientist James Hansen and economist Paul Krugman offer opposing perspectives […]
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Exxon’s man in Copenhagen
Brian Flannery.Photo: Jonathan HiskesI tracked down Brian Flannery today. He’s the top climate advisor for ExxonMobil, a veteran of international climate talks, and a bona fide villain in the eyes of environmental groups. That’s largely due to Exxon’s funding of front groups that sow misinformation about the urgency of climate change. Today Flannery was wearing […]
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Meg Boyle weighs in: Why Copenhagen isn't Kyoto
Meg Boyle, acclaimed youth climate leader (though isn’t it time we jettison the ‘youth’ modifier – I weighed in here on this issue last year!) and my comrade-in-arms at whatwedo.org has this excellent new post from COP15. Please offer your comments, and be in touch with her this way: Meg AT whatwedo DOT org **** […]
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U.S. charm offensive at Copenhagen climate conference: Will it work?
COPENHAGEN — Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, pushed through a crush of visitors at the U.S. Center late this morning, stepped to the podium in front of a packed meeting room, and became the first of President Obama’s senior advisors to appear at the U.N. Climate Change Conference specifically to make […]
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1,000 WVU students petition college to flunk big coal barons
Calling on their campus to move beyond coal — and use previously donated coal company contributions to honor fallen Crandall Canyon coal miners, not MSHA-fined coal barons Bob Murray and Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship — the West Virginia University Sierra Student Coalition presented over 1,000 petition signatures to WVU president Jim Clements today. The […]
