In Goethe’s poem, the sorcerer’s apprentice use magic to lighten his workload, but because his knowledge is limited, his spell creates more problems than it solves. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
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What's Wrong with a 30-Hour Work Week?
There is something problematic with advocating a 30-hour work week at the beginning of the 21st century: a 30 hour week is not short enough! 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...
In U.S., Warming Will Hit Poor and Minorities Hardest
In the heartland of capitalism, the impact of global warming will be particularly devastating if you are poor, or black, or Latino 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...
Population Control: 10 Reasons Why It’s the Wrong Answer
We need to build stronger links and collaboration with movements for climate justice in the global South - not draw up plans to reduce their numbers
Climate Change Killing 300,000 People a Year
First ever report exclusively focused on the global human impact of climate change calculates more than 300 million people are seriously affected by climate change at a total economic cost of $125 billion per year Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens...
The biggest health threat: climate change
The Executive Summary of Managing the Health effects of Climate Change, a report conducted jointly by The Lancet and University College London, UK, published May 13: 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...
Climate change summit hijacked by biggest polluters
Six of the companies involved in the summit have been nominated for Climate Greenwash Awards because of their failure to live up to their PR spin on tackling climate change. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter...
21st Century Warming to Be Twice the Forecasts
MIT study author: “There’s no way the world can or should take these risks” 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...
The Myth of the Efficient Car
Without divine intervention – which seems to be the basis for most energy reduction schemes – there is simply no way to maintain both the atmosphere and personal transportation. The personal automobile must be abandoned, and quickly. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to...
U.S. Climate Bill: No Emission Reduction Until 2026
The major climate bill now working its way through the US Senate has a fatal flaw: it doesn’t require polluters to stop polluting 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...