Derek Wall reviews a film that delivers ‘a powerful warning of the stupidity of ignoring climate change’ Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm: Revolutionary Strategy in...
A guide to false climate change solutions
Hoodwinked in the Hothouse” – a short yet comprehensive survey of climate change non-solutions Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land An unstoppable drive to Hothouse Earth? Andreas...
Hansen: Protests and direct action needed to stop emissions
“The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes.” Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Ecosocialists...
Monbiot: We cannot afford to surrender
It will be difficult and expensive to keep climate change to a minimum, but the alternative is unthinkable Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm: Revolutionary Strategy in a Warming...
Scientists Issue Six Blunt Warnings on Climate Change
From the Final Press Release issued by the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions held in Copenhagen this week. Key Message 1: Climatic Trends Recent observations confirm that, given high rates...
Indigenous Activists to U.S. Senator: ‘Tar Sands Are Killing Us’
First Nations activists affected by the Alberta Tar Sands take their story to John Kerry, and picket Canada’s pro-Tar-Sands Environment Minister Related posts… (auto-generated) Indigenous Environmental Network on pipeline decision:We won the...
Is Nuclear Power a Safe Solution to Climate Change?
It’s been claimed that the French experience proves that nuclear power can be produced safely. but recenly existing plants have developed leaks, and construction of a ‘Third Generation’ reactor had to be halted. Related posts… (auto-generated)...
'We are facing the worst case scenario'
“We can forget about the 2C. We are now facing the situation where we have to avoid a 5-6C rise in temperature.” Related posts… (auto-generated) ‘Worst case’ emissions scenario is best match for reality What the new IPCC...
Global Warming: Right Here, Right Now
Global warming is not a distant prospect that might affect our grandchildren at the end of the century. The damage has already started … Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land The climate report...
Carbon Trading: the God that Failed
By Simon Butler Green Left Weekly, March 7, 2009 The free market has got us into this mess, and the free market will get us out of it. This nonsensical idea is at the heart of all carbon trading measures, the Rudd government’s Carbon Pollution...
Trade Unionists Discuss Climate Change
“This is the fundamental struggle to defend the future of our class as well as the future of our planet.” Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Condemn the murder of Honduran indigenous...
The Facts About the Alberta Tar Sands
In Canada, both the governing Conservatives and the opposition Liberals are trying to shrug off National Geographic magazine’s recent photographic expose of the massive devastation caused by mining the Alberta Tar Sands. Facts just don’t matter if...
Concerning the Scientific Knowledge of Canadian Politicians
Canada’s Conservative Party has the largest number of seats in Parliament, so they are the current government. The Bloc Quebecois is one of three opposition parties: it favours sovereignty for Quebec. This is a Canadian Press article, dated...
Socialist Green Coalition Launched in South Africa
“Red must be green and green must be red.” Related posts… (auto-generated) Most vulnerable nations form climate action coalition Ecosocialist online discussion group launched Canadian Youth Climate Coalition takes the gloves off EIN Website &...
Karl Marx, Ecologist
“Even an entire society, a nation, or all simultaneously existing societies taken together, are not owners of the earth. They are simply its possessors, its beneficiaries, and have to bequeath it in an improved state to succeeding generations.”...
Mindful Economics
Suggested reading for Climate and Capitalism readers … We hope to review Mindful Economics at some point. In the meantime, here are some excerpts from the publisher’s description. For more infomation, see Mindful Economics breaks away...
Trade Union Conference on Climate Change
Saturday, March 7, London Related posts… (auto-generated) Andreas Malm in conversation with trade union climate activists Marxist trade union leader runs for UK Greens London trade union conference to confront climate change “Climate change is a...
How clean is it? It's Clean Coal clean!
A video response to coal industry greenwash. Related posts… (auto-generated) Mass murder in a Turkish coal mine How Jeffrey Webber's From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia turns reality on its head Time to Bury the 'Clean Coal' Myth...
Agenda Announced for 'World at a Crossroads' Conference
One of the most important annual events for the left in the Pacific and Asia region. Climate change and ecosocialism is a key focus of this year’s conference. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change...
New Data Shows IPCC Understated Warming
New data shows greenhouse emissions are far greater than the worst-case scenario in the UN body’s 2007 report Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm: Revolutionary Strategy in a...