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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised Those ratings that castigate Afghanistan and some other poor countries as hopelessly “corrupt” always imply that the United States is not corrupt. VOA reports : While it is true that you don’t typically have to bribe your postman to deliver the mail in the US, […]

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Hope: World Economy Grew but CO2 Emissions Slowed in 2015 (Less Coal, more Wind & Solar)

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Pep Canadell | (The Conversation) | – – Despite robust global economic growth over the past two years, worldwide carbon emissions from fossil fuels grew very little in 2014, and might even fall this year. A report released today by the Global Carbon Project has found that fossil fuel emissions of carbon dioxide grew by […]

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Our new Cold War is with Global Warming

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By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – For six centuries or more, history was, above all, the story of the great game of empires. From the time the first wooden ships mounted with cannons left Europe’s shores, they began to compete for global power and control. Three, four, even five empires, rising and falling, […]

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A brief guide to Climate Change, COP21 and the Middle East

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By Lina Eklund | ( Your Middle East “When it comes to climate change the Middle East is part of the problem and will definitely be affected by it,” Dr. Lina Eklund writes just as global leaders gather in Paris for the climate summit. The 21st Conference of Parties, or the “2015 United Nations Climate […]

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For Pacific Islanders, Paris Climate Summit is Life or Death

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Euronews & Scott B. Power | – – “Dozens of activists at the COP 21 summit in Paris have taken part in the so-called Run for your Life, a relay race from the Arctic across northern Europe to the French capital. Each person carries a story they’ve shared along the four-thousand kilometre relay. Euronews spoke […]

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Hundreds of Thousands in Global Climate Marches as COP21 begins in Paris

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The Tree | – – The Global Climate Marches have commenced with over 60,000 people marching for action in Melbourne today – the largest climate event of its kind ever held in Australia. Over the weekend, hundreds of thousands of others around the world will take to the streets in more than 2,300 events in […]

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This Year Thanksgiving overlaps Paris Climate Summit: Let’s be Thankful we can Do Something

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Reprint edn. The popular story about Thanksgiving is an environmental parable that we would do well to remember today. It was a harvest festival in 1621, participated in by the 50 (out of 100) survivors at Plymouth Plantation and 90 Native Americans. Some of these latter, such as […]

Acidification of Oceans

Exxon investigation: A warning shot for fossil fuel companies as climate lies unveiled

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The Tree | – – In the first concrete legal action against ExxonMobil’s web of climate lies, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has announced he will investigate whether the oil giant knowingly misled the public and investors about the dangers of climate change. Last month from InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times revealed […]

Acidification of Oceans

Climate Change to throw 100 mn. People into Poverty

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By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The UN’s heavily-hyped Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were approved by more than 160 world leaders at a summit meeting in September, are an integral part of the world body’s post-2015 development agenda, including the eradication of hunger and poverty by […]