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Audio: KPFK Sojourner Truth show Earth Segment on Quebec’s Plan Nord and Innu opposition
Keith Brunner of Gears of Change discusses the Plan Nord, a massive development plan for northern Quebec that includes dams, mines and other industrial development. He also discusses the opposition to this plan by the Innu People who live in … Continue reading
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Confronting Climate Catastrophe: Direct Action is the Antidote for Despair
Or, Why the UN is Worse than Useless and we need to Flood Wall Street! Climate Convergence Plenary Address, Friday, 19 September 2014 Anne Petermann, Global Justice Ecology Project, Campaign to STOP Genetically Engineered Trees Good evening everyone and thank … Continue reading
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Harper’s cabinet mulls massive Chinese resource project in Arctic
Note: Chinese investment in Canadian mega-projects is nothing new. Plan Nord, an $80 billion mining, logging and hydroelectricity project in northern Quebec will rely heavily on Chinese and other foreign investment. As reported by GJEP and Rising Tide Vermont this … Continue reading
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Direct Action for Climate Justice: Confronting False Solutions to Climate Change
by Anne Petermann, Executive Director, Global Justice Ecology Project 23 August, 2012, Source: Daily Kos Over August 9-12, fifty participants and trainers gathered in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom for a Climate Justice Direct Action Training Camp. The camp, organized by Red Clover … Continue reading
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Photo Essay: Converge on the Conference, Burlington, VT
Innu people and Quebec student strikers march and speak out against Hydro-Quebec; protesters assaulted by police at New England Governors’ Conference Photos by Will Bennington and Avery Pittman
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Earth Audio Podcasts: Earth Watch and Earth Minute
Global Justice Ecology Project partners with The Sojourner Truth Show at KPFK Pacifica Radio in Los Angeles to produce weekly segments on ecological justice. Every Monday GJEP Executive Director Anne Petermann produces an “Earth minute” analysis brief, and each Thursday, we … Continue reading
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Photos and Analysis: Biodiversity Convention Hijacked by Corporate Influence
by Anne Petermann, Executive Director, Global Justice Ecology Project and North American Focal Point, Global Forest Coalition. “Nature is not just about fluffy animals or brightly colored frogs–it’s central to the health of businesses that need to incorporate environmental impacts … Continue reading
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COP 10: Analysis on The Hot Issues
Here at COP-10, the negotiations of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan, there have been several areas that have been strongly controversial. Among these: geoengineering schemes, the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the infiltration of business and … Continue reading
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