Carbon Trading Blasted by Indigenous Groups

The United Nations is facing scathing criticism from the world's indigenous communities for its attempts to promote carbon trading as a tool to address climate change concerns.

"The UN is allowing companies who are the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases to continue to pollute," said Tom Goldtooth of the U.S.-based Indigenous Environment Network (IEN).

Last week, at the end of a two-week international gathering, a UN body said the World ... Full Story »

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Shams Kazi
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by Shams Kazi - Oct. 1, 2008

It certainly highlights a critically important issue, but it needs more detail on why communities oppose the projects.

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