Blogposts tagged 'Kyoto'

Canada: climate criminal

Posted by Rex Weyler - 12 January 2012 at 3:14pm - 4 Comments

At dawn on the opening day of the UN climate summit in Durban, Greenpeace brands

At the UN climate summit in Durban, Greenpeace brands the Harper government 'CLIMATE FAIL'

At the dawn of the 21st century a new political regime has transformed Canada from global hero – once standing up for peace, people, and nature – to global criminal, plunging into war, eroding civil rights, and destroying environments.

Article tagged as: canada, climate change, deep green, go beyond oil, kyoto, oil, rex weyler, tar sands

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Durban: doom and gloom or the sunny uplands of a new dawn?

Posted by bens - 28 November 2011 at 3:30pm - 2 Comments

Activists raise a wind turbine on the beach in Durban

Greenpeace and Tcktcktck volunteers raise a wind turbine on the beach at dawn in Durban

Well here we are again, several thousand people gathering in a conference centre to talk about climate change and, supposedly, work towards a deal to actually do something about it. There are good guys and bad guys: campaigners say a deal is possible while journalists sound pessimistic. We’ve been here before, right? Yes, but Durban really is important and maybe, just maybe, this time it’s a little bit different.