http://www.climatesos.org Enough compromises, the climate crisis is real! Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:44:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Friends, Supporters, Comrades and Community, As you may recall, a lively protest took place on the streets of Chicago's financial district last November 30, on the 10th anniversary of the "Battle of Seattle" and a week ahead of the big UN climate summit in Copenhagen.  Several groups from across the ... http://www.climatesos.org/2010/08/call-for-support-donations-needed-for-n30-legal-expenses/ SIERRA CLUB MUST STAND FIRM AGAINST CLIMATE SELL-OUT IN KERRY- GRAHAM - LIEBERMAN BILL: Open Letter to Grassroots Sierra Activists Urges Resistance to Fatal Compromise on Senate Bill From grassroots activists related to both Sierra Club and Climate SOS "Governments will not put young people and nature above special ... http://www.climatesos.org/2010/05/sierra-club-must-stand-firm-against-climate-sell-out-in-kerry-lieberman-bill-open-letter-to-grassroots-sierra-activists-urges-resistance-to-fatal-compromise-on-senate-bill/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note:  This commentary has been endorsed by renowned climate scientist Dr. James Hansen, who adds the following comment: "Governments will not put young people and nature above special financial interests without great public pressure.  Such pressure is not possible as long as big environmental organizations provide cover.  So the best hope ... http://www.climatesos.org/2010/04/mainstream-greens-cave-in/ Following the disastrous House-passed Waxman-Markey bill, the Senate proposed Boxer-Kerry bill, (both are cap and trade bills that would do more harm to the environment than doing nothing at all, in the words of prominent climate scientist Dr. James Hansen), and now the Kerry-Graham-Lieberman bill still being concocted but already ... http://www.climatesos.org/2010/03/clear-cantwell-collins/ 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 ... http://www.climatesos.org/2010/01/video-from-nyc-carbon-market-crash-event/ 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 ... http://www.climatesos.org/2010/01/climate-justice-risk-arrests-in-confrontation-with-nyc-carbon-trading-summit/ 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 ... http://www.climatesos.org/2010/01/counter-carbon-trade-summit-nyc/ By Bond, Patrick Patrick Bond's ZSpace Page Join ZSpace 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 (http://www.zcommunications.org/zvideo/3310) received 400,000 hits in the two weeks after its December 1 launch. The film, produced by Free Range Studios, was ... http://www.climatesos.org/2009/12/countering-critics-of-a-cap-and-trade-critique/ Commemorating the 10 year anniversary of the Seattle WTO protests, SOS activists joined with the national Mobilisation for Climate Justice, taking action in nine cities (and more), targeting "climate criminals" in advance of the opening of the COpenhagen negotiations.   Several were arrested. See here for reportbacks!   http://www.actforclimatejustice.org/n30-day-of-action/reportbacks-day-of-action/ http://www.climatesos.org/2009/12/sos-activists-join-mobilization-for-climate-justice-in-leadup-to-copenhagen/ For immediate release: October 8, 2009 Contacts: Brian Tokar, 802-229-0087 briant@pshift.com Rachel Smolker, 802-482-2848 rsmolker@riseup.net 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 the environmental news site Grist.org on October ... http://www.climatesos.org/2009/10/internet-controversy-highlights-environmental-opposition-to-%e2%80%9ccap-and-trade%e2%80%9d/