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EcoSocialist Bookshelf: Five Recommendations

by Ian Angus Here’s a positive sign for the nascent ecosocialist movement: there are now enough published books on the subject that people ask advice on which to read first. Below are five titles that I recommend frequently. If these books aren’t available in your local bookstore, all can be...

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Tomorrow Is Too Late!

by Tony Iltis from Green Left Weekly, April 14, 2007 On April 13, ABC [Australian Broadcasting Corporation] Radio reported that the ALP [Australian Labour Party] state and territory governments would be lobbying the federal government to agree to a goal of a 60% reduction in Australian greenhouse...

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Movement Building

A Terrifying Truth

By David Lindorff Dave Lindorff has been a professional journalist for 33 years. He has written for such publications as Counterpunch, The Nation, BusinessWeek, The Daily News, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, Village Voice, Forbes, The London Observer and the Australian National Times. He is co...

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IPCC: Final Report vs Draft

There’s been much written about the efforts of diplomats from Russia, the U.S., China and Saudi Arabia to water down the Summary for Policymakers on Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. For readers who wish to do their own comparison, here are some useful links: From the IPCC...

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Green Venezuela

The Principal Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales argues that capitalism is ecologically unsustainable and that Venezuela’s green policies should be applauded. by Derek Wall “One car each? Our planet won’t stand that – that model of capitalism, extreme individualism and...

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Politicians and Scientists at the IPCC

by Ian Angus Information emerging from last week’s meeting of IPCC Working Group II tends to confirm my argument in The IPCC and the Conservatism of Consensus. This time, representatives of several governments opposed to doing anything about climate change tried harder to win changes, but the...

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IPCC Releases Report on Climate Change Impact

Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change today issued a Summary for Policy Makers based on its forthcoming report, Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. It’s been widely reported that Russia, China and Saudi Arabia (and possibly the U.S.) made a much...

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The IPCC and the Conservatism of Consensus

By Ian Angus Climate change deniers frequently argue that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change represents extreme voices with a vested interested in overstating the problem of global warming. A recent National Post editorial said the IPCC is “as alarmist as any scientific committee could...

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Movement Building

Contraction and Convergence: An Exchange

We published Roy Wilkes’ article Is ‘Contraction and Convergence’ the Answer to Climate Change? on March 30. Here’s a reply from Aubrey Meyer, the original developer of the Contraction and Convergence model, and a response from Roy Wilkes. Aubrey Meyer said… The challenge of human...

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