[A-List] The Climate Divide

[Macdonald Stainsby]

This divide among nations is not neccessarily geographical:

The land claims of the Lubicon Cree are still not settled. As oil sands 
activity heats up,a deal seems even more remote.
By Amy Steele Photographs by Lori Willocks

Reinie Jobin, a stocky 68-year-old with porcupine-quill hair, drives 
along a rutted road beside the community of Little Buffalo. He stops at 
regular intervals to point out oil and gas wells, pipelines and work 
camps. What was once pristine forest, where Jobin’s people—the Lubicon 
Cree—hunted and trapped, is now a busy industrial zone. "They stole this 
country off us," he says. "You be an Indian for a day and see it 
first-hand."

full:
http://oilsandstruth.org/no-deal-lubicon-battle-basic-needs-while-tar-sands-make-energy-companies-rich


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:

> In almost every instance, the people most at risk from climate change
> live in countries that have contributed the least to the atmospheric
> buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to the
> recent warming of the planet.
> 
> Those most vulnerable countries also tend to be the poorest. And the
> countries that face the least harm — and that are best equipped to
> deal with the harm they do face — tend to be the richest.

-- 
Macdonald Stainsby
http://independentmedia.ca/survivingcanada
http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/rad-green
In the contradiction lies the hope
    --Bertholt Brecht.