Climate Warriors and Flagships from Hell
"There should be encampments and occupations in and near Middlesborough and Hull. There should be. If the spirit of Earth First and actual environmentalism was with us, perhaps there would be."
Nov 05
20200
Natural Resources Defense Council, Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club, World Resources Institute
The Unannounced Death of the Green New Deal: Part 2 – An Object of Projection
"Prevarication is the process whereby lies are told and truths are omitted. The vast majority of voices speaking for or about the Green New Deal have either a narrative or a funding stream to protect, sometimes it’s both."
Clinton to McKibben to Steyer to Podesta: Comments on Planet of the Humans by Michael Swifte
"To understand the "damage" Bill McKibben claims the Planet of the Humans documentary has done to the climate justice movement you have to look at where 350 dot org began."
Perfect Distractions and Fantastical Mitigation Plans
"Perfect distractions come with talking points and bring framing to the issue they come to embody. Like the XR leaders, and GND proponents, Greta, under advice from a range of experts, leaves the fantastical assumptions in the IPCC mitigation plans well alone."
Extractivism is Winning and the Green New Deal is the Perfect Distraction
The fact that the process was inclusive and no commitment to a fossil fuel phase out was included in the Green New Deal resolution to the disappointment of key climate justice spokespeople the question needs be asked: Did leaving the “door open” to carbon capture utilization and storage require framing out a commitment to phasing out fossil fuel extraction and burning?
Digital Marginalisation and Obfuscation in the Messaging Sphere
"Like Ben Caldecott (Carbon Tracker, Green Alliance, Stranded Assets Project), Shell seem to be everywhere they want to be. Not only are they very well connected in the venerable home of silence, Chatham House, but they have their collaborators smoothing the path for them at The Guardian."