From Upside Down World, September 18, 2007(IPS) – For the second time in Peru, a mining project was rejected by local communities in a popular referendum. More than 90 percent of those who came out to vote in three districts in the northern province of Piura said “no” to the...
This interview originally appeared in the UK newspaper Weekly Worker, on November 10, 2005. It was recently posted on the Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières website.John Bellamy Foster is co-editor of Monthly Review, professor of sociology at the University of Oregon, and the author of numerous books...
These days, everyone professes concern about climate change. And with the advent of the Kyoto Protocol, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, and carbon ‘offsets’, it looks like governments and corporations are at last starting to do something about the problem.But are they? Or are these...
Previous posts on Climate and Capitalism (here and here) discussed Ecuador’s proposal to halt development of oil reserves in the Yasuni Park in the Amazon region if it received international compensation. Here’s additional background, prepared by an advisor to the Ecuadorian government. Yasuni in...
By Zoe Kenny From Green Left Weekly, September 14, 2007 Despite the media fanfare, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, held in Sydney on September 8 and 9, achieved next to nothing in combating global warming. The key outcome was the adoption of the “Sydney Declaration” — which amounts to...
Canadian Dimension magazine asked me to write an article on building the ecosocialist movement, for their November-December issue. Writing it forced me to think through many issues – in particular, what ecosocialists should be doing now to move from discussion to action. The following is the...
A new study finds that global warming will reduce agricultural production world wide – and that the losses will be worst and happen soonest in the countries that can least afford them. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share...
By Terry J. Allen Posted September 5, 2007, on In These Times It has already started. The first ripples from rising seas are inundating low-lying areas, threatening coasts and islands. Climate refugees around the world are fleeing regions beset by violent storms, extreme temperatures, melting...
Scientists no longer debate whether global warming is happening. The big scientific questions now are how bad it will be, and what can be done. LONDON, September 11 (Reuters) — The world will probably exceed a global warming limit which the European Union calls dangerous, scientists at...
This brilliant example of weasel wording reaches its zenith with the promise to “work towards achieving an APEC-wide regional aspirational goal of a reduction in energy intensity.”I considered writing a satirical commentary on this – but what could be more devastating than the text...
