[Biofuel] What will wake politicians to threat of climate change?

2011-11-30 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo2029a1.html Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 What will wake politicians to threat of climate change? By KEVIN RAFFERTY Special to The Japan Times HONG KONG - As ordinary people try to cope with inflation and unemployment, and businesses struggle with higher taxes

[Biofuel] Cablegate One Year Later: How WikiLeaks Has Influenced Foreign Policy, Journalism, and the First Amendment

2011-11-30 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/11/28-2 Published on Monday, November 28, 2011 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation Cablegate One Year Later: How WikiLeaks Has Influenced Foreign Policy, Journalism, and the First Amendment by Trevor Timm One year ago today, WikiLeaks started publishing

Re: [Biofuel] Keith, will you be in Durban?

2011-11-30 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Alan Nice to hear from you. No, I'm not going to Durban. Big schlepp that'd be, it's about a thousand miles from here. I don't think I could achieve anything by going there. This is now COP 17. Nineteen years ago I went to COP 1 (if that's what it was called) in Nairobi, and I'm still wait

[Biofuel] The Myth of the Green Bank: Climate Justice, Gender Justice and the World Bank

2011-11-30 Thread Keith Addison
The Myth of the Green Bank: Climate Justice, Gender Justice and the World Bank: MADRE Talking Points Posted on: Monday, November 28, 2011 We

Re: [Biofuel] The Fascinating History of How Corporations Became "People" -- Thanks to Corrupt Courts Working for the 1%

2011-11-30 Thread Keith Addison
If We End Corporate Personhood We Can Define the Terms of a New Economy Tuesday 29 November 2011 by: Thom Hartmann, Berrett-Koehler Publishers | Book Excerpt The prevalence of the corporation in

[Biofuel] Civil Society to World Bank: Clean Up Dirty Energy Financing

2011-11-30 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/11/29-3 November 29, 2011 Civil Society to World Bank: Clean Up Dirty Energy Financing New report shows institution lacking clean energy lending strategy and instead considering a new loan for coal power in Kosovo DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - November 29 - Ci

[Biofuel] No new binding Kyoto Protocol targets: Japan

2011-11-30 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn2030a8.html Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 No new binding Kyoto Protocol targets: Japan Kyodo Japan will refuse to accept fresh binding targets for reducing developed countries' greenhouse gas emissions under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the world's only legally b

[Biofuel] International Food Sovereignty Day to Cool Down the Earth

2011-11-30 Thread Midori Hiraga (JTF)
Hi, all, FYI. from Midori 5 December: International Food Sovereignty Day to Cool Down the Earth http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1140:5-december-international-food-sovereignty-day-to-cool-down-the-earth&catid=48:-climate-change-and-agrofuels&Itemid=75 CALL