Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Why we need a law on ecocide | Polly Higgins | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Until we have a law to prosecute those who destroy the planet, corporations will never be called to account for their crimes
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Sophie Scholl, a Munich University student, was executed for revealing the truth about the activities of the Nazi authorities; today 20 brave Ratcliffe whistleblowers have been sentenced at Nottingham crown court for plotting to draw attention to the truth of the activities of another German entity. This time, replace the tyranny of the Nazis with the tyranny of the energy giant E.ON.
The climate movement is in desperate need of renewal | Bradley Day | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Despite hearing terrifying evidence from some of world's leading climate change experts; learning of the millions of pounds spent in their local area as a result of extreme weather conditions; listening to gut-wrenching testimonies from flood victims across the globe; and observing senior politicians explain our crippling democratic deficit, the jury went on to deliver a unanimous guilty verdict.
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Two years later, climate change already appears to be an issue of the past. Our bike-loving prime minister chose to travel to the World Cup bid rather than participate in the UN climate conference in Cancún. Climate change gets a fraction of the attention it enjoyed not so long ago.

So what happened to the climate movement?

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