Bolivarian alliance calls for extending and strengthening the Kyoto Protocol and climate adaptation aid to poor countries, and opposes the commodification of forests under REDD Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about...
What if U.S. land were distributed in the same way as U.S. wealth?
This graphic shows how much the 1 percent would own if land in the United States were as unequally owned as wealth Related posts… (auto-generated) 1% own 43% of global wealth, while billions have no wealth at all What the new IPCC report says about...
Polar ice melting at all-time record rates
Rapid change in the Arctic and Antarctic is a clear, visibly graphic signal of climate change. If current trends continue, there could be virtually no September sea ice by 2015 Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about...
Occupy the Durban climate summit
The Occupy movement considers the UNFCCC to be ‘United Nations Fools, Clowns and Carbon Criminals’ and it’s hard to argue against that based on 16 past performances. Related posts… (auto-generated) ‘Rain Bomb’ kills over 300 in South...
Too Many People? review by Socialist Worker (Canada)
Their central argument – that it is not simply our numbers, but how our society is organized to benefit only few – is one that needs to be heard in the environmental movement Related posts… (auto-generated) Counterfire review of Too Many People? The...
Why the Keystone victory is a major gain for the environmental movement
Don’t be fooled by the nay-sayers. The Obama administration’s backtracking on the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada is a major victory against climate change. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land...
Carbon markets: No threat to fossil fuel
The genius of carbon markets is to create a new asset class that performs alongside, and reinforces, continued fossil fuel use, rather than interfering with it. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and...
One-third of Americans are poor or near-poor
New data shows that there are far more Americans living on the edge of poverty than official figures claim Related posts… (auto-generated) An open letter to Steven Pinker (and Bill Gates, for that matter) about global poverty East and west, monster...
Review: Requiem for a Species Blaming individuals breeds climate pessimism
Clive Hamilton’s pessimism about climate change activism flows from his assumption that individual consumers are to blame. Capitalism is the elephant in the room Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate...
OPTional reading: Comments from a drive-by populationist
The head of Optimum Population Trust has set a new record for comments in one day. Should we feel complimented? Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm: Revolutionary Strategy in a...
Betsy Hartmann: Beyond apocalypse and back to Earth
Video: International women's health activist Betsy Hartmann discusses the roots and impact of apocalyptic thinking in American environmentalism
Video: David Harvey speaks at #Occupy London Stock Exchange
“It’s people on the street, in the squares, that really matters in the end. Because that is the only political force we’ve got.” Related posts… (auto-generated) After Occupy Wall Street, isn’t it time for Occupy Earth? David...
How to feed 9 billion without destroying the planet
Researchers at the University of Minnesota show that sustainable agricultural can deliver enough food for everyone — if humanity works together to make it happen Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate...
The Denial Tango
From Australia, Men With Day Jobs sing ... "And as the waters rise around me I'll just hold my breath and say, it isn't so!"
Lessons of #Occupy: Don't agonize, organize!
Collective political action is the key to the 99% turning their immense potential power into actual power that can end the tyranny of the 1%. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm:...
Indigenous Environmental Network on pipeline decision:We won the battle, not the war
The delay buys time to strengthen our organizing work to stop the pipeline entirely. We will work to ensure this moment is remembered as the beginning of the end for the tar sands. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about...
An open letter to the 1 per cent: You cannot evict ideas
You and your tiny minority cannot evict these ideas: they are simply too important, too long overdue, and too big to fail. Related posts… (auto-generated) An open letter to the UK Green Left We must pull the emergency brake before the 1 per cent...
Food Sovereignty: Reclaiming the global food system
The crisis in the world food system has its origin in the expansion of corporate capitalism, which has led to the eviction of millions of peasant families and is transforming the very way in which countries farm. Related posts… (auto-generated)...
This is the planet that capitalism is destroying …
A stunning timelapse video of photographs taken from the International Space Station Related posts… (auto-generated) Photos: A tar sands pipeline-in-waiting Terracide: Destroying the planet for profit Toronto pipeline fight links local and global...
Shell versus human rights in the Niger Delta
Shell fuelled human rights abuses in Nigeria by paying huge contracts to armed groups who destroyed Nigerian towns, according to a new report Related posts… (auto-generated) Ecocide in the Niger Delta Shell finances violent human rights abusers in...