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- Climate Refugees (Réfugiés climatiques)Newly translated book documents the human costs of climate change. Collectif Argos. Climate Refugees. MIT Press 2010. ISBN 9780262514392 Reviewed by Javier Sethness The French Collectif Argos’ 2007 volume Réfugiés climatiques (Climate Refugees) has recently been translated into English. The work, a series of essays and sets of photographs that examine the lives of a number of social ...---READ-->>
- The limits to energy efficiency“Historical evidence shows unequivocally that advances in energy efficiency have not led to any declines of aggregate energy consumption.” by Simon Butler Green Left Weekly, October 9, 2010 It’s close to an article of faith among environmentalists that using less energy is a big part of the solution to climate change. Energy efficiency is often said to be ...---READ-->>
- UK unions and greens demand one million climate jobsNew pamphlet calling for “One Million Climate Jobs” will be launched at the House of Commons, 6pm Thursday 14 October. NEWS RELEASE (October 8, 2010) The economic crisis threatens to destroy the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers. Already, in towns and cities across Britain there are too few available jobs for those looking for ...---READ-->>
- Ecological disaster threatens the DanubeToxic contamination was such that workers had to wear full chemical hazard gear including breathing apparatus to tackle the thick red mud by Bill Benfield Morning Star, October 6, 2010 Emergency workers poured into the Hungarian towns hardest hit by a flood of toxic sludge yesterday in a desperate attempt to clear roads and homes of acres of ...---READ-->>
- Toronto protest confronts Enbridge over tar sands“Tar sands projects are one of the largest environmental injustices on earth and is Canada’s largest source of global warming pollution” by Maryam Adrangi and Cameron Fenton TORONTO – As Enbridge holds its investors meeting in Toronto’s financial district, Environmental Justice Toronto sent them a message about their dirty investments in fossil fuels. Grassroots organizers sent up ...---READ-->>
- Pachakuti: Indigenous perspectives, degrowth and ecosocialismTo enter this dialogue with respect, we need an introduction to this movement, which some call the “Pachakuti”, a term taken from the Quechua “pacha”, meaning time and space or the world, and “kuti”, meaning upheaval or revolution. By Bob Thomson In its efforts to ...---READ-->>
- The Globalization of Aboriginal Opposition to the Alberta Tar SandsVIDEO: Clayton Thomas-Muller of the Indigenous Environmental Network discusses the internationalization of the campaign to stop the assault on Indigenous peoples by the Alberta Tar Sands Projects Interview conducted at the airport in Fort McMurray Alberta, on September 27, 2010---READ-->>
- New books by Derek WallDerek Wall, a founder of Britain’s Green Left and the Ecosocialist International Network, has two important new books published simultaneously. Highly recommended …. The No-Nonsense Guide to Green Politics measures the rising tide of eco-activism and awareness and explains why it heralds a new political era worldwide. New Internationalist Books 2010. The Rise of the Green Left: Inside ...---READ-->>
- The greening of hate, Canadian-styleLeading Canadian conservatives use green arguments to promote anti-immigrant sentiment The Canadian Centre for Immigration Policy Reform, launched today on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, is a dangerous step forward by the anti-immigrant right in Canada. CCIPR isn’t just another obscure group of right-wing cranks — it is headed by former ambassador Martin Collacott, now a Senior Fellow with the ...---READ-->>
- The Spectre of Barbarism and its AlternativeFaced with the rising threat of capitalist barbarism, socialists need a clear vision for the struggle by Michael A. Lebowitz Thesis One. The capitalist economic crisis is not over. Although the immediate financial crisis appears to have been resolved, all of the underlying factors (which are the result of the overaccumulation to which capitalism is prone and ...---READ-->>
- BP report: "a devastating litany of human error, incompetence and technical failure"BP’s internal investigation of the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill does its best to spread the blame around … Excerpts from the BBC’s summary of BP’s latest entry in the blame game: The report says no one action or inaction was behind the accident. Instead, “multiple companies, work teams and circumstances were involved over time.” It ...---READ-->>
- Food Sovereignty in VenezuelaHow Venezuela is transforming its economy and empowering its citizens thru nine distinct features of Social Production Enterprises – the antidote to neoliberalism. An important report examines the achievements and challenges of Venezuela’s fight for popular control over food production. It is interesting to look at how the numbers mirror each other: 80% of people in ...---READ-->>
- A Tar Sands Pledge of ResistanceClimate activists call for non-violent direct action to stop the Trailbreaker pipeline project from BeyondTalk.net At a recent climate camp in North America, activists began collecting signatures for a tar sands pledge of resistance. We invite you to sign on to commit to action against a fossil fuel pipeline and pumping project (”Trailbreaker”) that may bring tar ...---READ-->>
- Scientists conclude: Chernobyl killed nearly 1 million peopleA massively documented new book charges International Atomic Energy Agency with covering up the extent of the “worst technogenic accident in history” Editor’s Note: This is a positive review of a controversial book. For a strong counter-argument, see the pro-nuclear blog Atomic Insights ++++++++++++++++++ Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment. Edited by Alexey V. ...---READ-->>
- Stop the greening of bigotry – take the pledge today!Stop the greening of hate: Video and environmental anti-racism pledge developed by the Center for New Community Bigotry. That isn’t the first word that comes to mind when one thinks about environmentalism, but green bigotry is real and growing. A web of individuals, groups and funders who identify themselves as environmentalists are dividing the environmental movement ...---READ-->>
- Mislabeled food and the myth of ‘consumer sovereignty’Even the best food labeling system can’t guarantee that consumers know what they are buying. To but it bluntly, the bastards lie by Ian Angus One of the great lies of mainstream economic theory is “consumer sovereignty” – the idea that the consumers actually control the economy by “voting with their wallets,” deciding what to buy and ...---READ-->>
- Music Video: So said Tony Hayward‘You know, I’d like my life back.’ So said Tony Hayward. A music video, a tango about the BP oil spill and its disastrous impacts; the story of BP CEO Tony Hayward’s hapless efforts to spin and manage; a mediation on capitalism’s indifference toward human lives and ecological health. Words, music and images by Bill Carroll, ...---READ-->>
- Fossil Fuels vs. The Public InterestThe fossil fuel industry often pretends to have the public’s best interests in mind. The operative word is “pretends.” by Kurt Cobb Scitizen, September 1, 2010 Fossil fuel executives get out of bed in the morning thinking about two things: 1) Making sure they can sell all their current in-ground inventory of fossil fuels at a profitable ...---READ-->>
- Indigenous protests condemn B.C. pipeline project“We have drawn a line in the sand. There will be no Enbridge Pipeline and there will be no crude oil tankers in our waters. This is not a battle we intend to lose.” by Tyler McCreary rabble.ca, September 2, 2010 On August 31, 2010, hundreds of northern residents gathered outside the Riverlodge Recreation Centre in Kitimat, ...---READ-->>
- Mark Twain: Misusing numbers(As regular C&C readers know, I have recently written several articles on the misuse of numbers and statistics by the overpopulation lobby. I’m sure Mark Twain never thought about that subject, but the following passage from his Life on the Mississippi, published in 1883, seems very relevant today – especially the final ...---READ-->>