Even the most optimistic predictions of global temperature increase will still displace millions of Egyptians from one of the most densely populated regions on earth. 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...
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Countdown to Copenhagen
UN leader: “If we continue at this rate we’re not going to make it” 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...
'Green' B.C. Liberals Subsidize Gas and Oil Expansion
The “environmentalist” establishment hailed British Columbia’s Liberal government as the greenest in North America when it implemented a minuscule carbon tax. What do they say now? Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
Carbon Offsets: A Dangerous Distraction
Friends of the Earth explain why offsetting is a dangerous distraction from the urgent business of decarbonizing the world’s economies. CDM and related offset plans can’t be reformed: they must be scrapped. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit...
Peterloo: Ye are many – they are few
Today is the 190th anniversary of the day when English cavalry attacked a peaceful crowd of 60,000 in Manchester, gathered to call for democratic rights. The event is remembered as the Peterloo, a word that combines the location of the attack, St. Peters Field, with an ironic reference to the...
Australian Emissions Trading Plan Rejected
Some environmentalists view the rejection of the Australian Labor government’s emissions trading plan as a defeat for green politics. Socialists disagree. 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...
The Rise and Fall of the Irish Greens
Another case of the inevitable fate that follows when Green parties adopt the creed of “neither Left nor Right, but Green” 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...
Peru plans more Amazon oil auctions
Despite protests by indigenous people, the head of government energy agency says that this fall they will auction still more blocks traditional indigenous lands to oil and gas companies Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace with the Planet
John Bellamy Foster's new book is a call for urgent action and an intervention into the debates about the kind of action needed to win this "race" for the future.
Green Left to Honour Peterloo Martyrs
This month the English Green Left will meet in Manchester. The meeting is timed to coincide with the 190th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, one of the most significant events in British radical history. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in...