The New Climate Science: Governments Gamble With Our Survival
Official climate reports, though often disturbing, have not been nearly as frightening as they ought to be
Treaty Chiefs Unanimously Demand a Halt to New Oil Sands Approvals
“Oil sands development has all but destroyed the traditional livelihood of First Nations in northern Athabasca watershed”
An African Call for a Moratorium on Agrofuel Developments
The agrofuels ‘revolution’ is replacing millions of hectares of local agricultural systems, and the rural communities working in them, with large plantations
“Climate change is a trade union issue”
Some 300 people participated in the Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union Conference in London on February 9.
Ecosocialist Notebook
Science Journal Slams Harper … Big Corporations Work Both Sides of the Street … The most Destructive Project on Earth … Oceans Could Rise 200 Feet (Soon)
Fidel Moves On
Some personal thoughts on an ecosocialist hero
Climate Chaos and the Global South
Economic growth in India and China is portrayed as a key contributor to climate change. But the problem is mainly caused by the global rich not poor countries.
Scientists Identify Tipping Points of Climate Change
By Steve Connor
The Independent, February 5, 2008
A major international investigation by dozens of leading climate scientists has found that the “tipping points” for all nine scenarios – such as the melting of the Arctic sea ice or the disappearance of the Amazon rainforest – could occur within the next 100 years. Read more
‘Trade Unionists Must Be the Agents of Human Survival’
An Interview with Roy Wilkes
Roy Wilkes lives in Manchester, England. He is secretary of the organizing committee of the Campaign against Climate Change Trade Union Conference that will take place in London on February 9. Read more
Latin America’s Democratic Revolution and the Greening of the Left
by Daniel Denvir
Global warming, indigenous rights, energy sovereignty and Latin America’s democratic revolution were on the top of Ecuador’s colloquium celebrating the Action Week / 2008 World Social Forum here in the capital. Read more