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DESCRIPTION:Join Mobilization for Climate Justice-West on THURSDAY, APRIL 15th to 
 protest carbon trading and carbon offsets as false solutions to climate 
 change! We’ll be outside the “Navigating the American Carbon World” 
 conference in San Francisco - one of the nation’s largest carbon market 
 conferences – to expose the injustice and ineffectiveness of schemes that 
 reward polluters and allow rich countries to evade the real responsibility 
 of cutting greenhouse gas emissions. This conference will be attended by 
 bankers, oil industry representatives, financial speculators and big enviro 
 groups. Join us to say NO TO FALSE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS! NO TO RIP-OFFSETS! NO 
 THE CARBON TRADING SCAM!\n\nWE NEED REAL CARBON REDUCTIONS & CLIMATE 
 JUSTICE NOW!\n\nWhen: Thursday April 15th, 12-2pm\n\nWhere: San Francisco 
 Marriott Marquis (55 Fourth Street, SF – near Powell St BART)\n\nJoin us 
 for a rally, street theater, and 
 fun!\n\nWebsite:\nhttp://west.actforclimatejustice.org/upcoming-events/april-15-rally-against-carbon-trading/\n\n"Navigating 
 the American Carbon World" 
 Conference:\nhttp://www.nacw2010.org/\n\nDownload the Flyer for the rally 
 at the bottom of this 
 page:\nhttp://west.actforclimatejustice.org/resources/imagery-and-fliers/\n\n\nMore 
 background on Carbon Trading:\n\nIn order to respond to the present climate 
 emergency in a just and equitable way, the rich countries of the world must 
 take a lead on reducing greenhouse gas pollution that is threatening global 
 climate catastrophe. But corporations and rich developed nations are 
 pushing for policies that would allow them to "reduce" emissions by 
 purchasing carbon "credits." Unfortunately, carbon credits can be created 
 through offset projects which supposedly reduce emissions in developing 
 countries so that the companies or people purchasing the offsets don't have 
 to do anything to reduce emissions themselves. The problem is that these 
 projects are frequently hard to monitor and fail to deliver the emissions 
 reductions that they promise. Offsets essentially allow rich countries and 
 corporations to purchase indulgences to keep polluting.\n\nFor example, the 
 Nigerian government has stated its intention to participate in carbon 
 trading and several oil companies are attempting to receive emissions 
 credits. If this goes unchallenged, Chevron will be allowed to receive 
 emissions reductions credits for ending the illegal and immoral practice of 
 gas flaring in Nigeria. Under carbon trading proposals being considered in 
 the US Congress, Chevron could keep polluting here at home, like at its 
 refinery in Richmond, the biggest single source of greenhouse gas emissions 
 in CA. It's almost like a bully demanding a ransom to stop beating you 
 up.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/05/18643801.php
SUMMARY:Rally Against Carbon Trading
LOCATION:Marriott Marquis Hotel\n55 Fourth Street (btw Market and Mission)\nSan 
 Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/05/18643801.php
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