Headlines from GLW #762, 13 August 2008:

Fanning the flames of climate change

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 9 August 2008

“As near as we can tell looking at the historical record, there’s been ice in the Arctic in the summer for at least 16 million years”, Don Perovich, a geophysicist with the US army’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, told the August 4 Four Corners program. Arctic ice melt over this year’s northern summer has been at record levels, leaving the amount of ice remaining alarmingly low. »

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Hypocrisy, human rights and the Beijing games

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 9 August 2008

The Beijing Olympic games, which began on August 8, are shaping up to be a perfect reflection of our times — taking place against a backdrop of human rights abuses, terrorism scares and under a blanket of chemical smog. »

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United States: Obama and the elephant in the room

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 9 August 2008

Much of the world is fascinated by the US presidential election campaign. »

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Bolivia’s struggle for justice, against right-wing offensive

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 10 August 2008

“Given everything that is occurring in Tarija, Santa Cruz, Pando and Beni, we have to denounce … that we are on the threshold of a real coup d’etat against the constitutional order”, announced Bolivian minister of the presidency, Ramon Quintana, on August 7. »

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Can markets stop climate change?

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 9 August 2008

Internationally, as in Australia, governments forced to promise climate change action have generally promoted market-based carbon abatement schemes, mostly of the “cap and trade” variety. But can we trade our way out of our climate difficulties? Can market mechanisms deal with a problem of such scale and urgency? »

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Call for national emergency climate protests

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 9 August 2008

The following call for a national week of protest action, beginning September 21, was issued by the July 5 Climate Emergency Rally organising committee in Melbourne, and endorsed by the August 2 Climate Justice seminar. »

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