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March Against Monsanto: Organizations gear up for week-long protests and events against GE trees
May 25, 2013. Source: Global Justice Ecology Project Asheville, NC (US)-Groups and participants from the Campaign to STOP GE Trees rallied and marched in yesterday’s March Against Monsanto in Asheville, which drew over 1000 people. Millions of people in hundreds … Continue reading
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KPFK Sojourner Truth Earth Watch: Freda Huson on the First Nations resistance to proposed pipelines in so-called British Columbia
This week’s Earth Watch features Freda Huson of the Unist’ot’en Clan, which has set up a resistance camp on sovereign Indigenous territory in the path of proposed fracking and tar sands pipelines across so-called British Columbia. Global Justice Ecology Project … Continue reading
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Pablo Salon: How to overcome the climate crisis?
By Pablo Salon, March 15, 2013. Source: Climate Space 2013 There is no single answer, no single campaign nor single approach. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a level that avoids catastrophe, we need to: Leave more than two-thirds of … Continue reading
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Obama’s State of the Union Address: Climate Change + Energy = $$
By Anne Petermann, Executive Director, Global Justice Ecology Project In Obama’s State of the Union Address yesterday he made mention of the need to “do more to combat climate change.” Unfortunately, as usual, no actual solutions were offered – just … Continue reading
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How much will tar sands oil contribute to global warming?
Note: The article below contains urgent, alarming information regarding tar sands. The science makes it clear: If the tar sands are extracted and burned, averting catastrophic warming will be a hope of the past (if it isn’t already). However, there are … Continue reading
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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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COP 17: Global Leaders Powerfully Denounce Green Economy; Expose its impacts on peoples and ecosystems
8 December 2011 * Clown Ejected and Photographer Assaulted by UN Security * (video of press conference follows in next blog post) Durban, South Africa–During a Global Justice Ecology Project press conference today at the UN Climate Conference COP 17, Indigenous Peoples, … Continue reading
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Earth Minute Radio Segment on Blood Tribe Blockade
Global Justice Ecology Project partners with Margaret Prescod’s Sojourner Truth show on KPFK–Pacifica Los Angeles radio show for a weekly Earth Minute on Tuesdays and a weekly 12 minute Environment Segment every Thursday. This week’s Earth Minute covered a blockade … Continue reading
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