Category Archives: Geoengineering
Geoengineering experiment cancelled due to perceived conflict of interest
Two scientists involved in Spice project to simulate the cooling effect of volcanoes had submitted patents for similar technology. . By Erin Hale, cross posted from The Guardian, Wednesday 16 May 2012 . A controversial geoengineering experiment to simulate the cooling effect of volcanoes has … Continue reading
Radio show: False Solutions to the Climate Crisis
Global Justice Ecology Project Communications Director Jeff Conant spoke about “false solutions to the climate crisis” yesterday on KPFA’s show Your Own Health and Fitness. Listen to the show here.
Bay Area Biotech Labs May Bring Unforeseen Risks, Says Civil Society Coalition
Community Groups Raise Concerns Over Untold Story of ‘Green’ Development March 28, 2012 – Synbiowatch, a newly formed coalition of labor, environmental, and bioscience watchdog groups, has come together to host a public forum on March 29 called Unmasking the Bay … Continue reading
Bill Gates backs climate scientists lobbying for large-scale geoengineering
Note: Besides Gates, another of “the 1%” funding dangerous and potentially disastrous geoengineering schemes is Murray Edwards–who is currently transforming the pristine boreal forests of Alberta into vast open pit tar sands mines and toxic lagoons. The tar sands gigaproject … Continue reading
Photo Essay: UN Climate COP: Corporate Exhibitionism (parting shots)
Note: Anne Petermann and I went to our first UNFCCC COP (Conference of the Polluters) in 2004 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. One of my first observations was that this was a bizarre trade show–from ‘clean coal’ to ‘clean nuclear’ to … Continue reading
La Via Campesina Invites Allies to Share Perspectives in Durban
La Via Campesina, the largest federation of peasant farmers in the world, has brought a delegation of hundreds from across Africa to gatherings in and around the UNCOP 17 Climate Summit. As a federation of smallholder farmers and fisher groups, … Continue reading
FALSE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS EXPOSED
Earth Grab Geopiracy, the New Biomassters and Capturing Climate Genes Diana Bronson, Hope Shand, Jim Thomas, Kathy Jo Wetter Preparations for the Rio+20 meeting that could decide whether humans survive or not are hotting up. 1 November 2011 is the deadline for official … Continue reading
Victory: “Hold Your Hoses!” – Kink in UK’s ‘Trojan Hose’ geoengineering experiment, as European Parliament signals its opposition to planet-tinkering
Note: From our allies at the ETC Group: Every so often we get some good news friends — but obviously the fight on this one is not over yet. However, we have reliable information that the test has been … Continue reading
SAY NO TO THE “TROJAN HOSE” : NO SPICE IN OUR SKIES, SAY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GROUPS
Over 50 concerned groups from around the world are calling on people to sign an open letter asking the UK Government and Research Councils to scrap the controversial SPICE experiment designed to test hardware for deployment of stratospheric aerosol injections as a … Continue reading
New Reports on Geoengineering Released
From the ETC Group: There are two new reports out on geoengineering that we would like to bring to your attention. First of all the long-awaited “technology assessment” done by the US Government Accountability Office has just been released in Washington – … Continue reading
