Greedy Lying Bastards

A film that shows power play in the oil industry leading to disastrous consequences: climate change and people dying.

Rosenbraugh filmed over the past two years in nine countries the industry that puts profits before people, pays to measures to combat climate change, and uses its influences to minimize their offenses.
Irresponsibility!

If you want to change this, remember Gandhi:
"You must be the change you want to see in the world."

Durban Conference in Sentences

The UN Conference of Parties COP17 meeting has ended with an agreement to work for a global treaty. 193 countries reaching agreement is a positive outcome, but postponing the solution until 2015 of what needed urgence is daunting and canhave serious consequences.

Chris Huhne, the UK's secretary of state for energy and climate change,

"For the first time ever we have a process within the [UNFCCC] where there are regular reviews of the scientific evidence and seeing where the commitments of countries are,"

Up to now we have not even had a commitment to [be guided by] the scientific evidence. If you talk to the Russians, they will tell you their scientists say there is no global warming."

"Investors will see this as a clear signal" (to back the green economy). If we could get all this done tomorrow, I would."

Bill Hare, Director of Climate Analytics, a non-profit climate science advisory group based in Germany:

"There are still no new pledges on the table and the process agreed in Durban towards raising the ambition and increasing emission reductions is uncertain in its outcome,"

Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace International Executive Director.

"The grim news is that the blockers lead by the U.S. have succeeded in inserting a vital get-out clause that could easily prevent the next big climate deal being legally binding."

Jayanthi Natarajan, India’s environment minister

“Am I to write a blank check and sign away the livelihoods and sustainability of 1.2 billion Indians, without even knowing what the E.U. ‘road map’ contains? Please do not hold us hostage.”

Alden Meyer, director of strategy and policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

"Powerful speeches and carefully worded decisions can’t amend the laws of physics. The atmosphere responds to one thing, and one thing only – emissions.”

"The world’s collective level of ambition on emissions reductions must be substantially increased, and soon."

“The decisions adopted here fall well short of what is needed.”

Pablo Solón, former lead negotiator for the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

"The actual decision has merely been postponed to the next COP." Kyoto remains on "life support". There is no formal adoption of a second commitment period based on the actual wording of the documents.”

Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary.

The continuation of Kyoto "is highly significant".

Oscar Reyes of the Friends of the Earth UK

"Keep the targets lose the markets. We're worried that when the GCF has money it will lend it to the private sector to drive carbon markets.”

Experts with Ecosystems Climate Alliance, a coalition of forest NGOs.

"Durban is a disaster."

Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, South Africa's International Relations Minister:

"We came here with plan A, and we have concluded this meeting with plan A to save one planet for the future of our children and our grandchildren to come."

14-year-old Felix Finkbeiner of Munich, Germany, launched the organization for children Plant for the Planet

"From looking at past conferences (climate COPs) it would be more effective if members of the conference would come outside and plant trees for the two weeks. They'd probably make a bigger impact."

Plant for the Planet call: Stop Talking. Start Planting!

BBC

Damian Carrington’s, Guardian

John M. Broder, New York Times

Stephen Leahy, IPS