COP21

Deux syndicats de Police, de gauche (CGT Police) et de droite (Alliance), ont dénoncé la manipulation de certains groupes de casseurs par le gouvernement, et la stratégie de pourrissement et de montée des tensions orchestrée par le ministère de l’Intérieur et le préfet de police de Paris.

Branko Malić
21st Century Wire

Ice, Heat, Rain, Drought
How can someone in the Inland Northwest not think about weather, the future of our valley, what the aquifer will look like in decades and the potential impacts of some scenario unfolding that is twice (or four times) more extreme/devastating than the windstorm event Spokane, Washington, experienced late last year?

“World agrees to historic climate accord” — Toronto Star
“Nearly 200 countries agree to historic pact in Paris to reduce emissions and fight climate change” — Vancouver Sun
“Climate deal: World praises France’s diplomacy, showing it’s still a master of the art” — Winnipeg Free Press
With these headlines appearing in newspapers across the country, Canadians must have been relieved that they don’t need to worry about climate change nearly as much now that everything has been worked out in Paris.
Unfortunately, this assumption couldn’t be further from the truth.

The Paris climate talks ended on Saturday with world leaders agreeing to an historic new target to limit climate change. But is it all as good as it sounds? We get the views of experts and organisations at the heart of the climate movement

Cultural pessimists don’t see much they like at the Paris climate talks. Skepticism at times like these is nearly always justified. At the same time, it may be that Paris was a minute improvement — on some issues — upon the previous gatherings of elected officials, diplomats, corporate hacks, activists, celebrities, and media that constitute these annual circuses. And it’s likely that the angry and energized climate justice movement is primed to pressure the big polluters like never before. No, the glass is not half full.

The EU emissions trading scheme is a multi-billion dollar fraud; the CIA teaches us how to sabotage government; and the UK Army is having trouble finding new recruits for the war machine.

The International Solar Alliance, announced by India at the Paris climate conference, brings together 120 countries to support the expansion of solar technologies in the developing world

L’instauration de l’état d’urgence en France, à la suite des attentats du 13 novembre dernier, a donné aux « forces de l’ordre » une grande latitude pour appliquer les règles sécuritaires qui en ont découlé: perquisitions intempestives, arrestations arbitraires, plus grande fermeté, voire violence, de la part des officiers assermentés de la force publique.

‘The multinationals responsible for climate chang […]
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