“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...
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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."
Marxism and the Environmental Crisis
by John Molyneux John Molyneux, who lives in Dublin, is a member of the Irish and British Socialist Workers Parties. This article was published in his blog in August, 2010. Over the next ten, twenty or fifty years humanity faces an immense environmental crisis as a result of rapid and chaotic...
How wealthy polluters are blocking action on climate change
How the giant corporations most responsible climate change emissions are working to defeat climate change legislation and block international agreements Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
Debate: Is population control compatible with the fight for environmental justice?
Betsy Hartmann and Katie McKay Bryson of the Population and Development Program reply to Kieran Suckling of the Center for Biological Diversity. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click...
ALBA nations prepare to fight for humanity at Durban climate summit
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 Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
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 Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend...
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 Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...