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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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...
Joel Kovel Speaks in Toronto
TORONTO, MARCH 4, 2007: Joel Kovel, author of The Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or the End of the World? and co-author of “The Ecosocialist Manifesto,” spoke in Toronto last night. A recording of Joel Kovel’s talk is posted online HERE. His talk, “A Very Inconvenient Truth: The Left...
IPCC's Latest Conclusions on Climate Change Impact Start to Leak Out
by Richard Ingham Climate change will inflict steadily rising costs that could become astronomical if greenhouse gas emissions rise unabated and countries delay preparations for the likely impacts, UN experts will say next week. Their vast report will shed light on the costs from heightened water...
Marx’s Concept of Social Metabolism and Ecosocialist Responses to Climate Change
by Daniel Tanuro A speech presented at the “Ecosocialism or Barbarism” conference in London, December 2, 2006. Daniel Tanuro is the ecological correspondent of La Gauche, the newspaper of the Belgian Socialist Workers Party. Video of this talk and others at the December 2006 Ecosocialism or...
How High Will the Waters Rise? Part Two
by Ian Angus The IPCC’s estimates are not the worst case scenario. Far from it. In a previous article, I noted that attempts to compare the IPCC’s forecast of rising ocean levels with those offered by Al Gore in The Inconvenient Truth involved a severe case of apples and oranges. Most...
The Sheep Albedo Effect
Don’t let those IPCC charlatans fool you. Now we know what really causes global warming. (Even climate scientists celebrate April 1.) 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...
Capitalism and the Consequences of Biofuels
Regardless of the debate over the sustainability of biofuels, in today’s world the use of biofuels has led to horrific consequences for the people of the world and the environment From Revolution Newspaper Online, March 25, 2007. About the time when capitalism was first putting humanity on the road...
Is 'Contraction and Convergence' the Answer to Climate Change?
C&C promises to deliver the alchemists’ dream of saving the environment without disturbing capitalism too much. Not only do the rich get to stay rich, but world poverty is eliminated into the bargain. by Roy Wilkes From Socialist Resistance, March-April 2007 When Tony Blair said recently...
Fidel Castro on Biofuel and World Hunger
by Fidel Castro May 28 2007 More than three million people in the world condemned to premature death from hunger and thirst. That is not an exaggerated figure, but rather a cautious one. I have meditated a lot on that in the wake of President Bush’s meeting with U.S. automobile manufacturers. The...