Illegal loggers blamed for murder of Peru forest campaigner
Authorities confirm killing of Edwin Chota and three other men, with reports saying they were shot in front of villagers Edwin Chota, an activist against illegal logging, was murdered along with three other men, say Peruvian authorities. Illegal loggers are being blamed for the murder of four Asheninka natives including a prominent anti-logging campaigner, Edwin Chota, near the Peruvian frontier with Brazil. Authorities in Peru have...
Hundreds Of Thousands Turn Out For People’s Climate March In New York City
NEW YORK — More than 400,000 people turned out for the People’s Climate March in New York City on Sunday, just days before many of the world’s leaders are expected to debate environmental action at the United Nations climate summit. Early reports from event organizers are hailing the turnout as the largest climate march in history, far bigger than the Forward on Climate rally held in Washington, D.C., last year....
In Fortaleza, BRICS became co-dependent upon eco-financial imperialism
Contrary to rumour, the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) alliance confirmed it would avoid challenging the unfair, chaotic world financial system at the Fortaleza, Brazil, summit on July 15, 2014. By Patrick Bond on [Links] DURBAN | The BRICS “are actually meeting Western demands”, as China Daily bragged, “to finance development of developing nations and stabilise the global financial market”. If BRICS subservience...
U.N. researchers: ‘Montreal Protocol’ has almost totally corrected damage to ozone layer
In some rare good news for the environment, the UN on Wednesday said Earth’s damaged ozone layer was “well on track” for recovery by mid-century, although fixing it over Antarctica would take longer. By {Agence France In their first review in four years on Earth’s vital shield, UN agencies said a 1987 treaty to protect the ozone layer was so successful it was indirectly adding to problems in another area — global warming. Without the...
ENTITLE at 4° Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity
[ENTITLE->https://cdca.it/spip.php?article2176&lang=en] members participated actively at the Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity that took place in the German city of Leipzig from September 2-6, 2014. The 2014 conference focused on concrete steps towards a society beyond the imperative of growth and it gave room for scientific debates, exchange between activists and economic...
The growing debate on degrowht
Why are a record 3000 thinkers gathering from 2 to 6 September in the German city Leipzig to discuss how we can get our economy to degrow? By {Nick Meynen} on [EJOLT] One reason is that a growing body of research from various disciplines shows that a policy focus on GDP growth is the major driver behind the long-term destruction of the conditions that make live enjoyable on this Earth. Another is that it makes sense to look into how...
