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Graça Machel, Bono and Tutu sign letter warning Cameron of global inequality risks
2014-07-18 17:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: In a letter sent to prime minister David Cameron, the former wife of Nelson Mandela, Graça Machel, archbishop Desmond Tutu and U2 frontman Bono, said 2015 should be a year of international development, as rising inequality will lead to future conflicts. The letter comes as a warning, as it states that not even the rich will be able to protect themselves from conflicts deriving from increasing levels of poverty and global instability. The letter was also signed by Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad...
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Tutu oilsand sermon built on emotion not on facts
2014-06-01 22:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu is, since the death of Nelson Mandela, perhaps the worlds best-known defender of human rights. He is also, unfortunately, a hypocrite, and a symbolist, for whom imagery and headlines matter more than facts and truth. Saturday in Fort McMurray, Alta., Tutu, flown in for the occasion by the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, delivered precisely what was expected of him by his hosts: fire and brimstone, directed at the despicable Alberta oilpatch, which...
S. African archbishop Desmond Tutu describes Alberta oilsands as filth
2014-05-31 16:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CP: Anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu has called Alberta's oilsands ``filth'' created by greed, and has urged all sides to work together to protect the environment and aboriginal rights. "The fact that this filth is being created now, when the link between carbon emissions and global warming is so obvious, reflects negligence and greed,'' Tutu told more than 200 attendees at a conference on oilsands development and treaty rights in Fort McMurray on Saturday. "The oilsands are emblematic of an era...
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Oilsands: Desmond Tutu stresses quick action against controversial project
2014-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he has come to Fort McMurray not as a know-it-all about climate change but hoping to be a catalyst for change. Tutu says he doesnt want to tell Canadians what to do about the environment. But he told reporters in the northern Alberta oilsands city that the world is sitting on a powder keg if something isnt done quickly. Tutu is in Fort McMurray for a two-day conference on aboriginal treaties and climate change. The archbishop, who won the Nobel Peace...
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A boycott to save the planet (by Desmond Tutu)
2014-04-16 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindu: Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse. No more can it be dismissed as science fiction; we are already feeling the effects. This week in Berlin, scientists and public representatives have been weighing up radical options for curbing emissions contained in the third report of the UN`s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The bottom line is that we have 15 years to take the necessary steps. The horse...
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