p Outflanked While We March for the Climate, Governments Meet With Polluters At this point the small group of social movements and non-profit organizations trying to keep corporate influence in check at the fund are severely outflanked. So while turning out in big numbers in the Big Apple is critical, it will take more than marching to compel governments to stop supporting the fossil fuel industry and start regulating and reducing climate pollution. Imagine the collective power we could bring to bear if the 1,400-plus organizations endorsing the climate march—representing the labor movement, people of faith, youth, immigrant rights activists, and of course, environmentalists—pulled out all the stops and poured their resources into an uncompromising, coordinated “no more dirty energy” campaign: one that forces governments to cut taxpayer subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, puts our bodies in the way of fossil fuel extraction and transport, and moves money quickly to community-centered renewable technologies that already exist. In the meantime, we can and should keep flexing our political muscle. One way is to “flood Wall Street,” as activists staying on in New York are planning to do after the climate march. Kicking corporations and big banks—and their government enablers—out of the Green Climate Fund is another.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 03:57:02 +0000
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