GWPF | 23 April 2015 India: No Climate Deal Without Western Climate Finance Contrary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent observation that India was under “no pressure” for climate commitments, a US envoy said on Monday that India is being “closely watched” for its contribution to climate change. US envoy Richard Verma said the country was…
Breaking Views | 20 April 2015 I have just sent this letter to Sir Peter Gluckman, the Chief Scientific Adviser to the New Zealand Government. Dear Sir Peter I would like to comment on the speech Trusting the Scientist published at http://www.pmcsa.org.nz/blog/trusting-the-scientist/ a summary of which you delivered to the recent seminar Scientists Speak Out organised…
Robert Parry | 15 April 2015 The odd-couple relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel may have been sealed with more than a mutual desire to kiss-off Iran. According to an intelligence source, there was a dowry involved, too, with the Saudis reportedly giving Israel some $16 billion, writes Robert Parry. For more than half a…
Natural Society | 21 April 2015 In a strong and surprising action, the World Health Organization (WHO) made it crystal clear that researchers have an ethical mandate to publish all clinical trial results, regardless of their outcomes. This extends to past trials as well as future, and is the latest move in the battle for full…
James Petras | 21 April 2015 Introduction: For many decades, mainstream social scientists, mostly conservative, have argued that political commitments and scientific research are incompatible. Against this current of opinion, others, mostly politically engaged social scientists, have argued that scientific research and political commitment are not contradictory. In this essay I will argue in favor…
Prof William I. Robinson | Global Research | April 21, 2015 The world capitalist system is arguably experiencing the worst crisis in its 500 year history. World capitalism has experienced a profound restructuring through globalisation over the past few decades and has been transformed in ways that make it fundamentally distinct from its earlier incarnations. Similarly,…
Turehu NZ | 13 July 2015 Evidence of NZ’s pre-Maori civilization has been suppressed by a 1988 government order until 2063. With official recognition by Auckland University of ancient standing stones, with discovery of stone walls, carved boulders, and ancient working solar observatories, there is compelling evidence of a pre – celtic peoples inhabiting New Zealand…
GWPF | 22 April 2015 Warming Pause Paves Way For A Toothless & Non-Binding Climate Deal ‘We Could Double CO2 Emissions And Still Not Reach 2°C Limit’ Daily Express, 22 April 2015 Levi Winchester The global temperature standstill will make it easier for governments to delay any painful decisions and will allow for a toothless UN…
NZ Herald | 23 April 2015 [AM editor’s note: it would be ironic in the extreme if ‘ponytailgate’ brings down New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, given his much worse crimes that include the (little understood by most NZ’ers) NZ government’s engineered collapse of South Canterbury Finance on top of his routine prevarication, sophistry and lies…
Huffington Post | 20 April 2015 WASHINGTON — Iranian representatives discouraged Houthi rebels from taking the Yemeni capital of Sanaa last year, according to American officials familiar with intelligence around the insurgent takeover. The seizure of the capital in September came as a surprise to the international community, as Houthi rebels demonstrating outside Sanaa realized…