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25 January 2007
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A licence to carry on polluting? 5 December 2006
By Larry Lohmann

Carbon trading fraud 30 December 2006
By Praful Bidwai

Carbon credits and the green desert September 2006
Heidi Bachram
As the struggle for land and water resources in Brazil intensifies, Heidi Bachram discovers that the new carbon market is an added burden for vulnerable communities.

The camp at the end of the world July 2006
Heidi Bachram
As the impending climate crisis looms, Heidi Bachram takes a look at what direct action has to offer.

Carbon Offset Controversy at Phone Co-op AGM
Heidi Bachram, 28 June 2005

Kyoto fails indigenous peoples on climate justice
Heidi Bachram
Carbon Trade Watch, 1 December 2005

Cover Trouble in the AirTrouble in the Air
Global Warming and the Privatised Atmosphere
Edited by Patrick Bond and Rehana Dada
TNI/Centre for Civil Society (Durban), November 2005

Raised Voices

Press Release 28 June 2005

Recent publications from Environmental Justice

A Landmark Victory for Justice: Biowatch’s Battle with the South African State and Monsanto

Published by  Biowatch South Africa, this is a book about access to information, the right to know, and action in the public’s interest – a must-read for anyone campaigning for environmental or social justice.

Protecting carbon to destroy forests

This paper provides historical background and reports of experiences on the ground to show how land and nature enclosures are central to REDD+, and why it therefore cannot be fixed.

Myth Busting: EU's Emissions Trading System

Since the adoption of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), emissions have risen and the price of consumer energy went up along with the profits of many industrial actors.

Accounting for carbon, depoliticising plunder

The EU aspires to global leadership in developing ‘sustainable biofuels’, arguing they can substitute for fossil fuels, but the result has been dispossession of rural communities throughout the South.