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Apr 23

2014

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350.org / 1Sky, Carbon Markets | REDD, Ceres, Foundations, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, World Resources Institute, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Breakthrough Strategies and Solutions Center for A New American Dream Divestment Ecological Solutions Friends of the Earth Green America National Wildlife Federation Natural Resources Defense Council NoVo Redefining Progress Sierra Club Tides Union of Concerned Scientists World Resources Institute World Wildlife Fund

McKibben’s Divestment Tour – Brought to You by Wall Street [Part IV of an Investigative Report] [Marketing a Fallacy]

"The windmills and solar panels serve as the beautiful (marketing) imagery, yet they are somewhat illusory – the veneer for the commodification of the commons that is the fundamental objective of Wall Street, the very advisers of the divestment campaign."

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Mar 11

2014

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350.org / 1Sky, Carbon Markets | REDD, Ceres, Environmental Defence Fund, Foundations, Natural Resources Defense Council, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, Whiteness & Aversive Racism, World Resources Institute, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

"Sustainable Capitalism" 1Sky 350.org Ceres corporate pedophilia Divestment Ecological Solutions Inc. Environmental Defense Fund Exxon Valdez Generation Investment Green America Green Economy Havas Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) National Wildlife Federation Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) neoliberalism One Young World Redefining Progress Sierra Club Skoll Foundation The National Audubon Society The Valdez Principles Union of Concerned Scientists World Resources Institute World Wildlife Fund

McKibben’s Divestment Tour – Brought to You by Wall Street [Part II of an Investigative Report] [The “Climate Wealth” Opportunists]

"Those born into today's "young world" are indiscriminately lusted after and seduced by predatory marketing agencies bankrolled by the world's most powerful corporations and oligarchs, via their foundations. Thus, in stealth synchronicity, the brilliant (albeit pathological) sycophants have created a world where corporate pedophilia runs rampant and indoctrination of youth is perfected and normalized."

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Nov 23

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Forest Ethics, Foundations, Greenpeace, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Sierra Club

Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement CBFA First Nations ForestEthics Great Bear Rainforest Agreement Greenpeace KXL Sierra Club Tar Sands Coalition Tar Sands Solutions Network Tarsands

Are Green Groups Ready for Tarsands Deal?

“Pragmatism equals don’t take the position ‘Leave the oil in the ground’ but, rather, take the position ‘Stop expansion,’ ” said David Peerla, a community organizer and writer who closely follows the environmental sector. “‘Stop expansion’ means whatever place the industry got to whenever they cut the deal, that production can continue until the oil runs out, no matter the ongoing environmental costs.”

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Oct 25

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Ceres, Foundations, Greenpeace, Natural Resources Defense Council, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Sierra Club

Keystone XL: The Art of NGO Discourse – Part III | Beholden to Buffett

"The following article is the third installment of an investigative report that demonstrates why billions of dollars are pumped into the non-profit industrial complex by corporate interests, effectively to manufacture discourse in order to protect the ruling classes from systemic change. The first installment outlined the key players: Barack Obama, Hillary and Bill Clinton, Warren Buffett, the Rockefeller family, Bill Gates, and Bill Ackman. The key instruments employed by the state and the oligarchs were/are a cluster of foundation-financed NGOs. These included/include Greenpeace, Sierra Club, NRDC and others, with 350.org/1Sky at the helm leading the cunning and strategic discourse."

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Oct 24

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Forest Ethics, Foundations, Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Sierra Club

350.org Bill McKibben Canadian Boreal Initiative Capitalism CPAWS Dow Chemical Enbridge Gateway Environmental Defense ForestEthics Greenpeace Canada Keystone Living Oceans BC Michael Marx MoveOn.org NATSC Nexen North American Tar Sands Coalition Pembina Institute Pew PowerUp RAN Sierra Club BC Suncor Tar Sands Coalition Tar Sands Solutions Network Tides Canada Tides Foundation Tzeporah Berman WWF

How Tides Canada Controls the Secret North American Tar Sands Coalition

"Before Tzeporah Berman began her current position as head of the North American Tar Sands Coalition, Tides Canada had already established these structures to create near-total control over budgets– and therefore, most decisions– for staggering numbers of organizations. Berman was around at the time, working for PowerUp pushing forward offsets garnered by river destruction. Some of the participant organizations already had working partnerships with multiple tar sands producers. The over-whelming majority were already greased by primarily high donors and foundations. Thus, joining the NATSC meant, essentially, double dipping."

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Sep 18

2013

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Foundations, Greenpeace, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Sierra Club

Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante (ASSÉ). BC Sierra Club Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) Great Bear Rainforest Agreement Greenpeace Hewlett Pew Charitable Trusts Rockefeller Brothers Fund Tar Sands Coalition Tar Sands Solutions Network

Where’s the Democracy in the Environmental Movement?

"The most successful movements in history thrived without foundation money. Without them, the world would look very different today. The first step is a developing a recognition of the need for a democratic venue where movement participants can make decisions independent of foundations. The second is finding the will to build it."

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Sep 12

2013

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Environmental Defence Fund, Foundations, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Sierra Club

Co-optation EDF Fracking National Wildlife Federation NRDC Sierra Club

Must-Read White Paper: The Politics of a New York State Fracking Moratorium

"We know that some of these groups have taken money directly from the gas industry or from the foundations of pro-fracking politicians. Others have worked against grassroots campaigns for a ban in other states and have misinformed the grassroots about key issues relevant to pursuing statewide ban strategies. At the same time, these organizations posture not only as environmental and grassroots organizations, but also pretend to be grassroots and “radically anti-fracking.”

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Jul 11

2013

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Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Oxfam, Sierra Club, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

BP EPA Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Oxfam Sierra Club

Democracy in Reverse | Non-Profit Disaster Capitalism on the Gulf Coast

"Yes, the nonprofits are being encouraged to file claims for losses related to the BP oil disaster in workshops held by the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation. (24) I attended one of their workshops on June 10 in New Orleans, and actually heard Amy Smallwood, CEO of Louisiana Cultural Economy, say that is doesn't matter if your losses during those eight months after the beginning of the BP oil disaster on April 21, 2010, are directly connected to the disaster or not."

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Jun 09

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Foundations, Greenpeace, Natural Resources Defense Council, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Sierra Club

Buffett Energy Gates KXL Non-profit Industrial Complex Rail Rockefeller Tarsands

Working for Warren: Corporate Greens

In Keystone XL: The Art of NGO Discourse–Part II, Cory Morningstar examines the political theatre of the non-profit industrial complex around the transport of oil, and how corporate greens — financed by oligarchs like Rockefeller, Gates and Buffett — are effectively destroying any meaningful activism in the US.

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Jun 09

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Greenpeace, Natural Resources Defense Council, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Sierra Club

350.org Bill McKibben Capitalism Climate Ecocide Ecology Greenpeace Imperialism Militarism Natural Resources Defense Council neoliberalism Sierra Club

Under Empire, All Life is Imperiled

So we cannot look to the State for meaningful assistance in the struggle to overturn the trends which are delivering humanity and Earth’s systems into ruin—as John Holloway notes rightly, the State is “their organization,” referring to the capitalist class. What of the putative non-governmental organizations which espouse environmental concerns? Clearly, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and company rightly merit the label of “Gang Green,” in light of their toxic incrementalism and their related willingness to accommodate the very structures which are perpetuating environmental destruction.

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