Canadian election won’t slow tar sands growth
No matter which party wins the Canadian election, the tar sands will continue to expand for decades, and so will emissions
Six Arguments Against Carbon Trading
In Canada, all five mainstream political parties are promoting some form of “cap and trade” system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Their plans differ in timing and scope — but the real problem is that carbon trading won’t do the job, and makes it harder to develop and implement real solutions.
Cuba at UN: “The very existence of the human species is at risk”
Speech by José Ramón Machado Ventura, First Vice-President of Cuba’s Council of State and Ministers, to the general debate of the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, September 24, 2008
Emissions rising much faster than IPCC forecasts
“We should be worried, really worried”
Australian Socialists Propose Climate Action Plan
Australia’s Socialist Alliance urges a 10-Point Plan to to cut atmospheric CO2
Michael Löwy on Ecosocialism and the Fight to Stop Climate Change
Michael Löwy, Research Director in Sociology at the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) in Paris, is a member of the coordinating committee of the Ecosocialist International Network. He was interviewed by Foad Rad for the Swedish journal Internationalen. The interview was translated and published this month in International Viewpoint Online magazine.
Has Global Warming Stopped?
The next time someone claims that global warming has “stopped,” show them this response from the actual climate scientists at the UK Met Office
Canadian Politics and Climate Change
Five Parties, No Solutions
Climate Emergency: Building a New Protest Movement
In Australia, a new radical movement against climate change is moving beyond pastel-green lobbying and small direct actions
Disaster Assistance Urgently Needed in Haiti
Statement from Canada Haiti Action Network on the recent disaster in Haiti Read more
Greens and the UK Left
Greens can make a unique contribution renewing the Left in Britain
A Frontline Communicator for the Denial Industry
Book Review: Lawrence Solomon. The Deniers: The World-Renowned Scientists Who Stood Up Against Global Warming Hysteria, Political Persecution, and Fraud (and those who are too fearful to do so) Richard Vigilante Books, 2008
Canadian Network on Cuba Appeals for Hurricane Aid
Climate and Capitalism urges readers in Canada to distribute this appeal broadly and to give as generously as possible
Proposed ‘soft targets’ ignore the real dangers of climate change
Australia’s Labour Party was elected on a platform that promised effective action to fight climate change. Less than a year later, those promises seem destined for the scrapheap
Help Cuba Recover from Its Worst Economic Disaster
Money for hurricane relief is urgently needed
Ike Devastates Cuba: An Eyewitness Report
A letter from a Canadian living in Cuba
Jury says: Direct Action Justified To Stop The Climate Crisis!
UK Greenpeace activists acquitted: jury agrees that anti-coal actions were justified
Climate Wrongs and Human Rights
Climate change will undermine human rights on a massive scale Read more
Cuba vs hurricanes: A revolutionary fight against the demon
The final essay written by Cuban revolutionary socialist Celia Hart Santamaria (1962-2008)
The U.S. Military: Enemy of the Environment
Shutting down the Pentagon is a critical task in the fight to save our planet
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Weather and Racism
What the media chooses to cover … and to ignore
Africa: Why The Richest Continent Is Also The Poorest
The ecological impact of natural resource exploitation on the lives of the poor in Africa and other regions is not being addressed sufficiently in aid effectiveness and development discussions
Sea Level Will Rise Faster than Predicted
Study of glacier melting shows that IPCC estimate is a minimum
Argentina: Indigenous Guaraní Resist Eviction by Soya Growers
Government-supported agribusinesses assault indigenous farmers