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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Ecuadoran President Correa on WikiLeaks, REDD | Democracy Now! Daily Digest for 12/09/10 Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 15:20:15 -0500 From: Democracy Now! <outre...@democracynow.org> Reply-To: Democracy Now! <outre...@democracynow.org> To: <a...@apfn.org> Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. A daily TV/radio grassroots, global news hour, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 900 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the world. Democracy Now! Daily News Digest December 9, 2010 Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa on WikiLeaks, the September Coup, U.S. Denial of Climate Funding, and Controversial Forest Scheme REDD Democracy Now! asks Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa about the latest WikiLeaks revelations on how the United States denied his country aid, the failed coup against him earlier this year, and his support for the controversial carbon market-based forest protection scheme known as REDD. Watch/Listen/Read Is REDD the New Green? Indigenous Groups Resist Carbon Market-Based Forestry Scheme to Offset Emissions A controversial proposal to protect forests worldwide is on the table at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Cancún, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). We speak to Anne Petermann of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Watch/Listen/Read After Touting Sustainability, Walmart Chair Rob Walton Refuses to Answer on Company’s Record in Local Communities Rob Walton, the chairman of Walmart, traveled to Cancún this week to take part in Wednesday’s event promoting the controversial market-based forest protection proposal known as REDD. Watch/Listen/Read Prominent Indigenous Environmental Leader Tom Goldtooth Blocked from U.N. Climate Talks Tom Goldtooth, one of the most prominent North American indigenous activists attending the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Cancún, was blocked from entering the summit on Wednesday, one day after he publicly criticized the U.N. process. Watch/Listen/Read Offsetting Emissions or Pollution Profiteering? Debating the Surge of Cap-and-Trade Carbon Market At the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Cancún, World Bank President Robert Zoellick announced the launch of a new multi-million-dollar fund to help set up markets to trade carbon in China, Mexico, Chile and Indonesia. Watch/Listen/Read Commodifying Wildlife? World Bank Launches Market Scheme for Endangered Species At the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Cancún, World Bank President Robert Zoellick discussed a new initiative to create a financial market to help save endangered animals. Some critics have described the plan as an effort to turn wild animals into commodities. Watch/Listen/Read Greenpeace: Climate Justice Movement Must Intensify Efforts Ahead of 2011 Climate Talks in South Africa While the U.N. climate talks in Cancún are reaching a critical stage, many delegates have begun looking toward the 2011 U.N. climate summit scheduled to take place in Durban, South Africa. Democracy Now!’s Mike Burke speaks with one of the leading South African climate change activists, Kumi Naidoo of Greenpeace International. Watch/Listen/Read Today's Headlines Cables: Shell Boasted of Infiltrating Nigerian Gov’t U.S. Diplomat: China Has "No Morals" U.S. Asked Uganda for Notice on War Crimes WikiLeaks Said to Possess Gitmo Files Pro-WikiLeaks Computer Hackers Launch Cyber-Attacks Fox Analyst Calls for Assange’s Killing House Votes to Block Gitmo Trials Senate to Take up DREAM Act Following House Passage 2 Killed in Haiti Election Protests Baltimore Resident Arrested for Attempt at Military Recruitment Center Obama Authorizes Settlements for Native Americans, Black Farmers Watch/Listen/Read Follow us Twitter Facebook Podcasts & RSS Action Alert Credo Members: Only 3 weeks left to vote for Democracy Now! New Jobs & Internships News Producers On-Air Graphics Web Exclusive "We Cannot Afford to Be Held Hostage...By Political Backwardness" Tuvalu Delegate Makes Impassioned "Life or Death" Plea for Action on Climate Change Shop for the Holidays Merchandise, Books DVDs & More Amy Goodman's Weekly Column Cancun, Climate Change and WikiLeaks Share This Forward to a friend Version: 10.0.1170 / Virus Database: 426/3305 - Release Date: 12/09/10 -- APFN-1 YahooGroups: Subscribe: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apfn-1/join Unsubscribe: apfn-1-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com   APFN MSG BOARD: `In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.' http://disc.yourwebapps.com/Indices/149495.html   APFN CONTENTS PAGE: http://www.apfn.org/old/apfncont.htm   APFN TWITTER http://twitter.com/signup?follow=APFN1   Find elected officials, including the president, members of Congress, governors, state legislators, local officials, and more. http://congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/   SUPPORT APFN: PMB 206, 7549 W. CACTUS RD. #104, PEORIA, AZ 85381