Introduction: In this important contribution to the ongoing debate over “individual” versus “social” solutions to global warming and ecological destruction, the editor of Synthesis/Regeneration directly and convincingly challenges the mainstream myth that the capitalist...
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Mushkegowuk Council Bans Mining on Traditional Lands
“The government needs to recognize that First Nations have the legal and constitutional right to be consulted and now we demand that consent be part of the equation.” 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...
Obama’s Energy Plan: New Policies, New Dangers
Obama’s victory marks a real turn in the energy and climate policy of the United States, one that will be carried out at the expense of American workers and the peoples of the world Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
Offsets Under Kyoto: A Dirty Deal for the South
The ‘Clean Development Mechanism’ is grossly ineffective and enormously unjust 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...
Poznan Climate Talks: Fiddling While the Earth Burns
The UN Climate Conference failed to achieve any breakthrough towards a global climate deal — a sign not merely of bad timing, but of a flawed system that takes no account of climate justice Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
Belem Ecosocialist Declaration
This Declaration was prepared by a committee elected at the Paris Ecosocialist Conference of 2007 (Ian Angus, Joel Kovel, Michael Löwy), with the help of Danielle Follett. It will be distributed at the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil, in January 2009. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in...
Radical New Agenda Needed To Achieve Climate Justice
Members of Climate Justice Now! — a worldwide alliance of more than 160 organisations — have been in Poznan for the past two weeks closely following developments in the UN climate negotiations. This statement is our assessment of the Conference of Parties (COP) 14, and articulates our principles...
Book Review: Psychology, Culture and Climate Change
Alastair McIntosh. HELL AND HIGH WATER: CLIMATE CHANGE, HOPE AND THE HUMAN CONDITION. Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, 2008. ISBN 978-1841586229 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...
Canada's Role at UN Climate Talks: "Profoundly Hypocritical"
Welcome to diplomatic doublespeak 101 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 on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to...
4 out of 3: Canada Sets a New 'Fossil of the Day' Record
A year ago, in Bali, Canada’s government embarrassed itself by winning multiple “fossil of the day awards” for its efforts to block concrete action on climate change. This year, in Poznan, Canada continues its “winning” streak … Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to...