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Climate Crackdown: UN Bars Friends of the Earth and Other Environmental Groups from Climate Talks
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Climate Crackdown: UN Bars Friends of the Earth and Other Environmental Groups from Climate Talks
The crackdown around the UN climate talks in Copenhagen is intensifying. Earlier today the United Nations suspended several mainstream environmental groups and barred members from re-entering the conference. Organizations targeted include Friends of the Earth, Tck Tck Tck, Avaaz, World Vision and Via Campesina. Democracy Now! caught up with Nnimmo Bassey, the prominent Nigerian environmentalist, just as he was being removed by security from the conference. [includes rush transcript]
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AMY GOODMAN: We’re broadcasting live from Copenhagen. This is Climate Crackdown, Climate Countdown.
The crackdown around the UN climate talks in Copenhagen is intensifying. On Tuesday, plainclothes police officers snatched a prominent climate justice activist organizer named Tadzio Mueller just after he left the Bella Center, the site of the UN climate conference. Earlier today, police arrested over 200 people and shot tear gas at protesters attempting to reach the conference site. The total number of people arrested this week in Copenhagen is now over 1,500.
A group of people inside the summit also walked out of the conference to set up a People’s Assembly outside. Here inside the Bella Center, the United Nations suspended several mainstream environmental groups and barred members ...
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