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- Ulrich Beck: ‘Ecological crisis is a breach of fundamental rights’A key insight from the author of ‘Risk Society’---READ-->>
- Corporate power blocks global energy transitionA new report shows why an energy revolution is needed, and identifies the powerful forces that stand in the way.---READ-->>
- A socialist defends nuclear energyA contribution to an important debate. Is nuclear power essential or an unacceptable threat?---READ-->>
- Global Wealth Inequality, IllustratedShow this video to your friends who think capitalism is the way to end poverty.---READ-->>
- Recovering our history: ‘Eco-Socialism in a Nutshell’EXCLUSIVE: Climate and Capitalism is proud to republish a long unavailable pamphlet that introduced the coming together of greens and reds in comic strip form, in 1980.---READ-->>
- Philippines: ‘Let our people live! Climate justice now!’Filipino socialists respond to Typhoon Haiyen disaster: To save lives, redistribute food now! To prevent future catastrophes, stop economic and environmental plunder!---READ-->>
- Only massive public investment can slash emissionsIf we are not talking about massive public investments in green technology and social services then we are not really talking about responding to the climate emergency.---READ-->>
- ‘Growth imperative’ versus ‘climate imperative’Attempts to use capitalist markets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ignore the fact that fossil fuels are the lifeblood of the capitalist economy, and the strongest forces in the market are fossil fuel producers---READ-->>
- In defense of Murray BookchinIan Angus reviews ‘Recovering Bookchin’ — An important book on the anarchist environmentalist that redeems his reputation and provides an invaluable overview of the political project he called social ecology.---READ-->>
- Chevron’s scorched earth campaign to block justiceOil giant Chevron is using its colossal wealth to destroy anyone who dares speak out against its destruction of people and land in Ecuador.---READ-->>
- Fracking: not cheap, not safe, not welcomeWhy the fight against ‘hydraulic fracturing’ for natural gas has become a key focus of environmental protests in Britain---READ-->>
- Pipeline regulators schmooze while oil spillsU.S. pipeline regulators are like the college student who does his research at frat parties rather than in the library.---READ-->>
- Is oil safer in pipelines than rail? Nope.Setting the record straight: pipelines spill much more crude oil than rail cars.---READ-->>
- Did McGill University whitewash asbestos?Industry-funded research at one of Canada’s largest universities has been used to cover up the overwhelming scientific evidence that asbestos is deadly---READ-->>
- Bitumen vs cigarettes: Canada’s double standard on carcinogensCarcinogens banned in restaurants and bars are encouraged in tar sands---READ-->>
- Oceans on the brink of ecological collapseMarine scientists say the health of the oceans is in crisis. A ‘deadly trio’ of emission impacts may have already initiated a mass extinction event, a mass die-off of species and catastrophic loss of biodiversity.---READ-->>
- The best sentence I’ve read about postmodernismAn antidote to obfuscation---READ-->>
- An open letter to the UK Green LeftGreen Left activist Sean Thompson says ecosocialists should leave the rightward-moving Green Party, and join the effort to build a new political party of the left in Britain.---READ-->>
- Manchester ecosocialists discuss ideas for actionVideo from Ecosocialism 2013: Ideas for action, held in Manchester, UK, on October 15, 2013---READ-->>
- Colombian peasants mobilize to block giant El Quimbo damInterview: How laborers, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers have united to block construction of the giant El Quimbo Dam, a multinational project that would destroy the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of peasant families in southern Colombia.---READ-->>