“Too Many People? is not disheartening or alarmist, as some books about climate change can be. It is assertive, passionate and a key reference for arming ourselves against those, on the right and the left, who talk about population control.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in...
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On climate, Canada is a rogue state
If Canada’s overt policy objective was to emit as much carbon as possible, it is hard to imagine the feds doing more to make that happen. … Canada’s carbon footprint is more than double when we count exports Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens...
Canada wins 1st and 2nd place fossil awards for bad faith in Durban
“Canada is here in Durban in bad faith. Countries should be asking themselves why Canada is sitting at the Kyoto negotiating table with a secret plan to formally withdraw from the protocol mere weeks after the talks end.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to...
A socialist perspective on life after capitalism
Alex Callinicos: “One important priority for any new society would be to move rapidly towards a low carbon economy. This is necessary not only to prevent chaotic climate change, but also to provide the billions of people who now toil in wretched misery with a decent existence.”...
Too Many People? review by Greek environmentalist
This timely work methodically reviews and demolishes the pseudo-science of Populationism ... reinforcing humanist and internationalist arguments exposing the methods and politics and pseudo-statistics of populationist organisations
UK government secretly promotes Canada's tar sands
The Tory-led coalition in the UK seems is Canada’s partner in crime, pressing the European Union to reject regulations that would restrict use of dirty oil mined in Alberta’s destructive tar sands projects Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit...
Greenhouse gas concentrations reach new high; rate of increase accelerates
“Even if we managed to halt our greenhouse gas emissions today – and this is far from the case – they would continue to linger in the atmosphere for decades to come and so continue to affect the delicate balance of our living planet and our climate.” Share:Click to share on...
In Durban, developing countries must resist the bullying, bribery and blackmail of the rich polluters
“The best outcome from Durban would be one based on climate justice. It is time to stand up to the climate change bullies, to reject the Copenhagen Accord and the Cancún Agreements that implement it.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens...
Indigenous statement condemns REDD
“We call upon all people committed to climate justice to support life, and we implore the global community to take responsibility for reducing emission of green house gases at the source and to reject REDD+ as a false solution that breads a new form of climate racism.” Share:Click to share on...
The people's democratic struggle and the struggle for the environment. An interview with Fred Magdoff
"The people' democratic struggle and the struggle for the environment should be intimately tied together. The only meaningful way to deal with social as well as environmental problems is to organize a new society based on equality, democracy, and care for the environment."