Hunter@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 02/15/2013 4:13 pm EST | Updated: 02/15/2013 6:51 pm EST A still from the ‘Exxon Hates Your Children’ ad, which was ordered off the air just hours before it was supposed to be broadcast on Fox News during the State of the Union. (photo credit: The Other 98%) Exxon Mobil gave a cease-and-desist order to Comcast, forcing
Laying out the law by lawyer Pamela Palmater (video)
goodgriefguru.com Below are four videos of a talk by lawyer Pamela Palmater discussing the revisions to a series of Acts that will affect First Nations and Canadians as a whole, if they go through. Before the videos are a few notes I made while listening to each segment of her talk. Notes from PART
Keystone XL pipeline expansion driven by oil-rich tar sands in Alberta
SPECIAL REPORT–KEYSTONE: DOWN THE LINE A journey along the proposed route of the controversial oil pipeline. By Steven Mufson, Washington Post FORT McMURRAY, Alberta — Repairman Shawn Flett stood 30 feet above the ground on the deck of a truck the size of a house. He had just waved it gingerly into
Sacred Economics and Sacred Law: Polly Higgins and Charles Eisenstein
Conscious Media YouTube A discussion between two visionaries of the new world – both who share the belief that all life is sacred. Hear them speak intimately about their life paths and their visions for the future. This was an evening of stimulating dialogue to support humanity’s evolution. Polly Higgins Eradicating Ecocide
October 2012 Climate Digest
Earth Now sphere.ssec.wisc.edu/20121120/ Each month, we will provide information regarding the previous month’s climate. Overall, preliminary data analysis suggests that October 2012 was the fifth warmest on record (since 1880). Major stories include Superstorm Sandy, a warmer than normal Argentina, and a very dry Australia. More detailed information follows. MORE
Occupy Wall Street campaigners buy-up debt to abolish it
A group of campaigners linked to the Occupy Wall Street movement is buying-up distressed loans for pennies in the pound and cancelling them to “liberate debtors at random”. Matthew Sparkes The Telegraph The Rolling Jubilee project is seeking donations to help it buy-up distressed debts, including student loans and outstanding medical bills, and then
New Zealand: Emissions trading scheme watered down to point of ‘ecocide’
Kennedy Graham levies the charge of moral political Ecocide By Josh Martin, November 9, 2012 idealog A diluted Emissions Trading Scheme, which continues to exclude agricultural emissions, has passed its third reading in Parliament – resulting in calls of “ecocide” from the Greens. Green Party MP Kennedy Graham said in the end it would be
Will propaganda destroy the planet?
The Avaaz Team Thirty per cent of the American public doesn’t believe humans are the cause of our warming planet. There is a simple reason why (with thanks to the Climate Reality Project): The fossil fuel industry has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into disinformation campaigns aimed at protecting their profits. So far they’ve succeeded, at
Climate Refugees in America
Ecocide often happens quickly, often without warning, and the consequences can be–what is the word?–what word is adequate? Kevin Grandia desmogblog.com This is a chilling video of a voicemail from a Hurricane Sandy victim in the Long Island neighbourhood of Rockaway Peninsula. With scientists telling us that climate change is raising sea levels, storm surges and
PwC Low Carbon Economy Index 2012–Too late for two degrees?
pwc The annual PwC Low Carbon Economy Index centres on one core statistic: the rate of change of global carbon intensity. This year we estimated that the required improvement in global carbon intensity to meet a 2ºC warming target has risen to 5.1% a year, from now to 2050. We have passed a critical threshold
David vs. Monsanto—The Story of How a Lone Farmer Prevailed Against One of the Most Powerful Companies on the Planet
Mercola.com is PROUD to offer a FREE Viewing of this Documentary for a LIMITED TIME. Please show this documentary with all your friends and family! The free viewing expires on November 10th, 2012. Visit the Mercola Video Library By Dr. Mercola >Monsanto has long been trying to establish control over the seeds
Generation Now: 2012 David Lewis Lecture
This video is long (1:16) but well worth watching. This is the future of the Earth Justice movement. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives On October 4th, the CCPA proudly hosted the 2012 David Lewis Lecture, a series that examines the future of democracy in Canada. This year’s lecture featured “Generation Now,” four emerging voices
Exposing REDD The False Climate Solution
Indigenous Environmental Network YouTube During the week of October 22, 2012, The Mending News released a 7:25minute video on the basics of an international carbon offset mechanism called REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) and its link to California’s cap and trade regulations that currently include a “placeholder” to allow sub-national REDD carbon
