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Hari: The Truths Copenhagen Ignored
Znet Article, December, 21 2009
Johann Hari
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So that's it. The world's worst polluters - the people who are drastically altering the climate - gathered here in Copenhagen to announce they were going to carry on cooking, in defiance of all the scientific warnings.
Dimaggio: Stranger than Fiction
Znet Article, December, 21 2009
Anthony Dimaggio
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You know humanity’s in trouble when James Cameron is a more credible authority on climate change than Barack Obama. While Obama is returning from a disappointing meeting in Copenhagen that was supposed to address the danger of global warming, C...
Klein: For Obama, No Opportunity Too Big To Blow
Znet Article, December, 21 2009
Naomi Klein
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Contrary to countless reports, the debacle in Copenhagen was not everyone's fault. It did not happen because human beings are incapable of agreeing, or are inherently self-destructive. Nor was it all was China's fault, or the fault of the hapless UN.
Chavez: Venezuelan President’s Speech on Climate Change in Copenhagen
Znet Article, December, 21 2009
Hugo Chavez
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Venezuelan President’s Speech on Climate Change in Copenhagen
Solnit: Terminator 2009
Znet Article, December, 20 2009
Rebecca Solnit
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Judgment Days in Copenhagen
Schell: The energy crisis: a conversation with Jonathan Schell about invigorating the climate movement
Znet Article, December, 19 2009
Jonathan Schell
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Last June was the 27th anniversary of one of the largest protests in history, when upwards of one million people gathered on the Great Lawn in New York's Central Park to rally against nuclear weapons while the UN held a Special Session on Disarmam...
Klein: Better to have no deal at Copenhagen than one that spells catastrophe
Znet Article, December, 18 2009
Naomi Klein
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The only offer on the table in Copenhagen would condemn the developing world to poverty and suffering in perpetuity.
Mendez: Evo and Hugo Heat Up Climate Talks in Copenhagen
Znet Article, December, 18 2009
Rafael Mendez
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Wednesday morning opened with a bang here at the Climate Summit in Copenhagen, with heated speeches coming from Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales. Both South American leaders railed against the notion that capitalism was the only method of halting and r...
Monbiot: This Is Bigger Than Climate Change. It Is A Battle To Redefine Humanity
Commentary, December, 17 2009
George Monbiot
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This is the moment at which we turn and face ourselves. Here, in the plastic corridors and crowded stalls, among impenetrable texts and withering procedures, humankind decides what it is and what it will become. It chooses whether to continue livi...
Kretzmann: War and Warming
Znet Article, December, 17 2009
Steve Kretzmann
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The connections between war and warming go deeper than as Alan Greenspan put it, the "politically inconvenient" “everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil". When we choose to go to war, that choice means money is no longer available for ...
Monbiot: Mr Obama, Here's Your Copenhagen Speech
Znet Article, December, 17 2009
George Monbiot
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Everyone seems to be waiting for someone to break the dam. And everyone knows who that someone is. Because of the size and weight of the United States, and the moral power invested in the current president, it is Barack Obama, and Barack Obama alo...
Bond: Countering critics of a cap-and-trade critique
Commentary, December, 16 2009
Patrick Bond
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Eight million people viewed Annie Leonard's The Story of Stuff video since December 2007, and her new nine-minute Story of Cap and Trade received 400,000 hits in the two weeks after its December 1 launch.
Goodman: Copenhagen Climate Summit: The Empire’s New Clothes
Znet Article, December, 16 2009
Amy Goodman
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Denmark is the home of renowned children’s author Hans Christian Andersen. Copenhagen is dotted with historical spots where Andersen lived and wrote. “The Little Mermaid†was one of his most famous tales, published in 1837, along with “The...
Reyes: Divide and rule: paving the way to an unjust deal
Znet Article, December, 15 2009
Oscar Reyes
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As climate talks enter their final phase, Oscar Reyes outlines the negotiating tactics being used to force a weak deal that favors industrialized nations.
Rovics: A Danish Police State
Znet Article, December, 15 2009
David Rovics
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The signs up all over the airport and various places elsewhere in town are calling it Hopenhagen, but everybody I know is calling it Cop-enhagen, which seems far more appropriate. The international media has been giving this lots of coverage, and ...
Ali: Copenhagen: The Heat is On
Znet Article, December, 15 2009
Mahir Ali
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As the Copenhagen circus approaches its climax, there is still no guarantee that by the end of this week there will be in place a comprehensive international agreement that will help to change the face of the planet by the middle of the 21st century.
Leonard: The Story of Cap & Trade
Video, December, 12 2009
Annie Leonard
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The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme a...
Reyes: Climate technologies: a leap into the unknown
Znet Article, December, 11 2009
Oscar Reyes
Reyes's ZSpace page
A new “technology mechanism†could reward untested techniques that damage the climate, warns Oscar Reyes
Frank: Big Greens Criticized for Climate Compromise
Znet Article, December, 10 2009
Joshua Frank
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All eyes are on the United Nations Climate Change conference talks that kick off in Copenhagen, Denmark, this week. Known as the COP15 summit, the international negotiations will center on cap-and-trade and offset schemes to combat global warming,...
Bello: How hyper-capitalism may hobble the Copenhagen summit
Znet Article, December, 10 2009
Walden Bello
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Unless we re-think the export-oriented capitalism that's causing all of our climate problems, the Copenhagen conference will be nothing more than a Band-Aid.
