One of the unpleasant effects of climate change is its tendency to incite further conflict where such already exist and in some cases war is already looming. Sociologist and writer Christian Parenti is blaming “pathologies of neoliberalism” and Cold War leftovers that converge with climate change effects for inciting further conflict where it already lingers….
Month: October 2011
Biofuel demand and CO2 quotas drive violent land grabs in Honduras
To the country whose history coined the term “banana republic” land grabs is not a new phenomenon. The European Union funding it by buying carbon credits and biofuel from the perpetrators is, however. In the case of Honduras, the global rush for production of biofuel and access to carbon credits is making it profitable for…
Obama intervenes in Ugandan oil trouble zone
Oil have been found in the underground below Lake Albert on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Western companies are working with the Ugandan government to get development under way but a myriad of issues seem to delay the project: Criminal and rebel activity is up and rising, Ugandan democracy…