Both major U.S. political parties have made clean coal central to their election platforms. The newly-reelected Canadian government says that clean coal technology will ensure that Canada meeets its greenhouse gas emission targets. Fact: There is no such thing as clean coal. Share: Click to share...
Kyoto’s “Clean Development Mechanism,” which was supposed to reduce emissions, is subsidising the fossil fuel industry. The construction of such new coal-dependent energy infrastructure is locking us into decades more of massive greenhouse gas emissions. Share: Click to share on...
Resistance Books offers handbook as a free download Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share...
(From Intercontinental Cry) Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) has reportedly ‘taken control’ of Pine Creek First Nation in western Manitoba, placing the reserve under third-party management. Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in...
A Marxist response to “A New Green Deal,” published by the UK-based New Economics Foundation in July. Sean Thompson is active in Green Left, an ecosocialist, anti-capitalist current within the Green Party of England and Wales Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)...
Belief in the free market fairy is alive and well in Canada’s universities Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)...
Andrew Weaver. KEEPING OUR COOL: CANADA IN A WARMING WORLD. Viking Canada, Toronto, 2008. Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in...
Only when we have control of the gears, pedals and steering wheels of the economy will we have any real chance to steer away from the brink of a climate catastrophe Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share...
No matter which party wins the Canadian election, the tar sands will continue to expand for decades, and so will emissions Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to...
In Canada, all five mainstream political parties are promoting some form of “cap and trade” system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Their plans differ in timing and scope — but the real problem is that carbon trading won’t do the job, and makes it harder to develop and implement real...
