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Population

Why cutting population won't end poverty…

Capitalism will always be a system of profound inequality, no matter what happens to the birthrate …. 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...

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Books & Reports

The Political Economy of Carbon Markets

Book Review. Upsetting the Offset: The Political Economy of Carbon Markets. Edited by Steffen Böhm & Siddhartha Dabhi. UK:  MayFlyBooks, 2009 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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Biofuel Europe

Tell the EU: Palm Plantations Aren't Forests!

A leaked document reveals that the European Union wants to require member states to use biofuel from destructive palm plantations — and to do that it wants to define plantations as “forests” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in...

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Deniers Science

The Lying Politics of Climate Science Denial

The politics of climate denial and climate greenwash share much in common — both are ways of denying reality. The comeback of climate denial is out of step with views on climate change in most of the world. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...

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Latin America

How the U.S. Could Help Haiti

Two measures would immediately help Haitians: cancellation of the foreign debt and overhauling an immigration system that discriminates against 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...

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War, Imperialism

War is Peace

Can you read this sentence without bursting out laughing (or crying)? “The Obama administration plans to ask Congress to increase spending on the U.S. nuclear arsenal by more than $5 billion over the next five years as part of its strategy to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and eventually...

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