From the Associated Press
Minn. agency rejects New Ulm wind energy project
(AP) – 1 day ago
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has rejected a permit for New Ulm's proposed wind-power project.
But New Ulm City Attorney Hugh Nierengarten says the project is not dead. Nierengarten says city officials will regroup with staff and discuss alternatives.
By a vote of 5-0, the PUC voted Monday to deny New Ulm's request to place five wind turbines on rural properties just across the Minnesota River from the city.
New Ulm wants to put up the turbines to meet the city's energy needs. Farmers opposed the idea, saying the land should be used for agriculture.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Offshore Turbines and the Fishery
Local Maine fishermen concerned about turbine site
Concerns raised over state's plan to test wind power in region
COURTESY PHOTO Waters off Boon Island are a proposed location for a wind turbine demonstration area. Many local fishermen oppose the project because they say the turbines will disrupt the lobster, shrimp and fishing industries.
By Susan Morse
also by Deborah Mcdermott
news@seacoastonline.com
December 23, 2009 2:00 AM
YORK — Local fishermen have raised a number of concerns about the state's plans to use Boon Island as a demonstration site for offshore wind turbine testing.
The turbines would take away prime fishing, lobstering and shrimping areas, according to lobsterman Pat White of York, who initiated two recent meetings on the issue at the York Senior Center.
At least a dozen fishermen and lobstermen attended each.
White represents fishermen on a governor's task force, serves on the Maine State Lobsterman's Association and is president of the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation.
"It seriously disrupts the lobster community because the guys that fish there will have to move over into someone else's territory," he said.
The state on Tuesday, Dec. 15, chose three sites for wind turbine testing. Those sites are located in the waters off Boon, Damariscove and Monhegan islands.
In theory, said Mark Robinson, spokesperson for the turbine project, the wind turbines will be in Maine waters for two to three years. After that, they would likely move farther out to sea into federal waters.
State geologist Robert Marvinney said the state listened well to the fishermen and lobstermen at the two meetings in York — and will continue to listen to them if and when a commercial turbine company expresses interest in placing a prototype at Boon Island.
A company is only allowed two turbines at Boon Island by law, and before anything is placed in the water there will be meetings with the local Department of Marine Resources lobster zone council and affected towns.
If the prototypes indicate a turbine farm would be successful, it would be located farther offshore, in federal waters, said Marvinney. By law, the farm can not be at any of the test sites, he said.
"If it's a lot farther offshore, it would have less impact," said White. "Eighty percent less impact."
This is because lobstermen wouldn't be displaced by the turbines in deeper waters, he said.
The turbines will eventually affect fishermen from other states, once the sites are moved farther offshore, said New Hampshire fisherman Erik Anderson, who promotes eating local at NHseafood.com.
"If it moves forward, it's going to have some effect on the fishing industry, whether it's lobstermen, ground fishing, shrimp," he said. "It's going to the affect the industry somewhere."
Concerns raised over state's plan to test wind power in region
COURTESY PHOTO Waters off Boon Island are a proposed location for a wind turbine demonstration area. Many local fishermen oppose the project because they say the turbines will disrupt the lobster, shrimp and fishing industries.
By Susan Morse
also by Deborah Mcdermott
news@seacoastonline.com
December 23, 2009 2:00 AM
YORK — Local fishermen have raised a number of concerns about the state's plans to use Boon Island as a demonstration site for offshore wind turbine testing.
The turbines would take away prime fishing, lobstering and shrimping areas, according to lobsterman Pat White of York, who initiated two recent meetings on the issue at the York Senior Center.
At least a dozen fishermen and lobstermen attended each.
White represents fishermen on a governor's task force, serves on the Maine State Lobsterman's Association and is president of the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation.
"It seriously disrupts the lobster community because the guys that fish there will have to move over into someone else's territory," he said.
The state on Tuesday, Dec. 15, chose three sites for wind turbine testing. Those sites are located in the waters off Boon, Damariscove and Monhegan islands.
In theory, said Mark Robinson, spokesperson for the turbine project, the wind turbines will be in Maine waters for two to three years. After that, they would likely move farther out to sea into federal waters.
State geologist Robert Marvinney said the state listened well to the fishermen and lobstermen at the two meetings in York — and will continue to listen to them if and when a commercial turbine company expresses interest in placing a prototype at Boon Island.
A company is only allowed two turbines at Boon Island by law, and before anything is placed in the water there will be meetings with the local Department of Marine Resources lobster zone council and affected towns.
If the prototypes indicate a turbine farm would be successful, it would be located farther offshore, in federal waters, said Marvinney. By law, the farm can not be at any of the test sites, he said.
"If it's a lot farther offshore, it would have less impact," said White. "Eighty percent less impact."
This is because lobstermen wouldn't be displaced by the turbines in deeper waters, he said.
The turbines will eventually affect fishermen from other states, once the sites are moved farther offshore, said New Hampshire fisherman Erik Anderson, who promotes eating local at NHseafood.com.
"If it moves forward, it's going to have some effect on the fishing industry, whether it's lobstermen, ground fishing, shrimp," he said. "It's going to the affect the industry somewhere."
Protecting Forested Areas
Forest groups team up to protect land areas
By JEFFREY SIMPSON Provincial Reporter
Wed. Dec 23 - 5:26 AM
Unlikely bedfellows have come up with ways to help the province meet its goal of protecting 12 per cent of its land by 2015, calling for a halt on the development of areas seen as a priority.
Environmental groups and forestry companies unveiled a report on Tuesday that resulted from five years of collaboration.
Created as a result of the Colin Stewart Forest Forum, the report identifies Crown and private land where industrial work such as forest harvesting, mining and road building should be restricted.
The report identified about 269,000 hectares of private and public land worth conserving, while the province needs only 190,000 to hit its target. The forum recommended that 175 sites, covering 58,000 hectares of Crown land, should be protected immediately.
Environment Minister Sterling Belliveau said the forum’s work gave the province a good starting point for achieving its goal, having already announced $75 million to acquire land to conserve.
“We’ll be using this as a guide," Mr. Belliveau said in an interview.
“It gives the option of a lot of flexibility, of picking and choosing the sites that are important. So I’m pleased they went beyond the initial amount of land which we need."
The province will now draw up a plan while consulting with affected groups and Mi’kmaq bands, he said.
The areas identified as necessary for protecting include a wide range of the province’s natural environment from broad swaths of forests equalling 10,000 hectares to small islands on the Eastern Shore.
Raymond Plourde of the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax said he is confident the province will honour its commitment in following up on the recommendations.
“Prior to this, the government had no plan," said Mr. Plourde, who helped establish the forum with the late Mr. Stewart, an ecologist and environmental activist. He said the unusual partnering of the province’s four largest forestry companies and environmentalists was unprecedented, acknowledging their views sometimes clashed. But the collaboration was a necessary step, he said. Chris Miller, a national manager with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, said the report was a monumental step in preserving the natural beauty of Nova Scotia.
“There was a conscious decision for environmentalists and industry to put aside our differences and try to work together to identify areas for protection," he said.
“In the past, certainly, there’s been lots of conflict between environmentalists and the forest industry."
Mike McLarty, the timberlands manager for the Northern Pulp mill in Abercrombie Point, said his company manages some of the land identified for protection in the report and will now work on ways to preserve it, although he didn’t know how that would happen.
(jsimpson@herald.ca)
By JEFFREY SIMPSON Provincial Reporter
Wed. Dec 23 - 5:26 AM
Unlikely bedfellows have come up with ways to help the province meet its goal of protecting 12 per cent of its land by 2015, calling for a halt on the development of areas seen as a priority.
Environmental groups and forestry companies unveiled a report on Tuesday that resulted from five years of collaboration.
Created as a result of the Colin Stewart Forest Forum, the report identifies Crown and private land where industrial work such as forest harvesting, mining and road building should be restricted.
The report identified about 269,000 hectares of private and public land worth conserving, while the province needs only 190,000 to hit its target. The forum recommended that 175 sites, covering 58,000 hectares of Crown land, should be protected immediately.
Environment Minister Sterling Belliveau said the forum’s work gave the province a good starting point for achieving its goal, having already announced $75 million to acquire land to conserve.
“We’ll be using this as a guide," Mr. Belliveau said in an interview.
“It gives the option of a lot of flexibility, of picking and choosing the sites that are important. So I’m pleased they went beyond the initial amount of land which we need."
The province will now draw up a plan while consulting with affected groups and Mi’kmaq bands, he said.
The areas identified as necessary for protecting include a wide range of the province’s natural environment from broad swaths of forests equalling 10,000 hectares to small islands on the Eastern Shore.
Raymond Plourde of the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax said he is confident the province will honour its commitment in following up on the recommendations.
“Prior to this, the government had no plan," said Mr. Plourde, who helped establish the forum with the late Mr. Stewart, an ecologist and environmental activist. He said the unusual partnering of the province’s four largest forestry companies and environmentalists was unprecedented, acknowledging their views sometimes clashed. But the collaboration was a necessary step, he said. Chris Miller, a national manager with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, said the report was a monumental step in preserving the natural beauty of Nova Scotia.
“There was a conscious decision for environmentalists and industry to put aside our differences and try to work together to identify areas for protection," he said.
“In the past, certainly, there’s been lots of conflict between environmentalists and the forest industry."
Mike McLarty, the timberlands manager for the Northern Pulp mill in Abercrombie Point, said his company manages some of the land identified for protection in the report and will now work on ways to preserve it, although he didn’t know how that would happen.
(jsimpson@herald.ca)
North America Biomass Projects Database
From RISI
Wood Biomass Projects Database
RISI's Wood Biomass Projects Database is the first and only comprehensive database of virtually all North American wood biomass projects recently started, or currently under construction to be compiled.
With complete data from over 200 projects, including; operator, location, project type, capacity, estimated start up date, and cost of construction, there are endless applications for this resource. Subscribers are able to view and analyze important industry trends, and predict the strategy of major players in the market.
How much current demand is there for woodfiber, where is the demand and capacity the greatest, how much more capacity/demand will be coming online in the future? These are questions you can answer with the Wood Biomass Projects Database.
The Wood Biomass Projects Database contains the following data:
Project type (Wood Pellets, Wood Energy, Liquid Biofuels)
Company
Location (City, State, Region)
Wood Consumption (total)
Wood Consumption (by year)
Production Capacity
Start-up Date
Project Cost
The Wood Biomass Projects Database is available as part of a corporate sale only, and can be purchased in one of the following two formats:
Email - The database can be purchased as a one-time "snap-shot" version. With this option, the most recently updated version of the database would be emailed to you. Updates would not be included.
Online - The database can also be purchased as part of a package that includes a subscription to the Wood Biomass Market Report. With this option, you would gain access to an online and regularly updated version of the database.
For more information or to order, please contact us at wt@risiinfo.com, or 866.271.8525 (press option #3).
Related Products:
Wood Biomass Market Report - the only comprehensive source of market information and wood biomass feedstock pricing for the North American biomass market.
Wood Biomass Projects Database
RISI's Wood Biomass Projects Database is the first and only comprehensive database of virtually all North American wood biomass projects recently started, or currently under construction to be compiled.
With complete data from over 200 projects, including; operator, location, project type, capacity, estimated start up date, and cost of construction, there are endless applications for this resource. Subscribers are able to view and analyze important industry trends, and predict the strategy of major players in the market.
How much current demand is there for woodfiber, where is the demand and capacity the greatest, how much more capacity/demand will be coming online in the future? These are questions you can answer with the Wood Biomass Projects Database.
The Wood Biomass Projects Database contains the following data:
Project type (Wood Pellets, Wood Energy, Liquid Biofuels)
Company
Location (City, State, Region)
Wood Consumption (total)
Wood Consumption (by year)
Production Capacity
Start-up Date
Project Cost
The Wood Biomass Projects Database is available as part of a corporate sale only, and can be purchased in one of the following two formats:
Email - The database can be purchased as a one-time "snap-shot" version. With this option, the most recently updated version of the database would be emailed to you. Updates would not be included.
Online - The database can also be purchased as part of a package that includes a subscription to the Wood Biomass Market Report. With this option, you would gain access to an online and regularly updated version of the database.
For more information or to order, please contact us at wt@risiinfo.com, or 866.271.8525 (press option #3).
Related Products:
Wood Biomass Market Report - the only comprehensive source of market information and wood biomass feedstock pricing for the North American biomass market.
Biomass and our Forests
From the Chronicle Herald
Just how much clearcutting will be needed?
By ROGER TAYLOR Business Columnist
Wed. Dec 23 - 5:54 AM
ENVIRONMENTALISTS say they have come up with a simple way to demonstrate just how much of Nova Scotia’s forests would need to be clearcut if the province is to generate 150 megawatts of electricity from biomass each year.
But the image they use is more than a little provocative.
Jamie Simpson, the forestry program co-ordinator from the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax, called me Tuesday to say that he and his colleague, Kermit deGooyer, the group’s wilderness and public land conservation planner, estimate that burning biomass to generate 150 megawatts of electricity would be equivalent to clearcutting Kejimkujik National Park once every four years.
Just to be clear, no one has ever suggested trees would be harvested in Kejimkujik for biomass power generation. It wasn’t by accident, however, that they chose Kejimkujik, one of the most popular and beloved wilderness parks in Atlantic Canada, to help illustrate just how much area they believe would be affected by clearcutting.
I have to admit I’m not sure the comparison is an accurate one.
Kejimkujik National Park covers about 400 square kilometres, or 40,000 hectares, in an undeveloped area of southwestern Nova Scotia between Liverpool and Annapolis Royal. But no matter what, the desire to generate electricity from renewable energy in the coming years is going to increase the amount of cutting in Nova Scotia’s forests.
David Wheeler, the soon-to-be former dean of the faculty of management at Dalhousie University in Halifax and leader of a team of consultants asked by government to make recommendations on renewable energy, has said that burning biomass will help the province achieve its goal of producing 25 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy generation by 2015.
Wheeler said that he believes Nova Scotia’s forests could be sustainably used to provide biomass for electricity generation and, even though that would likely mean clearcutting, he believes the government could establish stringent regulations for clearcutting so that it would not devastate the province’s forests.
Papermaker NewPage Port Hawkesbury Ltd. has already announced a desire to build a $100-million, 60-megawatt biomass furnace at its mill in Point Tupper, Richmond County. The biomass generator would put renewable energy on the provincial energy grid and the waste steam produced would be used in the papermaking process.
The total amount of biomass contemplated for the Point Tupper project is about 650,000 tonnes annually. Of that, NewPage is already producing 225,000 tonnes of wood waste from the logs it takes into its paper mill. The Ligni Bel sawmill in Scotsburn, Pictou County, is expected to provide another 70,000 tonnes of wood waste.
If it isn’t allowed to burn forest biomass, NewPage warns that it will be forced to burn oil.
At the same time, Wheeler has endorsed a Nova Scotia Power Inc. plan to mix biomass with coal and burn it in its coal-fired generators as an interim step toward increasing the amount of renewable energy generated in the province.
But that has its critics, too.
Luciano Lisi, a renewable energ y proponent with Cape Breton Explorations Ltd. in Sydney who supports biomass energy production, said his biggest beef with the Wheeler report was the preliminary recommendation on the mixing of coal and wood waste.
There is no other jurisdiction in the world where the practice of mixing biomass with coal is considered renewable energy, he said.
“You cannot make a dirty product (coal) clean and green by adding a little bit of something else. You cannot. It’s as simple as that."
So it’s not only the fight over using our forests to provide biomass for power generation, it is also going to be a dispute over mixing biomass with coal. There are no easy decisions for government on this issue.
(rtaylor@herald.ca)
Just how much clearcutting will be needed?
By ROGER TAYLOR Business Columnist
Wed. Dec 23 - 5:54 AM
ENVIRONMENTALISTS say they have come up with a simple way to demonstrate just how much of Nova Scotia’s forests would need to be clearcut if the province is to generate 150 megawatts of electricity from biomass each year.
But the image they use is more than a little provocative.
Jamie Simpson, the forestry program co-ordinator from the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax, called me Tuesday to say that he and his colleague, Kermit deGooyer, the group’s wilderness and public land conservation planner, estimate that burning biomass to generate 150 megawatts of electricity would be equivalent to clearcutting Kejimkujik National Park once every four years.
Just to be clear, no one has ever suggested trees would be harvested in Kejimkujik for biomass power generation. It wasn’t by accident, however, that they chose Kejimkujik, one of the most popular and beloved wilderness parks in Atlantic Canada, to help illustrate just how much area they believe would be affected by clearcutting.
I have to admit I’m not sure the comparison is an accurate one.
Kejimkujik National Park covers about 400 square kilometres, or 40,000 hectares, in an undeveloped area of southwestern Nova Scotia between Liverpool and Annapolis Royal. But no matter what, the desire to generate electricity from renewable energy in the coming years is going to increase the amount of cutting in Nova Scotia’s forests.
David Wheeler, the soon-to-be former dean of the faculty of management at Dalhousie University in Halifax and leader of a team of consultants asked by government to make recommendations on renewable energy, has said that burning biomass will help the province achieve its goal of producing 25 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy generation by 2015.
Wheeler said that he believes Nova Scotia’s forests could be sustainably used to provide biomass for electricity generation and, even though that would likely mean clearcutting, he believes the government could establish stringent regulations for clearcutting so that it would not devastate the province’s forests.
Papermaker NewPage Port Hawkesbury Ltd. has already announced a desire to build a $100-million, 60-megawatt biomass furnace at its mill in Point Tupper, Richmond County. The biomass generator would put renewable energy on the provincial energy grid and the waste steam produced would be used in the papermaking process.
The total amount of biomass contemplated for the Point Tupper project is about 650,000 tonnes annually. Of that, NewPage is already producing 225,000 tonnes of wood waste from the logs it takes into its paper mill. The Ligni Bel sawmill in Scotsburn, Pictou County, is expected to provide another 70,000 tonnes of wood waste.
If it isn’t allowed to burn forest biomass, NewPage warns that it will be forced to burn oil.
At the same time, Wheeler has endorsed a Nova Scotia Power Inc. plan to mix biomass with coal and burn it in its coal-fired generators as an interim step toward increasing the amount of renewable energy generated in the province.
But that has its critics, too.
Luciano Lisi, a renewable energ y proponent with Cape Breton Explorations Ltd. in Sydney who supports biomass energy production, said his biggest beef with the Wheeler report was the preliminary recommendation on the mixing of coal and wood waste.
There is no other jurisdiction in the world where the practice of mixing biomass with coal is considered renewable energy, he said.
“You cannot make a dirty product (coal) clean and green by adding a little bit of something else. You cannot. It’s as simple as that."
So it’s not only the fight over using our forests to provide biomass for power generation, it is also going to be a dispute over mixing biomass with coal. There are no easy decisions for government on this issue.
(rtaylor@herald.ca)
Copenhage Post Mortem from Avaaz
Dear friends,
The polluting industry lobby stopped a real deal at Copenhagen, and now they're trying to silence the rising climate movement by suing youth activists. They've raised $750,000 for their intimidation effort -- if 20,000 of us give just a small amount each, we'll show them their tactics backfired, and show politicians that people-power can defeat polluters.
Leaders disappointed the entire world in Copenhagen last weekend. But one group was cracking open the champagne - the polluting industry lobbyists who pushed our politicians to failure. The polluters have only one worry now: us.
Recently a few youth climate activists (funded by Avaaz online donations!) dared to challenge the most powerful polluter lobbyist group, the US Chamber of Commerce, by helping to stage a humorous satirical press conference announcing the Chamber had decided to help fight climate change.
The polluter lobby’s response? A huge lawsuit suing these young activists for potentially enormous amounts of money. Experts say a response like this is extremely rare. It appears designed to send a chilling message to our movement and silence all who would speak out.
Let's send a message back. The Chamber has raised $750,000 from US corporations to help launch this attack – If 20,000 of us give just a small amount each to our effort to stand up for climate activists and stop the polluter lobby, we’ll raise more than them - showing their intimidation backfired! Let’s show the polluter lobby that we can’t be silenced, and show politicians that the future belongs to people, not polluters:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/people_vs_polluters
Copenhagen failed primarily because big polluters US and China wanted a weak agreement. President Obama was heavily constrained by a US Congress that has been captured by lobbyists. The Chamber is a front group for the largest corporations in the polluting lobby, including oil and coal companies like Exxon Mobil. They were major backers of President George W Bush, and have spent hundreds of millions of dollars blocking Obama's attempts at change. The Chamber claims to represent US businesses, but even many large corporations (like Apple, Nike and Microsoft) have opposed its pro-polluter positions on climate change.
While people were out in force in Copenhagen, polluter lobbyists worked in the shadows, their voices loud only in our politicians' ears. To get the climate deal we need, we have to expose their influence, stand up to their intimidation tactics, and send a signal to others that the time has come, once and for all, to stand up to the villains holding our planet hostage:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/people_vs_polluters
In our journey together as the Avaaz community, we've taken on dictators in Burma and Zimbabwe, promise-breaking politicians in Europe and North America, and the forces of extremism in the Middle East. But the Chamber is in some ways the most powerful and dangerous opponent we've faced. Some have advised Avaaz to stay quiet about this, to protect our own organization. But with danger comes opportunity, and if people power can defeat even the most powerful corporate lobby in the world, we'll send a much broader message, that a new world, the one we all seek, is on its way.
With hope,
Ricken, Ben, Iain, Alice, Graziela, Luis, Paul, Taren, Sam, Pascal, Benjamin, Paula, Milena and the whole Avaaz team
PS - here are some links for more information:
New York Times -- "Way behind the curve" - the NYT savages the Chamber's position on climate change:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/opinion/30wed3.html
Washington Post -- "The U.S. chamber vs honesty" - the Post is scathing about the Chamber's tactics:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/26/AR2009102602714.html
Huffington Post -- "PGE Quits US Chamber of Commerce" - about large corporations leaving the Chamber because of its climate stance:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brendan-demelle/pge-quits-us-chamber-of-c_b_295424.html
Common Dreams - covering the satirical press conference about the Chamber:
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/10/19-9
The polluting industry lobby stopped a real deal at Copenhagen, and now they're trying to silence the rising climate movement by suing youth activists. They've raised $750,000 for their intimidation effort -- if 20,000 of us give just a small amount each, we'll show them their tactics backfired, and show politicians that people-power can defeat polluters.
Leaders disappointed the entire world in Copenhagen last weekend. But one group was cracking open the champagne - the polluting industry lobbyists who pushed our politicians to failure. The polluters have only one worry now: us.
Recently a few youth climate activists (funded by Avaaz online donations!) dared to challenge the most powerful polluter lobbyist group, the US Chamber of Commerce, by helping to stage a humorous satirical press conference announcing the Chamber had decided to help fight climate change.
The polluter lobby’s response? A huge lawsuit suing these young activists for potentially enormous amounts of money. Experts say a response like this is extremely rare. It appears designed to send a chilling message to our movement and silence all who would speak out.
Let's send a message back. The Chamber has raised $750,000 from US corporations to help launch this attack – If 20,000 of us give just a small amount each to our effort to stand up for climate activists and stop the polluter lobby, we’ll raise more than them - showing their intimidation backfired! Let’s show the polluter lobby that we can’t be silenced, and show politicians that the future belongs to people, not polluters:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/people_vs_polluters
Copenhagen failed primarily because big polluters US and China wanted a weak agreement. President Obama was heavily constrained by a US Congress that has been captured by lobbyists. The Chamber is a front group for the largest corporations in the polluting lobby, including oil and coal companies like Exxon Mobil. They were major backers of President George W Bush, and have spent hundreds of millions of dollars blocking Obama's attempts at change. The Chamber claims to represent US businesses, but even many large corporations (like Apple, Nike and Microsoft) have opposed its pro-polluter positions on climate change.
While people were out in force in Copenhagen, polluter lobbyists worked in the shadows, their voices loud only in our politicians' ears. To get the climate deal we need, we have to expose their influence, stand up to their intimidation tactics, and send a signal to others that the time has come, once and for all, to stand up to the villains holding our planet hostage:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/people_vs_polluters
In our journey together as the Avaaz community, we've taken on dictators in Burma and Zimbabwe, promise-breaking politicians in Europe and North America, and the forces of extremism in the Middle East. But the Chamber is in some ways the most powerful and dangerous opponent we've faced. Some have advised Avaaz to stay quiet about this, to protect our own organization. But with danger comes opportunity, and if people power can defeat even the most powerful corporate lobby in the world, we'll send a much broader message, that a new world, the one we all seek, is on its way.
With hope,
Ricken, Ben, Iain, Alice, Graziela, Luis, Paul, Taren, Sam, Pascal, Benjamin, Paula, Milena and the whole Avaaz team
PS - here are some links for more information:
New York Times -- "Way behind the curve" - the NYT savages the Chamber's position on climate change:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/opinion/30wed3.html
Washington Post -- "The U.S. chamber vs honesty" - the Post is scathing about the Chamber's tactics:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/26/AR2009102602714.html
Huffington Post -- "PGE Quits US Chamber of Commerce" - about large corporations leaving the Chamber because of its climate stance:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brendan-demelle/pge-quits-us-chamber-of-c_b_295424.html
Common Dreams - covering the satirical press conference about the Chamber:
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/10/19-9
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