When we speak of WMD, we usually think of weapons - nuclear, biological, or chemical - that are delivered in a moment, writes Tom Engelhardt. But what of climate change: a WMD on a long fuse, already lit and smoking ...
… Climate change as a weapon of mass destruction … Tom Engelhardt | 1st June 2014 News Climate Change WMD USA Corporations Fossil … a moment, writes Tom Engelhardt. But what of climate change: a WMD on a long fuse, already …
Moves to control powerful HFC greenhouse gases used in refrigeration could culminate in a landmark deal this November, writes David Doniger - the perfect prelude to the main Paris climate talks.
… David Doniger NRDC | 29th April 2015 News Climate Change Un Pollution Law Politics … - the perfect prelude to the main Paris climate talks. A global deal to phase down the … These gases are often neglected in the climate debate - but it's vital to control …
Coal leases on public lands operated by the US Bureau of Land Management are responsible for 40% of US coal production and 14% of total US CO2 emissions, writes Mike Gaworecki - yet their environmental impacts have not been reviewed in 35 years.
… 1979 Mike Gaworecki | 8th December 2014 News Climate Change Law USA Coal Fossil Fuels … and burning coal to human health and Earth's climate made since 1979, the groups argue that … is arguably getting tougher than ever on climate action, having recently signed a …
The US government is being sued for $15 billion for its cancellation of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline last year in order to combat climate change. The legal challenge under NAFTA sends a warning to all countries contemplating similar 'free trade' agreements.
… Guy Taylor | 7th January 2015 News Trade Climate Change Law Oil Tar Sands USA Canada EU … sands pipeline last year in order to combat climate change. The legal challenge under … the project down on 6th November 2015 ciring climate change as his reason for doing so. …
Earlier this year, 13 climate activists were sentenced for aggravated trespass after blocking a runway at London’s Heathrow airport. For Kara Moses, the protest was part of her Buddhist practice of loving kindness to life and planet.
… Kara Moses | 6th May 2016 Other Protest Climate Change Law Religion UK Transport … Aviation kara-cut.png Earlier this year, 13 climate activists were sentenced for … action in the face of the violence of climate change, which kills 300,000 people a …
The Trade in Services Agreement is a multilateral deal like TPP, TTIP and CETA, writes Zachary Davies Boren. But while the 50-nation negotiations are even more secretive, its impacts could be even greater: undermining national sovereignty; allowing only corporate regulation deemed 'necessary' by a panel of WTO lawyers; and allowing no rollback on trade liberalisation.
… TISA deal could prevent global action on climate change Zachary Boren Energydesk | 22nd September 2016 News Trade Law Climate Change n-tisa-cut.jpg The Trade in … and undermine national efforts to tackle climate change, according to an Energydesk …
The people of Sarayaku in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest are a leading force in 21st century indigenous resistance, writes David Goodman, resisting the incursion of oil exploration into their lands, winning legal victories, and inspiring other communities to follow their example.
… 2014 News Oil Indigenous Peoples Ecuador Climate Change Pollution Law … red face paint at the head of the People's Climate March in New York City on September … the streets calling for global action to stop climate change. Beside her, celebrities …
We, the signatories of this declaration, are calling on the European Union (EU) to exclude bioenergy from its next Renewable Energy Directive (RED), and thereby stop direct and indirect subsidies for renewable energy from biofuels and wood-burning.
… | 10th February 2016 Comment Biofuels Climate Change Indigenous Peoples EU Law … itself The EU claims to have a very ambitious climate policy and emission reduction targets. … EU already bears great responsibility for the climate and biodiversity crises currently …
Rainforests around the world and the wildlife they sustain have a rosier future after the European Parliament voted to limit the growth of biofuels such as palm oil in the transport sector.
… compete with food production, contribute to climate change, and put pressure on land use - … than good for people, the environment and the climate. The EU's long-awaited move to put the … world that this is a false solution to the climate crisis. This must spark the end of …
Canada's 'Anti-Terrorism Bill' proposes a massive increase in the power of security services, writes Pete Dolack - and in the crosshairs are campaigners against a tar sands industry that's intent on releasing 240 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere, and those fighting the pipelines needed to get the heavy crude to market. Who are the real 'extremists'?
… | 5th March 2015 News Canda Law Fossil Fuels Climate Change Tarsands Corporations … truly believe they understand the global climate better than scientists who are expert … representatives of the movement claim climate change is now the most serious global …
Attacks on Amazon Indians and on their land rights are threatening vital areas of rainforest, writes Jan Rocha. Meanwhile FUNAI, the agency responsible for safeguarding indigenous tribes is being forced to withdraw from key conflict zones due to underfunding, while Indians' attempts to assert their rights are met with state violence.
… Indians, rainforest under attack Jan Rocha Climate News Network | 10th May 2017 News … by environmentalists as a symptom of a new climate of hostility towards such groups, … future - and therefore could impact on climate change. The attack, by farmers armed …
Just as the humanitarian crisis of the Second World War gave birth to the swift implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago in 1948, we now have a planetary crisis that needs to be addressed with equal urgency. Now is the time to call for a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights.
… Planet Law Deforestation Campaigns Climate Change Climate Change Natural World Society … the United Nations (UK and Northern Ireland) Climate Change Conference. This planet we call …
While other countries apply themselves to environmental challenges from climate change to nature protection, Russia - with its massive wealth of nature and natural resources - is stubbornly refusing to take part, writes Lucy E J Woods. And as the economy declines, the pressure is on: to ignore environmental regulations, and clamp down on environmental defenders.
… E J Woods | 22nd September 2015 News Russia Climate Change Energy Fossil Fuels Oil Nuclear … themselves to environmental challenges from climate change to nature protection, Russia - … parks and 100 wildlife reserves. With runaway climate change threatening them all, Russia …
It's barely mentioned in the election campaign or reported in the media. But a powerful faction of Tory ministers, ex-ministers and backbench MPs are bent on using Brexit to ignite a massive bonfire of 'spirit-crushing' laws on wildlife protection, air and water pollution, pesticides, renewable energy and public health, writes Brendan Montague. At risk are not just EU directives and regulations but even the UK's own Climate Change Act. May's Brexit may not just be hard, but very, very dirty.
… and regulations but even the UK's own Climate Change Act. May's Brexit may not just … And those worried about the impact climate change will have on their children. A … water, wildlife, habitats, beaches and climate change and tailor it to our particular …
Following her acquittal on charges of obstructing the entrance to a fracking site in Balcombe, Sussex, Caroline Lucas explains why this is only the beginning of the fight against shale gas - and why we must also promote the clean energy alternatives.
… evidence of the urgent need to tackle climate change, the stakes could hardly be … we're to have any hope of avoiding dangerous climate change. The widespread use of shale is … numbers of jobs. Instead, it will accelerate climate change, pollute our environment, and …
Big oil ramps up efforts to gag climate campaigners as BP’s rig operator Transocean takes on Greenpeace in court.
… Big oil ramps up efforts to gag climate campaigners as BP’s rig operator … they know they are responsible for our climate emergency. “They want to keep … We stand ready to protect our planet from climate criminals, and won’t give up until …
Prime Minister Modi's government has frozen the bank accounts of Greenpeace India, writes Praful Bidwai - provoking widespread protest from the environment and civil rights community. It's all part of a wider campaign against 'anti-national' movements that challenge India's development policies based on the aggressive exploitation of coal, minerals, big hydro and nuclear power.
… burning of coal - no matter how harmful the climate impact. To dissent is our patriotic … sustainable and do not cause further climate change ... "Dissenting from the … organisation), 350.org (active on climate change), and Avaaz (a human rights and …
Wales should lead the UK in bringing an end to the entire coal industry from opencast mining to highly polluting power stations, writes Gareth Clubb. A new report by Friends of the Earth Cymru shows the Aberthaw plant alone imposes social and environmental costs of nearly £1 billion per year on the country and global climate.
… Fossil Fuels Coal Mining Pollution Wales UK Climate Change Politics Law aberthaw-cut.jpg … £1 billion per year on the country and global climate. Climate campaigners have sensed a turning …
TransCanada has just made a big mistake by bringing its $15 billion lawsuit against the US government for refusing the Keystone XL pipeline, writes Sam Cossar-Gilbert. The move has exposed the real nature of 'trade deals' like TTIP and TPP - and why all democrats must rally to defeat them.
… XL pipeline, which would have carried climate-killing tar sands oil from Canada, was … the pipeline was a major victory for the climate movement, putting the interests of … of the United States and contributed to climate change. Instead of honoring President …
Remember when the UK was the 'dirty man of Europe'? What has changed since then, writes Caroline Lucas, is our membership of the EU - which has made us raise our environmental performance on everything from fisheries to air pollution, nature conservation, clean bathing waters and renewable energy. Leave, and it could all go into reverse.
… pollution, to overfishing in our seas and climate change - don't respect national … the areas in which they live. EU leading on climate change and air pollution Another … Of course it is the threat of catastrophic climate change which hangs over everything …
This statement was read out by the five anti-fracking campaigners standing trial at Brighton Magistrates Court this week, for joining in a peaceful protest near the Sussex village of Balcombe. The trial will resume on 17th April, when a verdict is expected.
… week the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report will be published, which … Leaked drafts suggest it will predict that climate change will cause violent conflict, … we are to have any hope of avoiding dangerous climate change. In a number of other …
Failure to implement and enforce environmental laws is one of the greatest challenges to mitigating climate change.
… | 28th January 2019 News Change Makers Law Climate Change Pollution Habitat Destruction … one of the greatest challenges to mitigating climate change. Weak enforcement of … such as pollution, declining biodiversity and climate change persist despite the …
The lesson of fracking in the US and Canada is a simple one, writes Naomi Klein. The fracking industry is vicious, brutal and will stop at nothing to get its way. British anti-frackers can celebrate yesterday's achievements - but the fight ahead will not be an easy one.
… 2015 Comment Fracking Fossil Fuels Energy Climate Change Pollution Corporations Law US … and spread the word about the health and climate impacts. The New York uprising … undoubtedly helped to win key concessions. Climate change minister Amber Rudd also came …
Nearly 100,000 people have pledged to risk arrest if the Obama administration approves the Keystone XL pipeline. Among them is Jeremy Brecher, who believes that the real criminals are governments who betray their fiduciary duty as trustees for the public good.
… | 2nd May 2014 Comment Fossil Fuels Oil Law Climate Change Commons kxl-arrest-cut.jpg … and perhaps America's most highly regarded climate scientist - "must be left in the … doing so because they were trying to prevent climate change from causing far greater damage …