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Second Ground for Hope by Leif Wenar: People Own the Oil

Excerpt of Professor Leif Wenar's presentation in Seattle, Washington on January 27th, full speech here. Leif is author of the book, Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules That Run the World.In this excerpt from his presentation of January

He holds the Chair of Philosophy & Law at Kings College London. After earning his Bachelor degree from Stanford, he went to Harvard to study with John Rawls, and wrote his doctoral thesis on property rights with Robert Nozick and T.M. Scanlon. He has worked in the UK since 1997. This excerpt was produced by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv, Voices of Sustainability as part of a blogpost, Sustainability Advocate. Visit the site, Clean Trade (http://cleantrade.org/) to become involved in this movement.

EarthSayer Leif Wenar
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The Hope for Change: Ending 'Might Makes Right' by Leif Wenar

Published on Feb 15, 2016

An excerpt from the Leif Wenar speech of January 27th, 2016 based on his book, "Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules That Run the World." For more details on 'Might Makes Right' go to the Clean Trade site, here. Excerpted and curated by Ruth Ann Barrett for EarthSayers.tv, Voices of Sustainability.

EarthSayer Leif Wenar
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The Kimberley Process by Boite D'Or

The Biote D'Or experience with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). It is a control system established in 2003 to authenticate the provenance of diamonds. After it became known in the late 1990s that warring parties were abusing the trade with rough diamonds to fund their conflicts, this initiative was founded to put an end to the sale of so called blood or conflict diamonds. Today, more than 49 countries are part of the Kimberley Process, the European Community being counted as one member. The members commit themselves to strict rules and regulations to verifiably track the legitimate provenance of each diamond. Further detailed information about the Kimberley Process here.

RJC (Responsible Jewellery Council)
The Responsible Jewellery Council is a not-for-profit, standards setting and certification organisation. The RJC's Chain-of-Custody Certification for precious metals supports these initiatives and can be used as a tool to deliver broader Member and stakeholder benefit. Published on Nov 22, 2013

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Keynote, Ceres Conference of 2015 by Gina McCarthy of EPA

Published on Jun 23, 2015

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy delivers the keynote address at the Ceres Conference 2015, discussing the Clean Power Plan, Climate Change and how businesses and investors can support the transition to a clean energy economy.

EarthSayer Gina McCarthy
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Mapping the Gap: The Road From Paris with Michael Leibreich

Published on Feb 4, 2016

Ceres and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) teamed up to release "Mapping the Gap: The Road from Paris", which seeks to underscore how the global transition to clean electric power can be financed. This special presentation by Michael Liebreich (BNEF) was made at the 2016 Investor Summit on Climate Risk at the U.N. headquarters in NYC. A sneak peak: the global renewable energy investment opportunity in the electric sector is massive, at $12.1 trillion over the next 25 years.

To download the report and to learn more about Ceres' Clean Trillion initiative, visithere.

To learn more about the Investor Summit on Climate Risk, visit here.

EarthSayer Michael Liebreich
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Ecuadorian Indigenous Peoples opposed to oil development

Published on Feb 2, 2016

On January 28, the leaders of different indigenous nationalities directly affected by the contract between Ecuador and Andes Petroleum held a press conference in Quito to publicly announce their position that the government process of consultation has been illegal and illegitimate and that they reject the plans for oil exploration and exploitation in blocks 79 and 83 and reject plans for additional oil development in the South-Central region. Read more here on the Pachamama website, the publishers of this video on their YouTube channel.

This is the testimony of Manari Shigua of the Sapara people of the Ecuadorian Amazon.His testimony addresses the designation of the Sapara peoples culture a masterpiece of the Oral heritage of humanity by UNESCO which acknowledges that all resources in t heir territory (trees, mountains, oil +) are the world's heritage. The Ecuadorian government wants to exploit these resources and must understand they are required to consult the world as no resources can be exploited in their territory especially those the people oppose.

EarthSayer Manari Ushigua
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Blood Oil by Leif Wenar

Published on Jan 30, 2016

Talk by Leif Wenar author of "Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules That Run the World" recorded January 27, 2016 at Town Hall Seattle. "Might makes right" is a rule that needs to be retired. Leif Wenar holds the Chair of Philosophy Law at King College London. After earning his Bachelor'a degree from Stanford, he went to Harvard to study with John Rawls, and wrote his doctoral thesis on property rights with Robert Nozick and T.M. Scanlon. He has worked in the UK since 1997. Visit CleanTrade.org.

You may purchase his book through Amazon by clicking on the image or visit your local bookstore. Thank you.

EarthSayer Leif Wenar
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Arctic oil drilling: | Keep it in the ground

Published on Jul 16, 2015

It is on the verge of another attempt to extract some of the estimated 400bn barrels equivalent of oil and gas at the top of the world. But drilling in the Arctic is expensive and dangerous. And oil prices have fallen dramatically. Will this and government action thwart Shell's ambitions? Published on Jul 16, 2015 BY THE GUARDIAN.

See also This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein here.

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Chinese CoExist with Coal

Published on Nov 4, 2015

Despite China's pledge to cap and then reduce carbon emissions, coal production continues to grow, creating tough choices for those who work in and live near the mines.

Published by New York Times, YouTube Channel.

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Do We Have to Choose? Clean Air, Good Roads, Smart Choice?

Arguments against clean air are hard to come by these days especially in view of climate change, but the oil lobby (from outside the State) is very powerful and overcame a coalition of Oregon based organizations and individuals resulting in the transportation package failing this last session (2015). It surpised everyone involved and set a new substandard in political action here in Oregon. The panelists are Tom Kelly, Andrea Durbin, and Kristen Leonard.

EarthSayers Andrea Durbin; Tom Kelly; Kristen Leonard
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