World’s Largest Geoengineering Deployment Off Coast of Canada’s British Columbia
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More information about the world’s largest geoengineering deployment to-date has come to light since news of the iron-dust dump made headlines on Monday. The so-called ‘Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation’ (HSRC) claims it dumped 100 tonnes of iron particles into the Haida Eddy of the north-east Pacific Ocean to produce an artificial plankton bloom, even though the practice is prohibited by globally agreed moratoria and Canadian law. The CEO of HSRC, John Disney, claims that several Canadian government agencies – including Environment Canada – were apprised of HSRC’s ocean fertilization plans before deployment. Canada’s Environment Minister says an investigation is underway and the dump would be illegal if it indeed happened.
Río+20: breve análisis por el Grupo ETC
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Para una gran parte del mundo, la Cumbre Río+20 es la descomunal reunión que ocurre esta semana en Brasil —antes de las olimpiadas y después del jubileo de la reina Isabel. Para los miles de negociadores y observadores de la sociedad civil, incluyendo al Grupo ETC, quienes hemos seguido el proceso desde 2010, Río+20 terminó ya, antes incluso de que los “líderes” mundiales regresaran al aeropuerto internacional Galeão de Río de Janeiro. Con cinco miembros de nuestra organización y muchos aliados en el campo, el Grupo ETC ofrece un panorama que incluye algunas cosas buenas e inesperadas en esta fallida cumbre.
Rio+20 or Silent Spring-50?
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It’s difficult to describe Rio+20 as anything other than a tragedy. Despite years of preparation and months of negotiations, nothing said or done in Rio can cover up not just the 20 lost years since the original 1992 Earth Summit – as seasoned delegates have quietly noted – but also the half-century of intergovernmental failures since Rachel Carson catalyzed the sequence of global environmental congresses following the publication of her book, Silent Spring, in 1962.
Sciences-fictions: le 1er septembre, la royal society de Londres rendra public un rapport majeur sur la géoingénierie
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La Royal Society, la plus ancienne académie des sciences du monde, s’apprête à rendre public, le 1er septembre 2009 à Londres, un rapport longtemps attendu sur la géoingénierie. On s’attend à ce que le document préparé par des experts, pour la plupart, des partisans enthousiastes de la géoingénierie, contienne des recommandations pour que les pouvoirs publics soutiennent la poursuite des recherches voire des essais grandeur nature de nouvelles technologies controversées permettant la manipulation délibérée du climat terrestre pour atténuer les effets du changement climatique.
New Report: The Greed Revolution
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A new 30-page report that documents the growing influence of agribusiness on the multilateral food system and the lack of transparency in research funding has been released today by the international civil society organization ETC Group. The Greed Revolution: Mega Foundations, Agribusiness Muscle In On Public Goods, presents three case studies – one involving the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and two involving CGIAR Centers (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) -- which point to a dangerous trend that will worsen rather than solve the problem of global hunger. The report details, amongst others, the involvement of Nestlé, Heineken, Monsanto, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Syngenta Foundation.