Wealthy Nations Outsource Carbon Emissions
Wealthy European nations have a long history of using the resources of other nations, creating consumer demand on imported goods from tea to timber. In the global economy, inexpensive labor from developing nations has created many contentious relationships, from sweatshop conditions to international gentrification. But aside from the trade of goods and capital, a recent [...]
Globalinks 3/6/10
Bye, Bye Detroit: Bing downsizing means neighborhood relocation Michigan Citizen, 3/6/10 Hundreds of Thousands Take Part in National Day of Action to Defend Public Education Democracy Now, 3/5/10 Climate change human link evidence ‘stronger’ BBC News, 3/5/10 Methane Melt: The Most Important Story You Don’t Follow World Changing, 3/5/10 A Future for Agriculture, A Future [...]
“Climategate” Controversy – Hype, Not Science
Photo by wili hybrid The recent media focus on what has been dubbed “Climategate” has been a horrific misrepresentation of science and the endless work performed by those researching at the frontlines. The controversy has focused upon the hacking and theft of hundreds of emails between climate scientists, primarily at the University of East Anglia [...]
The Future of the Oil Industry – This Will Get Ugly
The world just can’t seem to get over its addiction to consuming carbon, as the inadequate deal negotiated at the Copenhagen Conference clearly displayed. The main holdup in talks between the nations was that nobody could seem to agree on the effects of carbon emissions, and how dramatic worldwide our cuts should be. But carbon [...]
Globalinks 2/15/10
A Historian Looks ‘Back’ at the Climate Fight NY Times, 2/12/10 Big cities and global farming now driving deforestation Guardian, 2/11/10 De-Industrializing the City World Changing, 2/8/10 Copenhagen – the Munich of our times? BBC News, 2/2/2010 “Authenticity” and Affordable Housing Next American City, 1/12/10 Photo by Christopher Craig
Globalinks 1/25/10
Economic Growth ‘Cannot Continue’ BBC News, 1/25/10 Democracy in America: An interview with Jeffrey Sachs The Economist, 1/25/10 Canada’s Long Road to Mining Reform Upside Down World, 1/25/10 Solar Recovery In Haiti: Building Tough Solar Cities World Changing, 1/21/10 World Report: Abusers Target Human Rights Messengers Human Rights Watch, 1/20/10 Photo by Eric Calonius
The People’s Hope for Climate Justice in Copenhagen
Photo courtesy Greenpeace.org At this week’s Copenhagen climate summit, so much is at stake for the future of the world’s environment, but the dialogue within the conference has been dominated by those with the least economic incentive towards creating change. The world’s leading climate polluters have effectively stifled the voices of developing nations, leaving those [...]
Is the Copenhagan Climate Conference at the Mercy of US Industrial Agriculture?
On Tuesday at the Copenhagan Climate Summit, an official announcement from the World Meteorological Organization announced that the year 2009 will be recorded as one of the top ten warmest years on record since the advent of instrumental climate records in 1850. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon proclaimed that the Copenhagan conference “can and must be a [...]
Globalinks 10/8/09
Tiny ‘Nuclear Batteries’ Unveiled BBC News, 10/8/09 India Steps Up Climate Change Efforts World Changing, 10/7/09 Road to Copenhagen: The Arithmetic of Climate Change: Local and Global Realities Jakarta Post, 10/6/09 UN Human Rights Council: ‘Traditional Values’ Vote and Gaza Overshadow Progress Human Rights Watch, 10/2/09 The Role of Emerging Markets: [...]
