How supposedly objective textbooks made the “population bomb” as real and scary to school children in the 1960s as the H-bombs that drove them under their desks. 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...
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Food Prices and Oil Prices
A graphic depiction of the impact of biofuels and oil prices on food prices. 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 (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share...
Why Aren’t Greens Kicking the Sh*t Out of Corporate America?
Rogue actors known as corporations have hijacked our democracy, but the environmental NGO industrial complex stays in Washington D.C. without a rudder or a clue 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...
‘We can't save capitalism and save the planet’
Book Review. Chris Williams, Ecology & Socialism: Solutions to Capitalist Ecological Crisis. Haymarket Books, 2010 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...
Australia's floods are just the beginning
The extreme weather we’re seeing now is linked to less than 1 degree of atmospheric warming. Much worse is on the way. 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...
The Futility of Green Capitalism
Daniel Tanuro’s new book, L’impossible capitalisme vert,or “The Futility of Green Capitalism”, is a major contribution to our analytical understanding of ecosocialism. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter...
Dethroning King Coal in 2011, from West Virginia to Durban
This multiple set of interlinked climate-energy-economic travesties can only be reversed by grassroots and labor activism 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...
Vandana Shiva: Soil Not Oil
[Quotes & Insights #16] (I’ve been reading Soil Not Oil by the always thoughtful and inspiring Vandana Shiva. Here are five passages I copied down while reading. -IA) (p. 4) The dominant model of development and globalization is inherently violent. By bringing back dignified work based on land...
Can We Feed 9 Billion People?
The world’s population is projected to pass 9 billion in 2050. An important new study asks the question: Can nine billion people be fed sustainably? 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...
Report: CO2 Leaking from Saskatchewan CCS Site
The huge Weyburn carbon capture and storage project is often cited as proof that CO2 can be stored safely. If this report proves true, the entire concept is in deep trouble. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...