An Open Letter to Bill McKibben: in The Nation May 3rd

An Open Letter and Appeal to Bill McKibben and 350.org Dear Bill: Many environmental activists, including myself, have applauded your work and your writings for years and we know they have had a positive impact on many members of the general public. Most recently, your 350.org organization has helped publicize the climate change issue and […]

A Cautionary Tale – Debriefing the Bolivia Climate Conference

25 April 2010 A Cautionary Tale — Debriefing the Bolivia Climate Conference Well, the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth is now over and its success being dissected by participants from all corners of the globe. I’ve been talking with fellow participants from North America, and have learned something […]

Earth Day, Paying Dues and Shades of Green

Published on Thursday, April 22, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Earth Day, Paying Dues and Shades of Green by Rachel Smolker It’s Earth Day and oh how my heart aches. Yesterday it came to my attention that Environmental Defense Fund, an organization my own father cofounded, is supporting the construction of several new coal plants in Texas! […]

With Climate Chaos on the Horizon, the Environmental Movement Needs Traction

Published on Thursday, April 22, 2010 by The Indypendent (New York) Reclaiming Earth Day: With Climate Chaos on the Horizon, the Environmental Movement Needs Traction by Brian Tokar On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day April 22, many seasoned environmentalists are left wondering how, in recent decades, so little has actually been accomplished. As we […]

COMMON DREAMS | Mainstream Green Groups Cave In on Climate

Note – This article has been endorsed by James Hansen. Published on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Mainstream Green Groups Cave In on Climate Dangerously Allow Industry to Set Agenda by Gary Houser and Cory Morningstar “Governments will not put young people and nature above special financial interests without great public pressure. Such pressure […]

Climate Change: A Global Imperative to Return to 300 ppm

Climate Change: A Global Imperative to Return to 300 ppm Before COP15, during COP15 and POST COP15, there has been a global 350.org campaign. At COP15, states such as Bolivia, and the ALBA group, and some scientists and activists were calling for parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide to return to 300 ppm. When […]

NY gave environmental org. absurd $3.7M profit for forest | Nature Conservancy

By FREDRIC U. DICKER State Editor Last Updated: 11:08 AM, April 5, 2010 EXCLUSIVE ALBANY — Gov. Paterson’s administration handed an enormously wealthy environmental group a staggering 57 percent profit on a large tract of wilderness land — even as property values collapsed across New York, a probe by The Post has found. The little-noticed […]

Where the Money Comes From

There is a growing awareness in the media that the ENGOs put their mouth where their money is … Where the Money Comes From Why have environmentalists not made opposition to factory farming a priority? For years now there has been broad agreement among independent researchers as to the horrors of factory farming. It presents […]

Richard Sandor: “Junk bonds to carbon cop-out” | The Nature Conservancy

Richard Sandor: “Junk bonds to carbon cop-out” By Chris Lang, 25th March 2010 In the 1970s, Richard Sandor was one of the originators of interest rate derivatives. In the 1980s, he made a fortune at Drexel Burnham Lambert, where he developed “collateral mortgage obligations”. In the 1980s and 1990s he helped develop pollution trading. And […]

Secret Meeting Planned, then Cancelled, between ENGOs and Tar Sands Companies

Secret Meeting Planned, then Cancelled, between ENGOs and Tar Sands Companies Invitees included Tzeporah Berman, World Wildlife Federation, ForestEthics by Dru Oja Jay April 7, 2010 // The Dominion MONTREAL— A secret meeting between top Canadian Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (ENGOs) and tar sands corporations was cancelled after word of the meeting spread beyond the initial […]