Course thats only temporary and thats why the European Union is working on implementing a new green deal with the aim of becoming the 1st climate neutral continent by 2050 and its opening up a host of opportunities for all sorts of what one might call green dealings a Carbon Neutral e. U. Too bad europe did away with so much of its forests long ago today we know that trees are important for soaking up c o 2 so it seems crazy that the forestation is rampant in places like brazil and indonesia some of the most beautiful places in the world maybe all is not lost though let me introduce you to a former investment banker whos now fighting to preserve the rainforests of borneo. This tropical rain forest has stood for. But human beings would need very little time to destroy it driven by the desire to make money the. First few came through or i was. Lending money through. Is heading out to his rain forest in borneo it covers an area twice the size of new york city. Hes bought the rights to the
And his secretary of state Hillary Clinton ran all over the world promoting fracking which releases the even more potent gas methane i mean all obama might as well been run around shooting penguins in the face with a. Difference he did the policy of quibbling a punching endangered species in the right. Which is difficult for the rhinos because theres a former. Liberal helmets. Maybe this former Obama Administration official now understands this catastrophe is related to both parties weve had increasing emissions over the past decade those emissions are expected to continue increasing with business as usual it really suggests that Leadership Matters president obama brought the countries of the world together to create a global agreement in the paris accord he. Works on a bilateral u. S. And china commitment to reduce emissions. Why didnt someone just say missions have increased every year for the past decade meaning every year obama was in office to double just. Weve had increasing emis
Create a global agreement in the paris accord he works on a bilateral u. S. And china commitment to reduce emissions. Why didnt someone just say missions have increased every year for the past decade meaning every year obama was in office to double just. Weve had increasing emissions over the past decade yeah what that guys got. Obama went around saying he was going to do one thing and did the exact opposite from on the other hand. But he gets on stage and he goes good evening ladies and gentlemen i am a lunatic and. All right maybe he doesnt say it but he says it with. And during all of this very little changes because big oil and big banks are secretly running the cut. We need to be talking about this issue for what it is which is a Public Health crisis that is playing out right now and when people understand that Climate Change isnt just some distant environmental problem but it also means that the air that we breathe is going to be more contaminated the water that we drink is going
Finally beginning to understand less is more when it comes to fossil fuels but is the World Economy ready for the dramatic change that is underway well find out in this edition of made farewell fossil fuels when you consider germanys biggest Infrastructure Project at the moment is a gas pipeline youd be justified in thinking not much has changed in terms of Energy Politics nor stream to transports natural gas from russia directly to germany via the baltic sea all green policies notwithstanding germany is still dependent on fossil fuels. In lieu of means on the northern german coast this is where the norths train to pipeline reaches western europe after passing 1200 kilometers through the baltic sea. The north stream project bypasses the previous transport route through ukraine. Gas market analyst heiko norman says that was clearly the aim of nordstroms main shareholder russian state owned cats from there was resolved you know since more than the russian side claims that neither north s
Historic protest against global capitalism. We will speak to two of the leading critics of the wto Vandana Shiva and lori wallach who appeared together on democracy now 20 years ago in seattle. The wto constraints every country government about literally the level of food safety it can provide its public. The secrecy through which the wto was born and the fact that most parliaments had no idea what is the content of this treaty u until months after it d been ratified and signed. Amy plus, we look at the 20th anniversary of the birth of the indymedia move which grew out of the seattle wto protest. To find her own way to get our message out. We hope the information that has been presented you by the alalternative media is one that you will learn. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On capitol hill, the House Judiciary Committee will begin impeachment hearings next week into whether President Trump withh