Malaysian Palm Oil Council tries to strikes back
Margaret just put up a great post on this blog about faulty advertising by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC). In following this story as it bounces around the net,…
The IFC freezes funding of oil palm
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has frozen new investments in oil palm projects and is reviewing all current oil palm projects. The IFC…
Indonesia’s mixed signals
Tbe Government of Indonesia’s REDD working group finally released their guidelines for the distribution of Indonesian forest carbon revenues. The numbers vary by the forest being protected, but 70% for…
Forest carbon credits: A solution for who?
In recent weeks a storm has been gathering over Papua New Guinea’s ‘Carbon Cowboys’. Natasha Loder, science writer for the Economist, and Chris Lang of the REDD-Monitor have been leading…
The Carbon Logic Problem Statement | Grist
All too often those debating the solutions and proposed actions to tackle global warming fail to challenge the assumptions. While it’s important to deal with emissions it can be argued…
Cargill’s U.S. Representative Derailing Waxman-Markey?
According to reports from Grist today, House Ag committee chief Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) is becoming a key obstacle to passing strong climate change legislation this year, threatening to unite the…
Cargill, here we come….
Imagine that most of your access to food was controlled by about five corporations. Imagine that the biggest of those was a privately held company that has been utterly unaccountable,…
Sorting Global Warming Fact from Fiction
> Original story at Center for American Progress. Cattle graze in front of wind mills of the Spanish utility Endesa in the Eolico Park, Spain. SOURCE: AP/Javier Barbancho. By Vanessa…
Bunge Shareholder Meeting Update
Great report back from Samantha Corbin, who attended Bunge’s shareholder meeting last Friday! “I’m more of a party crasher than someone who gets an engraved invitation. Certainly so when the…
Climate Justice and Coal’s Funeral Procession
About a month or so after the Capitol Climate action I wrote a movement strategy piece to reflect on its lessons. It is the cover story for the May issue…