Video from NYC Carbon Market Crash Event

Jan 20th, 2010 in Featured Articles, In the News, Newswire NYC Carbon Trading Protest – Financial District, 1-13-2010 (video by Freddy’s Brooklyn Roundhouse) Calling carbon traders “climate traitors,” members of the Climate Crisis Coalition, Rising Tide North America, Climate SOS gathered outside the 2nd annual NYC Carbon Trading Summit to demand an end to the market-based trading of greenhouse gas emissions credits and called for just solutions to the climate crisis. The climate justice activists risked arrest to voice their opposition to the financial trading giants at the Summit, including JP Morgan Chase & Goldman Sachs,...

Climate Justice Activists confront Carbon Trade Summit with demonstration, direct action

Jan 13th, 2010 in Featured Articles, Newswire 1/13/2009 – New York, NY – In the wake of a controversial outcome at the Copenhagen climate talks, a diverse crowd of scientists, Faith congregations, activists, students, and concerned citizens converged in confrontation and protest at the 2nd Annual IGlobalForum Carbon Trading Summit today. The summit is the largest annual meeting place of corporations, banks, and lobby groups to further the agenda of a carbon trading scheme to address climate change. Activists rallied to oppose market-based trading of greenhouse gas emissions credits and call for real solutions to the climate crisis. Dr....

Counter Carbon Trade Summit: NYC

Jan 5th, 2010 in Featured Articles CALL TO ACTION! NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE TO CARBON TRADING NEW YORK CITY, JAN. 9-13 CONFRONTING THE SOURCE OF COPENHAGEN’S “FAILURE” Saturday, Jan 9, 10am-5pm: Nonviolent direct action workshop and strategy session Sunday, Jan 10, 6:30pm-8:30pm: Panel discussion “Selling the Sky: Carbon Trading and the Failure of Copenhagen” Monday, Jan 11 7 pm – 9:00 pm: Presentation: “From COP 15 to Climate Justice Movement” with journalist Tina Gerhardt (Houston area, Manhattan) 7 pm – 9:00 pm: Art and Banner making party (Brooklyn) Tuesday, Jan 12, noon:...