Environment

Reflections on COP15, Looking Ahead to COP16

by Alex Carlin — February 9, 2010 - 12:40pm
  • Topics: Global Warming, Environment, International

    • Copenhagen Out of the Frying Pan, Part 8
    Publisher's Note: I asked our guest writer, Alex Carlin, to send along a wrap-up piece reflecting on his experience at COP15, and looking ahead to COP16 later this year. He graciously agreed, and here are his reflections on the conference and climate change. --Lisa Graves, Executive Director

    San Francisco's Toxic Sludge - It's Good for You!

    by John Stauber — February 8, 2010 - 6:26pm

    Fifteen years ago, CMD's book Toxic Sludge Is Good for You! first exposed the hidden government and industry PR campaign greenwashing toxic sewage sludge as "biosolids," an invented PR euphemism use

    Main Source: 
    Organic Consumers Association, February 8, 2010

    COP15, Ways to Get More Specific for Change

    by Alex Carlin — December 15, 2009 - 9:33pm
  • Topics: Environment

    • Copenhagen, Out of the Frying Pan, Pt. 6 I stopped in on an event moderated by George Monbiot (the fine columnist from UK's "The Guardian" newspaper ) at Klimaforum dealing with how things are going and how we should proceed. He was taking comments from the large audience--a major hall filled to near capacity. Missing were heads of state.

    Deal or No Deal at COP15?

    by Alex Carlin — December 15, 2009 - 7:59pm
  • Topics: Environment

    • Copenhagen, Out of the Frying Pan, Pt. 5

    I walked into the Klimaforum hall and saw a group of newly arrived Bolivians organizing themselves near the entrance.

    "There Is No Planet 'B'"

    by Alex Carlin — December 15, 2009 - 7:57am
  • Topics: Environment

    • Copenhagen Out of the Frying Pan, Part 3
    Walking to the starting point of the demonstration and march we felt lucky that for the 12th of December it was a pretty nice day. It seems quite important now to show big numbers on the streets and exert some of that "people power" that we will need to break the inertia on global climate action.

    The Story behind COP15, G77, Klimaforum09 and the Tired Ambassador

    by Alex Carlin — December 14, 2009 - 3:58am
  • Topics: Environment

    • Copenhagen Out of the Frying Pan, Part 2

    Private-Police Partnership for Water Project Spying

    by Bob Burton — December 7, 2009 - 1:49am

    Victoria Police has negotiated a formal agreement with the developers of a desalination plant to provide police files to the project developers. Paul Austin reports that "Victoria Police has agreed to hand over photos, video recordings and other police records to the international consortium AquaSure to help it 'manage' protests and potential security threats." A 20-page agreement was signed between Victoria Police and AquaSure in late August and contains a provision that police ''will release law enforcement data'' to the desalination plant developers.

    Main Source: 
    The Age (Melbourne, Australia), December 5, 2009

    Scientist Warns Against Climate Compromise

    by Bob Burton — December 7, 2009 - 1:12am

    James E. Hansen, one of the leading scientists researching global warming, would prefer that the COP15 climate change talks in Copenhagen collapse than result in a fatally flawed deal. "If it is going to be the Kyoto-type thing then [people] will spend years trying to determine exactly what that means," he said. Hansen argues that cutting greenhouse gas emission is not compatible with crafting political compromises.

    Main Source: 
    guardian.co.uk, December 2, 2009

    Green or Mean? Questions Crop Up About "Organic" Toxic Sludge

    by Anne Landman — December 2, 2009 - 4:09pm

    Almost fifteen years have passed since CMD blew the whistle on the Toxic Sludge Is Good for You! scam, but the spin campaign continues unabated.

    Main Source: 
    Politics of the Plate.com, November 30, 2009
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