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Climate Structural Adjustment: We’ll Save Your Life on Our Terms

It’s the second to last day of the climate conference and I have the worst case of laryngitis of my life. I open my mouth and nothing comes out. It’s frustrating because I was just at Hillary Clinton’s press conference and desperately wanted to ask her a question…

Naomi KleinDecember 17, 2009

InvestigationWorld

Gaza Power Strip

The Palestinian power plant has endured bombings, embargoes and blockades: can it ever fully power Gaza’s grid? Weinberger takes a look at the engineers who try to keep the lights on in that war-torn region.

Sharon WeinbergerSpectrumDecember 15, 2009

InvestigationEnvironment, World

A Tiny Pacific Island Faces Climate Change

On the cluster of Pacific islands that make up Micronesia, global warming is no distant threat, with sea levels up four inches over the past fifteen years.

Justin NobelTimeDecember 14, 2009

InvestigationEnvironment, World

Dirty Gold

For some, gold conjures images of a wedding band. For others, like this community in Ghana, it means cyanide contamination in a vital local river.

Anna Boiko-WeyrauchThe Environment ReportDecember 14, 2009

AnalysisEnvironment, World

Memo to Danes: Even You Cannot Control This Summit

On Saturday night, after a week of living off of conference center snack bars, a group of us were invited to a delicious home-cooked meal with a real live Danish family. After spending the evening gawking at their stylish furnishings, a few of us had a question…

Naomi KleinDecember 13, 2009

InvestigationEnvironment, World

Micronesia’s Low-Tech Fix for Rising Seas

On one small Pacific island, homemade concrete walls are the most affordable tool for fending off the threat of rising waters due to global warming.

Justin NobelThomas Reuters Foundation/AlertnetDecember 10, 2009

AnalysisEnvironment, Politics

Fight Climate Change, Not Wars

In the U.S. plenty of bloggers have pointed to the irony of Barack Obama collecting the Peace Prize while he launches a major escalation of the war in Afghanistan. Here in Copenhagen, the Nobel carries a special set of ironies…

Naomi KleinDecember 10, 2009

AnalysisEnvironment, World

Copenhagen: Where Africa Took on Obama

The highlight of my first day at COP15 was a conversation with the extraordinary Nigerian poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey, chair of Friends of the Earth International. We talked about the fact that some of the toughest activists here still pull their punches when it comes to Obama…

Naomi KleinDecember 8, 2009

InvestigationEnvironment, World

Climate Change Meets Solar Panels in Micronesia

On the remote islands of Micronesia, the devastation of climate change is arriving at the same time as washing machines, freezers and photocopiers.

Justin NobelThomas Reuters Foundation/AlertnetDecember 8, 2009

InvestigationBusiness, Environment, World

Canadian Miner Meets Adversity in Ghana

Community activists say locals sent petitions to the capital and blocked the mining by the Canadian firm Golden Star Resources

Anna Boiko-WeyrauchVoice of AmericaDecember 7, 2009

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Fight Climate Change, Not Wars

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Climate Change Meets Solar Panels in Micronesia

Canadian Miner Meets Adversity in Ghana

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