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CounterPunch’s “Pulse of the Planet” series continues with Melissa Checker’s “Double Jeopardy: Carbon Offsets and Human Rights Abuses.” The series was initially derived from conference papers delivered at the “Pulse of the Planet” panel during AAA’s 2008 annual meeting in San Francisco.
In her op-ed, Checker describes the environmental and human rights implications of carbon offset programs intended to curb greenhouse gas emissions. She examines programs in Uganda and Brazil and the adverse effects they have had upon local populations and the environment. Checker writes, “An emphasis on greenhouse gas emissions provides an excuse for ignoring other kinds of environmental hazards.” With the Senate debating the Waxman-Markey bill and the Copenhagen climate talks on the horizon, Checker urges us to promote “humane and effective alternatives” to current market-based solutions.
Prior Pulse of the Planet Articles:
“Water Culture Wars” ~ Barbara Rose Johnston
“Ecological Crisis and Eco-Villages in China” ~ Shannon May
“How Dow Chemical Defies Homeland Security and Risks Another 9/11” ~ Brian McKenna
“The Inequities of Climate Change and the Small Island Experience” ~ Holly Barker
“What the Next President Must Do to Save FEMA” ~ Gregory V. Button
“The Clean, Green Nuclear Machine?” ~ Barbara Rose Johnston
“Carbon Offsets: More Harm Than Good?” ~ Melissa Checker
“The Human Right to Eat” ~ Joan P. Mencher
“Dam Legacies, Damned Futures” ~ Barbara Rose Johnston
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CounterPunch’s “Pulse of the Planet” series continues with Melissa Checker’s “Double Jeopardy: Carbon Offsets and Human Rights Abuses.” The series was initially derived from conference papers delivered at the “Pulse of the Planet” panel during AAA’s 2008 annual meeting in San Francisco.
In her op-ed, Checker describes the environmental and human rights implications of carbon offset programs intended to curb greenhouse gas emissions. She examines programs in Uganda and Brazil and the adverse effects they have had upon local populations and the environment. Checker writes, “An emphasis on greenhouse gas emissions provides an excuse for ignoring other kinds of environmental hazards.” With the Senate debating the Waxman-Markey bill and the Copenhagen climate talks on the horizon, Checker urges us to promote “humane and effective alternatives” to current market-based solutions.
Prior Pulse of the Planet Articles:
“Water Culture Wars” ~ Barbara Rose Johnston
“Ecological Crisis and Eco-Villages in China” ~ Shannon May
“How Dow Chemical Defies Homeland Security and Risks Another 9/11” ~ Brian McKenna
“The Inequities of Climate Change and the Small Island Experience” ~ Holly Barker
“What the Next President Must Do to Save FEMA” ~ Gregory V. Button
“The Clean, Green Nuclear Machine?” ~ Barbara Rose Johnston
“Carbon Offsets: More Harm Than Good?” ~ Melissa Checker
“The Human Right to Eat” ~ Joan P. Mencher
“Dam Legacies, Damned Futures” ~ Barbara Rose Johnston
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Filed under: Anthro in the Media, Commentary