Alan Rusbridger is another who will go down in history. I think his actions are pretty amazing. Test your conclusions against mine: Interview with Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian newspaper, CBC Radio. (re “Keep It in the Ground”, ) Share the link. I am sending it to you, and to people who have, or […]
Fossil Free gofossilfree.org Church of England divests from dirtiest fossil fuels Amazing news! The Church of England announced yesterday that it will divest its holdings of £12m in thermal coal … Divest Fossil Fuels | We Are Power Shift www.wearepowershift.org/campaigns/divest It’s wrong to wreck the planet and it’s even worse to profit from that […]
Ellen Dorsey, executive director of the Wallace Global Fund and another key figure . . . : “I think at pivotal moments in history we have seen editors and media outlets stand up and take unprecedented action. One could think of the abolition of slavery and the civil rights movement in the US and I […]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/california-droughts-could-leave-bc-high-and-dry-on-food/article21644937/ This article is part of Globe B.C.’s eight-part weekly series on food security in Canada. Visit this page for the rest of the series so far. When California Governor Jerry Brown declared a statewide emergency in January, there was hope water conservation and increased pumping from aquifers could blunt the impact of a withering […]
From: Sandra Finley Sent: September-23-14 To: Gordon Barnhart, President of the University of Saskatchewan; Vianne Timmons, President of the University of Regina Cc: ‘Elizabeth Williamson, Secretary, U of S Subject: A note re investments Dear Gordon Barnhart and Vianne Timmins, I sent the following information to investment people. I would be remiss if […]
Wow! Good News in this interview! http://www.nationofchange.org/heirs-billionaire-oil-tycoon-john-d-rockefeller-join-growing-fossil-fuel-divestment-movement-1411401
It was interesting to be aware of “Thoughts” as I was reading the article, and than again later. Time permitting, I’ll note them in “Comments” below. Feel free to add yours. /Sandra http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/11/miami-drowning-climate-change-deniers-sea-levels-rising Low-lying south Florida, at the front line of climate change in the US, will be swallowed as sea levels rise. Astonishingly, the […]
With many organizations now putting out lengthy lists of “good news stories” I have the impression of a rapidly mobilizing, empowered citizenry. It’s like spring has arrived; there is new life shooting up everywhere around us! I selected just a few examples. Can’t celebrate if we don’t know about them! 1. 2014-04-17 Monsanto and Big Food […]
(Quotes Avrin Lazar) http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/canada-s-climate-change-stance-de-motivating-1.2433224 Anyone wondering why Canada, with its minuscule global carbon footprint, attracts so much international ire from environmentalists these days should listen to Avrim Lazar. The former forest industry executive and one-time Environment Canada policy lead was part of a biodiversity seminar Tuesday at the University of Ottawa, where policy talk […]
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/19-4 ‘Risks of tar sands oil and the threats of dangerous climate change have only become clearer’ – Jacob Chamberlain, staff writer Please go to the link. Thanks!