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Uehlein: Labor’s Road to Copenhagen
Znet Article, December, 05 2009
Joe Uehlein
Uehlein's ZSpace page
While world leaders play the “blame game†for their failure to negotiate a binding climate agreement in Copenhagen, trade unions from around the world, almost unnoticed, have forged their own common approach to climate protection.
Tesfaye: African pastoralists face climate change threat
Znet Article, December, 02 2009
Aaron Tesfaye
Tesfaye's ZSpace page
he first victims of the change in global precipitation patterns will not be people from rich, polluting nations who engage in ruinous consumption, but the poorest of the poor – such as African pastoralists who exist ‘precariou...
Mychalejko: New Study Asserts Climate Change Will Increase Conflicts in Africa
Znet Article, December, 02 2009
Cyril Mychalejko
Mychalejko's ZSpace page
Darfur just may be the tip of the melting iceberg. A new study suggests that if world leaders fail to reach a meaningful agreement in Copenhagen to curb climate change Africa will be ravaged by more wars and corpses in the coming decades.
Solnit: Learning How to Count to 350
Znet Article, November, 27 2009
Rebecca Solnit
Solnit's ZSpace page
Remembering People Power in Seattle in 1999 and Berlin in 1989
Reyes: Taking Care of Business
Znet Article, November, 26 2009
Oscar Reyes
Reyes's ZSpace page
A new realism has emerged. Climate change is no longer rejected as a bogus theory the economy can ill afford. Instead, it’s a business opportunity.
Klein: Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis
Znet Article, November, 25 2009
Naomi Klein
Klein's ZSpace page
That piece in Rolling Stone is looking at a growing demand for the repayment of climate debt. This is really a relatively new framing for the climate crisis and is becoming predominantly from the developing world, led by the government of Bolivia ...
Sinclair: Climate Rush: Deeds Not Words (Tubby Brother, 2009)
Znet Article, November, 25 2009
Ian Sinclair
Sinclair's ZSpace page
Climate Rush documentary review
French: Global warming is happening now
Znet Article, November, 24 2009
Eric French
French's ZSpace page
Weather is becoming extreme. By extreme, we mean heat is suffocating when it’s hot, rain turns into floods, forests and crops into deserts. Disease is spreading, life essentials like food and water are becoming scarce and human life itself is in...
Dimaggio: A Culture of Denial
Znet Article, November, 20 2009
Anthony Dimaggio
Dimaggio's ZSpace page
The upcoming Copenhagen Climate Conference next month represents a tremendous possibility for the U.S. and the rest of the world to seriously commit to sustainable development. Many questions still surround the Obama administration and whether it...
Farrell: The Hot Topic
Znet Article, November, 19 2009
Bryan Farrell
Farrell's ZSpace page
Hundreds of climate activists swarmed down a hill toward Britain’s largest coal-burning power plant Oct. 17 with the intention of shutting it down. Within minutes, dozens had broken through the perimeter fence, erected specifically for this prot...
Kovel: End Times In Copenhagen
Znet Article, November, 19 2009
Joel Kovel
Kovel's ZSpace page
It’s hard to overstate the importance of the upcoming December meetings at Copenhagen, Denmark, set up by the UN for the purpose of renegotiating the climate protocols set forth in Kyoto, in 1997 and due to expire in 2012. These latter were gree...
Sinclair: Perspectives on Copenhagen
Znet Article, November, 19 2009
Ian Sinclair
Sinclair's ZSpace page
Five prominent environmental experts and activists share their thoughts on the December 2009 Copenhagen climate summit.
Langelle: Outrage at the G-20 Meetings in Pittsburgh
Zmag Article, November, 01 2009
Orin Langelle
Langelle's ZSpace page
A photo essay on recent climate protests
Kozloff: Countdown to Copenhagen: Suing the Global North for Glacial Pace on Climate Change
Znet Article, October, 30 2009
Nikolas Kozloff
Kozloff's ZSpace page
Fed up with the glacial pace of climate negotiations and the unwillingness of the Global North to address their concerns, Indians and environmentalists in South America have come up with a shrewd new way of drawing the worlds attention. Meeting r...
Sinclair: Interview with climate activist Tamsin Omond
Znet Article, October, 28 2009
Ian Sinclair
Sinclair's ZSpace page
Interview with climate activist Tamsin Omond
Wainright: A real green deal
Znet Article, October, 24 2009
Hillary Wainright
Wainright's ZSpace page
5 years ago, workers at the Lucas Aerospace company formulated an ‘alternative corporate plan’ to convert military production to socially useful and environmentally desirable purposes. What are the lessons for greening the world economy today?
Goodman: Trick or Treat for Climate Change
Znet Article, October, 23 2009
Amy Goodman
Goodman's ZSpace page
Halloween is around the corner, and children will soon be dressing up and chanting “trick or treat,†their demand for candy backed up by the threat of a prank. Climate-change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are doing the same. This p...
Mccormack: The Road to Copenhagen
Znet Article, October, 19 2009
Gavan Mccormack
Mccormack's ZSpace page
In September, after its warmest August on record, Australia's East coast was shrouded in thick red dust.
Cooke: Global Warming Accelerating While the U.S. Backpedals
Znet Article, October, 18 2009
Shamus Cooke
Cooke's ZSpace page
Two recent studies have shocked the world in regard to global warming. A phenomenon that was to happen "possibly in our lifetime" has evolved into a threat capable of transforming the world in ten years time.
Climatesos: Internet controversy highlights environmental opposition to “cap-and-tradeâ€
Znet Article, October, 09 2009
Climatesos
Climatesos's ZSpace page
A controversial article posted last week on a popular environmental website has inadvertently highlighted environmentalists’ skepticism toward the cap-and-trade provisions of climate legislation now before the US Congress. The article, posted on...
