Climate and Capitalism’s Top Ten (May 2008)
C&C’s most-read articles … and some unabashed bragging about a widely-reproduced article on the Food Crisis.
Will Red And Green Ever Be Seen? A Perspective from Scotland
A socialist activist in the Scottish Green Party discusses whether and how socialists and greens can work together to win change for people and the environment
Canadian Labour Congress Discusses Climate Change
Good discussion, followed by a disappointing policy paper and resolution
Two Storms, One Root Cause
The headlines told the story of an ecological disaster, made worse by capitalist politics.
CDM Scams: ‘enough lies to make a sub-prime mortgage pusher blush’
Kyoto’s offset mechanism is increasing greenhouse gas emissions behind the guise of promoting sustainable development
Beaver Lake Cree Draw a Line in the (Tar) Sand
Lawsuit identifies more than 15,000 violations of constitutionally protected rights; damage is “devastating and irreparable”
Cuban VP: “Sustainable development requires a revolution in our values”
Address by José Ramón Machado Ventura, First Vice-President of Cuba’s Council of State, at a session on “Sustainable Development: the Environment, Climate Change and Energy,” during the 5th EU/LAC (European Union / Latin America and Caribbean) summit meeting in Lima, Peru, May 16-17.
Cree Leaders to UN: Fossil Fuel Pollution is a Human Rights Issue
A presentation by the Athabasca Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations to the to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Cuba Publishes Environmental Indicators
New report provides comprehensive data on population, atmosphere, water, soils, biodiversity, energy, wastes and more
Brazil’s Environment Minister Gives Up the Fight
Marina Silva says the power of agribusiness makes it impossible to protect the rainforest.
How the Oil Industry Sabotages Emission Reductions
Friends of the Earth exposes the lies of the oil giants’ attack on European emission reduction plans
Can We Feed the World?
Aid, however necessary, is only a stopgap. To truly address world hunger, we must understand and then change the system that causes it
It’s Not Just About 500 Dead Ducks
The fate of the 500 ducks is symbolic of much deeper problems when it comes to the environmental consequences of Canada’s largest industrial project
Cyclone Nargis and Climate Change: The Deadly Legacy of Oil
“Nargis is a sign of things to come. The victims of these cyclones are climate change victims and their plight should remind the rich world that it is doing too little to contain its greenhouse gas emissions.”
Bush Says Starving India Eats Too Much
Truly, imperialist hypocrisy knows no bounds
Proving the Link Between Biofuel and Food Prices
Many politicians deny or minimize the link between ethanol production and global food prices. The evidence proves them wrong.
Agrofuel Expansion on Stolen Lands Threatens Colombian Peasant Communities
Production of biofuels is expanding on land stolen from local Afro-Colombian communities, endangering Colombia’s rainforests, food security, water resources and regional climate
New Climate and Capitalism Pamphlets
Available now as free downloads or in professionally printed editions …
Global Warming Intensifies Grain Crisis in India
Not a socialist analysis, but an insightful perspective from India, where water stress, declining soil health and global warming have made wheat production unsteady for six or seven years
Them Belly Full But We Hungry
Bob Marley in 1976 — an anthem for 2008
B.C.’s Carbon Tax: A Regressive Hoax
The editorial in the current issue of Canadian Dimension magazine (May/June 2008)
Slideshow: The Global Food Crisis
Prepared by Peter Boyle of the Australian Socialist Alliance