Climate Justice

Amazon environmentalist gunned down in Peru
Rhett A. Butler,
mongabay.com
March 14, 2008

After reporting a truck loaded
with mahogany
illegally logged from the Amazon rainforest, Julio Gualberto García Agapito,
a Peruvian authority who worked to protect forests, was gunned down by Amancion
Jacinto Maque, an illegal timber operator, on February 26, 2008. He is survived
by his wife and children.

Biofuel Demand Leading to
Human Rights Abuses, Report Claims. By Jessica Aldred, London
Guardian, February 12, 2008. "EU politicians should reject targets

Cooling towers symbolize waste, endless steam that could typically provide free hot water if the power company cared enough to invest in some new pipes.  However as the court heard, stopping this waste is still serious.  I really liked this case. 

Indigenous Peoples Protest UNFCCC
Indigenous Peoples shut out of Climate Change Negotiations

Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia- Indigenous peoples representing regions
from around the world protested outside the climate negotiations today
wearing symbolic gags that read UNFCCC, the acronym of the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, symbolizing their
systematic exclusion from the UN meeting.

The third issue of Alter-Eco, the climate justice newsletter of the
Bali climate conference, is now online. It can be downloaded from:
http://www.altereconews.org
Or direct download from:
http://www.tni.org/altereco/altereco3.pdf
In this issue:
New World Bank Find Triggers REDD Alert
Nusa Dua?s Burdened Past
Taking a Chainsaw to the World while Promising to Protect Forests
Carbon Financing for Ocean Dumping

For an alternative take on the Bali climate talks, check out Alter Eco – Offsetting Emissions, which you can download from http://www.tni.org/detail_page.phtml?act_id=17652