“Simply using price mechanisms will lead to a policy failure with catastrophic consequences for most people and most species” David Spratt is a policy analyst with the Australian group CarbonEquity, and co-author, with Philip Sutton, of Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action, which Climate and Capitalism will review soon. Spratt was interviewed by […]
Archive | August, 2008
Snatching Food from the Mouths of the Poor
A new wave of food colonialism manufactures famine in Africa and Asia (more…)
Food Crisis: The Moral Failure of Liberal Economists
Time was when writers lampooned economists for “knowing the price of everything but the value of nothing.” Today, they seem to be unaware even of the price of things! (more…)
How Capitalism 'Solves' a Climate Disaster: Katrina, Three Years Later
Three years ago today, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The pain hasn’t stopped … (more…)
The Myth of the Tragedy of the Commons
Will shared resources always be misused and overused? Is community ownership of land, forests and fisheries a guaranteed road to ecological disaster? By Ian Angus Update: See also A reply to criticisms and questions about this article Will shared resources always be misused and overused? Is community ownership of land, forests and fisheries a guaranteed road to […]
Africa: Forced to Clean Up After a Party It Didn’t Attend
“Africa and the rest of the Global South are owed a huge historical and ecological debt for slavery, colonialism, and centuries of exploitation” By Dennis Brutus and Patrick Bond Durham South Africa, 23 August 2008 “We are the creditors!” insist a new layer of African social activists, victimised by the ongoing Third World debt crisis […]
Socialists in Britain Discuss Class Struggle and Ecology
Ecosocialism included in a discussion of regrouping the left (more…)
The Global Warming Report Ottawa Doesn't Want You to See
Canada’s federal government is trying to bury an important report on climate change and health … but the blogosphere is fighting back (more…)
Indigenous Activists in Peru Defend Collectively-Owned Lands
“The government has declared open war on indigenous people and the demonstrators will stay there until the problem is solved. They prefer to die there, they aren’t afraid.” (more…)
No, We Won't Debate That …
Global warming deniers have many places to post their oft-refuted nonsense. This is not one of them (more…)
Israel's Discriminatory Water Policies Leave West Bank Dry
Per capita water consumption in Palestine is far below the minimum recommended by the World Health Organization (more…)
Carbon Capture and Storage Will Increase Pollution
Study finds that burying carbon dioxide from coal-fired plants will increase acid rain (more…)
Can Markets Stop Climate Change?
“Can we trade our way out of our climate difficulties? Can market mechanisms deal with a problem of such scale and urgency?” (more…)
Irish newspaper looks at capitalism as a threat to the environment
“Bring the relationship between capitalism and climate change into mainstream debate” (more…)
Climate Change Threatens Brazil’s Food Crops
Even moderate rises in temperatures would cause significant damage to food production (more…)
The truth is, we're fighting for survival
Amid the trivial political squabbles, a stark truth lies hidden: humanity is staring global catastrophe in the face (more…)
'Markets have failed miserably even to recognize climate change'
A liberal journal argues that market solutions won’t do the job (more…)
Australian Climate Activists Plan Week of Protests
A call for a national week of protest action beginning September 21 (more…)