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http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12
ANJALI KAMAT: Here in Copenhagen, the United States is putting its weight behind a deal to protect rainforests that many say could be the most concrete agreement to come out of the two-week climate summit. The proposed program is known as REDD, or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation. It would set up an international fund to pay poor nations for saving or replanting their forests instead of cutting them down for timber or cash crops. If this deal is adopted, billions of dollars could flow from rich nations to rainforest countries in Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia.
We asked Bill Barclay from Rainforest Action Network to explain why rich countries like the United States are pushing for forest preservation in poor countries.
We asked Bill Barclay from Rainforest Action Network to explain why rich countries like the United States are pushing for forest preservation in poor countries.
- BILL BARCLAY: The US wants REDD to come in, but they want it to come in as a way to avoid taking deeper emission reduction cuts at home. So, in other words, they see it as a sort of a low-cost way to buy their way out of the investments in clean energy economy that we need to do in the United States. So, rather than invest in, you know, revamping our energy sources, moving away from coal quickly, investing in that long-term infrastructure, they say, “Well, it would be much cheaper just to invest in forests.” But that doesn’t work for the climate.
Canadian Counter Terrorism, the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, and the World's Deadliest Chemical
http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/2009/08/25/canadian-counter-terrorism-vancouver-2010-winter-olympics-and-worlds-deadliest
http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/2009/08/25/canadian-counter-terrorism-vancouver-2010-winter-olympics-and-worlds-deadliest
A 52-year-old industrial chemical plant on the North Shore will close for at least four weeks as Vancouver’s population swells by tens of thousands during the 2010 Games. This winter, Canexus Chemicals Canada will stop production, reducing the chlorine and caustic soda shipped off-site.
Amy Goodman and why her next Column is likely to be "The Police State North of the 49th Parallel" (Laugh, cry, but whatever you do, read on.)
( Vancouver is spending how much on promotion ? )
Avatar's "Pandora" Could be a Reality
As James Cameron's animated sci-fi movie Avatar goes on general release, astronomers point out that the movie's habitable moon called "Pandora" may exist in reality.
Although none have been found to date, "exomoons" orbiting exoplanets are sure to exist. Could an exomoon be detected? If so, could that exomoon's atmosphere be probed? Yes and yes, according to today's announcement by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Mass.
Although none have been found to date, "exomoons" orbiting exoplanets are sure to exist. Could an exomoon be detected? If so, could that exomoon's atmosphere be probed? Yes and yes, according to today's announcement by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Mass.
UFO pyramid reported over Kremlin
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/ufo/6837200
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/ufo/6837200
The object has been compared to an Imperial Cruiser in the Star Wars films and witnesses estimated it could be up to a mile wide.
Two film clips exist which appear to show the same object and footage has been repeatedly playing on Russian television news channels.
The shots, one taken at night from a car and one during the day, were both filmed by amateurs.
The 'craft' was said to have hovered for hours over Red Square in the Russian capital.
The clips of the 'invasion' have gone to the top of the country's version of YouTube.
The identity of the shape has not been confirmed. Russian reports ruled out a UFO but police refused to comment.
Nick Pope, a former Ministry of Defence UFO analyst, said it was "one of the most extraordinary UFO clips I've ever seen".
/UFO-pyramid-reported-over-Kremlin.html
Afghan Killing Bares a Karzai Family Feud
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/world/asia/20karzai.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/world/asia/20karzai.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
The murder in Karz, the identity of the man accused of being the killer and the fact that the episode involves Afghanistan’s most prominent family make for a dramatic — and divisive — tale, one that has not been previously reported. The killing has set off a bitter split within the family in Afghanistan and the United States, with charges, countercharges and claims of a cover-up by Afghan officials.
CORPORATIONS WITH MORE RIGHTS THAN PEOPLE ?
http://current.com/items/91661478_corporations-with-more-rights-than-people.htm?xid=45
CORPORATIONS WITH MORE RIGHTS THAN PEOPLE ?
http://current.com/items/91661478_corporations-with-more-rights-than-people.htm?xid=45
CORPORATIONS WITH MORE RIGHTS THAN PEOPLE ?
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Our future elections, while nominally a contest between Republicans and Democrats, may in fact come down to a three-way battle between China, Saudi Arabia and Goldman Sachs.
Hidden money funding, whether foreign or domestic, is the new venom that the court could inject into the system by an expansive decision in Citizens United.
I'm biting my nails waiting for the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which could come down as early as Tuesday. At issue: whether corporations, as "unnatural persons," can make contributions to political campaigns.
The outcome is foregone: the five GOP appointees to the court are expected to use the case to junk federal laws that now bar corporations from stuffing campaign coffers.
THIS IS NO DRILL !
100 years of congressional efforts to limit corporate spending in elections going down the drain !
This is a pretty depressing saga unfolding right before our eyes and it's another reason why we need cameras in the Supreme Court so we can view the mockery Roberts is making out of the Third Branch of government. They are about to grant corporations the right to spend unlimited amounts of money to attack political candidates right up until an election, which would make destroy the very fabric of our voting structure. Did you know that a corporation is an individual in Scalia's mind?
http://current.com/1865u4c
Unprecedented
Watching the Supreme Court make its campaign finance jurisprudence disappear.
http://www.slate.com/id/2227798/
SUPREME COURT ABOUT TO DO THE UNTHINKABLE !
http://current.com/items/90935605_supreme-court-about-to-do-the-unthinkable.htm
Supreme Court's Ruling Would Allow Bin Laden to Donate to Sarah Palin's Presidential Campaign
http://current.com/14t6q4c
" Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy " - John Pierpont Morgan
Our future elections, while nominally a contest between Republicans and Democrats, may in fact come down to a three-way battle between China, Saudi Arabia and Goldman Sachs.
Hidden money funding, whether foreign or domestic, is the new venom that the court could inject into the system by an expansive decision in Citizens United.
I'm biting my nails waiting for the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which could come down as early as Tuesday. At issue: whether corporations, as "unnatural persons," can make contributions to political campaigns.
The outcome is foregone: the five GOP appointees to the court are expected to use the case to junk federal laws that now bar corporations from stuffing campaign coffers.
THIS IS NO DRILL !
100 years of congressional efforts to limit corporate spending in elections going down the drain !
This is a pretty depressing saga unfolding right before our eyes and it's another reason why we need cameras in the Supreme Court so we can view the mockery Roberts is making out of the Third Branch of government. They are about to grant corporations the right to spend unlimited amounts of money to attack political candidates right up until an election, which would make destroy the very fabric of our voting structure. Did you know that a corporation is an individual in Scalia's mind?
http://current.com/1865u4c
Unprecedented
Watching the Supreme Court make its campaign finance jurisprudence disappear.
http://www.slate.com/id/2227798/
SUPREME COURT ABOUT TO DO THE UNTHINKABLE !
http://current.com/items/90935605_supreme-court-about-to-do-the-unthinkable.htm
Supreme Court's Ruling Would Allow Bin Laden to Donate to Sarah Palin's Presidential Campaign
http://current.com/14t6q4c
" Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy " - John Pierpont Morgan
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