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The article discusses the 2012 UN Earth Summit from June 20-22 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, with particular focus given to the influence of the corporate sector on international environmental policy. The concepts of the "green economy" and "sustainable development," are critiqued as giving too much credit and power to the capitalist system, and the hope for stricter regulations of industry is offered.

The article offers suggestions for environmental policy at the 2012 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero, Brazil including the concepts of planetary boundaries, basic environmental rights, and sanctions against ecocide. The likelihood of the suggestions presented being adopted by the United Nations is also discussed.

The article reports that Nia Robertson and fellow members from the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative Youth Committee are escorted out of a U.S. delegation side event at the UN climate talks in Montreal. The author narrates that the group brought can of Spam which is viewed as a potential weapon.