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- 'Serious and Dangerous Deficiencies' in IPCC Biofuel RecommendationsBy far the weakest of this year’s reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the report on Mitigation. The latest challenge comes in a letter from five leading climate scientists to the IPCC chair that identifies “serious and dangerous deficiencies” in its discussion of biofuels, and asks that parts of it be withdrawn.The ...---READ-->>
- Global Food Crisis LoomsFrom The Guardian, Saturday November 3 2007 John Vidal, environment editor Empty shelves in Caracas. Food riots in West Bengal and Mexico. Warnings of hunger in Jamaica, Nepal, the Philippines and sub-Saharan Africa. Soaring prices for basic foods are beginning to lead to political instability, with governments being forced to step in to artificially control the cost ...---READ-->>
- California Wildfires: The Collision of Capitalism and NatureFrom Socialist Worker (U.S.), November 2, 2007 Despite their nonstop coverage, nearly all of the media accounts of the wildfires in Southern California missed the deeper causes of the catastrophe–years of destructive land development driven by the thirst for profit, and the failure of politicians to do anything to protect the environment or residents’ safety.Mike ...---READ-->>
- 'Greenwash Guerrillas' Invade New York City Carbon Trading ExpoNew York City – Protesters with Rising Tide North America’s “Greenwash Guerrillas” paid a surprise Halloween visit to the Carbon Market Insights conference in New York City today. Posing as delegates, two protesters took the stage at the exclusive event and presented the 700 attendees with a “Deed to the Atmosphere,” denouncing Carbon Trading as ...---READ-->>
- If socialism needs a prefix, it should be ‘revolutionary’ rather than ‘eco’Continuing our series of articles and statements reflecting a wide range of Left Views on ecology, socialism, and ecosocialism. Permanent Revolution reviews Ecosocialism or Barbarism. “Shaking off the productivist dross of Marxism” Ecosocialism or Barbarism. Edited by Jane Kelly and Sheila Malone. Published by Socialist Resistance, London, 2006. £10, €15, ISBN 0-902869-97-3. 130 pagesReviewed by Helen Ward. from ...---READ-->>
- Air Travel and Climate Change. Why Taxes Aren't the Answerby Jonathan Neale From Socialist Worker (UK) October 20 2007 Tackling climate change means cutting carbon emissions drastically. We have to start now – that’s clear. But there’s confusion over what to do about air travel. Half of global carbon emissions come from seven sources – heating buildings, air conditioning, cars, trucks, petroleum refineries, cement plants and steel ...---READ-->>
- UN Environment Report: Major threats to the planet put humanity at risk(Abridged from UNEP’s October 25 News Release) The United Nations Environment Programme says that major threats to the planet such as climate change, the rate of extinction of species, and the challenge of feeding a growing population are among the many that remain unresolved, and all of them put humanity at risk. The warning comes in UNEP’s ...---READ-->>
- Tar Sands and Canada’s Violation of Indigenous PeopleFrom Intercontinental Cry, October 25 2007 The Dominion has recently published its special issue on the Alberta tar sands; and has since last Monday, been publishing roughly one article a day about this massive, barely understood human rights and environmental disaster. Four of the articles published so far have focused on the impact of tar sands ...---READ-->>
- EIN Website & Discussion Group LaunchedIt’s brand new, so there’s not much in it yet, but the Ecosocialist Network now has a website: http://www.ecosocialistnetwork.org/There is also a yahoogroup for discussion among friends and supporters of EIN. To join, send a blank email to EI-Network-subscribe@yahoogroups.com, and follow the instructions in the email response you receive.---READ-->>
- We Speak for Ourselves: Indigenous Peoples Challenge the Fossil Fuel Regime In Albertaby Clayton Thomas-Muller Clayton Thomas-Muller, of the Mathais Colomb Cree Nation (Pukatawagan) in Northern Manitoba, Canada, is an activist for Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice. He has worked across Canada, Alaska and the lower 48 states with grassroots Indigenous communities to defend their Inherit, Treaty and environmental rights against unsustainable energy development and transnational energy corporations. Over ...---READ-->>
- Cuba: Restoring Lost Balance in NatureBy Patricia Grogg From Inter Press Service SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Oct 23 (IPS) – Efforts to restore degraded island ecosystems are already producing results in the central Cuban province of Villa Clara, where scientists from different disciplines have been fomenting environmentally-friendly practices since the beginning of this decade. One of the restoration projects is in Cayo Conuco, ...---READ-->>
- A Comment on the EINUK blogger Jeremy William, who works for the Christian charity Lifewords, commented on the Ecosocialist International Network in the ecology blog Celsias last week. He’s sympathetic and interested, but more than a little sceptical… Last week saw the birth of a new movement. You may have noticed it, but probably not. In a hotel in Paris, delegates ...---READ-->>
- Toronto Students Call for Dec. 8 Actions on Climate ChangeA leaflet distributed at the University of Toronto by Students Against Climate Change GLOBAL WARMING SUCKS! We are living on this planet as though we have another one to go to Peer-reviewed science confirms the effects of man-made climate change: Catastrophic loss of both human and non-human life Loss of 15 to 37% of all species / loss of biodiversity Economic ...---READ-->>
- Why New Labour Supports Expansion of Nuclear Powerby Phil Ward From Socialist Resistance, October 2007 October 10 sees the end of a public “consultation” to “help the government take a decision on the future of nuclear power in the UK”. The exercise is completely cynical. In February the government was found in court to have prejudged the issue, having held a previous consultation, described ...---READ-->>
- A Formal Summons to World States by Indigenous First Nations and PeoplesDeclaration of the World Encounter “For the Historic Victory of the Indigenous Peoples of the World” Translated from America Latina en Movimiento for Bolivia Rising by Richard Fidler. Footnotes added by the translator. A Formal Summons to World States by Indigenous First Nations and Peoples Chimoré, Cochabamba, Bolivia, October 12, 2007 From the heart of South America, ...---READ-->>
- December 8: International Day of Climate Change ProtestsThis call was published by the Global Climate Campaign. Their website includes links to information on protests planned in many countries. Global Climate Campaign http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/ Building a global movement to confront the ultimate global crisis International Demonstrations on Climate Change DECEMBER 8th, 2007 on the Saturday midway through the UN Climate Talks In Bali, Indonesia On December 3rd 2005 during ...---READ-->>
- Climate Change will Devastate River Basins Where One Billion LiveAbstract of an article in the Online Journal of the Ecological Society of America. Subscription required to read entire article. Major rivers worldwide have experienced dramatic changes in flow, reducing their natural ability to adjust to and absorb disturbances. Given expected changes in global climate and water needs, this may create serious problems, including loss of ...---READ-->>
- Interview with an EcosocialistIan Angus was interviewed this month by the Greek socialist newspaper Kokkino (Red). Let’s begin with a large question — what is ecosocialism? ANGUS: Ecosocialism has grown out of two parallel political trends — the spread of Marxist ideas in the green movement and the spread of ecological ideas in the Marxist left. The result is a ...---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist International Network (News Release)This is the official announcement issued following the international meeting of ecosocialists in Paris, October 7-8 FIRST INTERNATIONAL ECOSOCIALIST MEETING On October 7th and 8th 2007, a group of ecological activists from thirteen countries met in Paris to inaugurate the Ecosocialist International Network. The International Ecosocialist Manifesto, written some years ago by Joel Kovel and Michael Löwy, ...---READ-->>
- Ecosocialists Launch International NetworkI’m still exhausted after two days of meetings in Paris, but here is a hastily-written basic outline of the results of the first international meeting of ecosocialists. The Ecosocialist International Network. launched in Paris, France on October 7-8, aims to improve global communication and coordination among activists who are organizing against capitalist ecocide. Participants in the founding ...---READ-->>