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Biochar, a big new threat to people, land and ecosystems
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 Biofuelwatch Declaration

Caution urged against proposals for large scale use of charcoal in soils for climate change mitigation and soil reclamation.

Climate Justice Now! No to neoliberal illusions, yes to people’s solutions!
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For centuries, productivism and industrial capitalism have been destroying our cultures, exploiting our labour and poisoning our environment.

Now, with the climate crisis, the Earth is saying “enough”, “ya basta”!

Once again, the people who created the problem are telling us that...

Impacts of expansion of sugarcane monocropping for ethanol production
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 Maria Luisa Mendonça

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This article was originally published in Portuguese in Os impactos da produção de cana no
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Transforming the Global Economy: Solutions for a Sustainable World
Susan George
The crisis that we are seeing today is not only the financial crisis - this is only one aspect of a much bigger systemic crisis that encompasses the social crisis, or crisis of inequality, the financial and the ecological crises, says Susan George in this video lecture, and suggests radical...
The green goldrush
Oscar Reyes
The environmental movement has chalked up some significant victories, but the continuing appeal of false market-based solutions, that exacerbate the climate crisis, point to the need for a radical climate justice movement.

It is a long time since activists spray painted ‘We are...

Sugarcane ethanol: a sweet solution for Europe's fuel addiction?
TNI
 Corporate Europe Observatory
Brazil's agribusiness is lobbying to make the case, but people and the environment are paying the price.

In spite of overwhelming criticism of agrofuels as a 'solution' to climate change, sugarcane ethanol is often seen as the one more positive exception. The Brazilian government is...

«Kyotoko Protokoloa negozioa egiteko beste mekanismo bat da»
TNI
 Tamra Gilbertson
Tamra Gilbertson Transnational Instituteko ekintzaileak dio klima aldaketak baliabideekiko «menpekoago» egingo gaituela. Ekologistak Martxanek antolatutako Nork nori zor? Zor Ekologikoari buruzko Nazioarteko Biltzarrean karbono dioxido gutxiagorekin bizi daitekeen gizarte eredua aurkeztu du....
Philippines: Dealing with the oil crisis
Walden Bello
The formerly state owned oil Company Petron should be re-Filipinised to form the core of the reconstituted Department of Energy that would be tasked with comprehensive planning to diversify energy sources, bring down prices, and manage energy consumption to mitigate climate change.

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Destroying African agriculture
Walden Bello
Biofuel production did not create, but only exacerbated the global food crisis that had been building up for years, as policies promoted by the World Bank, IMF, and WTO encouraged the conversion of economies that are largely food-self-sufficient into chronic food importers.

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'Need for a new social alliance'
Susan George
 Interview with Susan George
The market ideology works to separate people on a competition basis, and our task is to bring people together and build alliances to defend their interests, says Susan George.

FLORENCE, Jun 3 (IPS) - A global alliance of human rights activists, environmentalists and ethically run...

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