by Ronnie Cummins, originally published by Common Dreams | DEC 3, 2015 Editor: Regeneration is the model that Naomi Klein propsoed as the result of her research into climate change in her book This Changes Everything. Regeneration is the model proposed in the Leap Manifesto. “Humanity stands at the edge of an abyss. We have destroyed the planet, its… Read More Message from Paris: We can reverse global warming
A new report by Oxfam has found the richest 10 percent of the world’s population produce half of the Earth’s climate-harming fossil fuel emissions. The poorest half – about 3.5 billion people – are responsible for only around 10 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions. Oxfam’s report is titled “Extreme Carbon Inequality: Why the Paris… Read More Oxfam: Carbon Inequality Drives Climate Change
from The Indian Express Chennai under water: NDRF, Army, IAF deployed for relief and rescue ops, Centre reviews damage Early morning on Wednesday, public and local police deployed dozens of boats to rescue over 1,000 families stranded in flood hit areas south of Chennai city. This Pic is from Mudichur near Tambaram. (Source: Express photo by… Read More Floods Drown Chennai India as COP 21 Debates Climate Change
Darkening the White Heart of the Climate Movement By Joshua Virasami and Alexandra Wanjiku Kelbert | by Wretched of The Earth Collective At London’s climate march, the ‘Wretched of the Earth’ bloc, representing communities of colour on the frontlines of climate change, were supposed to lead. At the last minute, the march’s organizers changed their minds. Joshua Virasami and Alexandra Wanjiku… Read More London: Black & Brown Climate Protestors Pushed Back
“When the UNCC process started – at real – in 1992 there was a very fundamental legal priciple laid out: The Polluter Pays. We seem to have forgotten it. And I mean historical polluters, but also individual actors, the sectors: the fertilizers industry, the fossil fuel industry. It is time to do an honest economics,… Read More Vandana Shiva: Polluters Must Pay
Editor’s note: Mayor Rahm Emanuel and police chief Gary McCarthy are both indictable for federal obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice, and related crimes, in the murder of Laquan McDonald. If convicted, both could, and should, be put in federal prison for many years. It’s amazing how these guys can act like they are so… Read More BLM: After Massive Protests, Mayor Emanuel Fires Chicago’s Top Cop
Editor: This report from the Global Catholic Climate Movement is the only report I have found that the Interfaith Declarations on Climate Change actually took place on November 28 in Paris, as planned. I still do not have a report that the Buddhist Declaration was presented at that time. November 28, 2015 – Our movement today delivered… Read More Interfaith Signatures Presented on Nov. 28
