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An Ethical Analysis of the Cancun Agreement

“Cancun was another failure of those responsible for causing climate change to agree to do what ethics and justice require of them.” 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...

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Quotes & Insights

Barry Commoner: Pollution and production

[Quotes & Insights #15] From the Introduction to the 1992 edition of Making Peace With the Planet, by Barry Commoner “The assault on environmental quality results from the use of systems of production that yield useful goods but also generate pollutants. “The engines that power...

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Coal Films

Dirty Business film debunks 'clean coal' myth

Documentary reveals the true cost of US dependence and the murky realities of marketing ‘clean coal’ technology 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...

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Marxist Ecology

Ecological Civilization

Building an ecological civilization that is socially just will not automatically happen in post-capitalist societies. It will occur only through the concerted action and constant vigilance of an engaged population. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit...

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Bolivia UN Meetings

Why Bolivia opposed the Cancún deal

Pablo Solon: “False victories won’t save the planet. False agreements will not guarantee a future for our children. We all must stand up and demand a climate agreement strong enough to match the crisis we confront.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to...

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Fracking

Who pays the real costs for oil from shale?

by Kurt Cobb Resource Insights, December 19, 2010 If you externalize the costs of a business activity, it means other people pay the costs—environmental, social and otherwise—and you get the profits. It goes on all the time in extractive industries such as oil and natural gas and mining. And, it is...

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Bolivia UN Meetings

Bolivia's dissent strips the Cancun deal naked

Bolivia was not an obstacle to progress at Cancun’s climate talks. It was rather the only nation daring enough to tell the truth. Now only mass mobilisation can shift the power balance Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...

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