The Sierra Club has released The Dirtiest Oil on Earth, an animation on the dangers of tar sands crude and pipelines transporting the world’s dirtiest oil from Alberta, Canada, through the U.S.
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Video: UK pays for forced sterilization of India's poor
Tens of millions of pounds of UK aid money has been spent forcibly sterilizing Indian women. Many have died being mistreated, causing outrage from those who suspect Britain simply wants to curb the country’s population for ulterior motives...
Towards an ecosocialist network
New Zealand socialist argues: The left organizations born out of the sixties made great contributions, but they are no longer capable of taking Marxism forward today, in the terminal phase of capitalist development. For that, we need an Ecosocialist...
Why 'living simply' isn't the answer
The worst environmental problems can't possibly be solved by individual consumer choices. Collective problems require collective solutions
Rio+20: An opportunity to rekindle the movement
The official meetings in Rio will avoid concrete action ... but outside those sessions, this is an important opportunity to forge essential unity between the left and serious environmentalists.
Canadian government gutting environment protection
“The most anti-environmental government that we've ever had, and one of the most anti-environmental governments in the world"
Another massive oil spill
Why we can't trust capitalism with the fate of the earth ... 22,000 barrels spilled into sensitive muskeg, and the pipeline company didn't notice!
As emissions soar, only radical action can stop catastrophic heat rise
CO2 emissions rose 3.2% in 2011. The failure of climate negotiations in Bonn means global temperatures will rise at least 3.5 degrees Celsius, creating conditions not seen for 30 to 60 million years.
India exports food while millions starve
Profits before people ... while 320 million of its people go hungry every night, India has become the world's largest rice exporter, and is considering exporting 'excess' wheat as well.
G8 food alliance won't help farmers or end hunger
The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, launched at the G8 summit, is just cover for more land grabbing by Northern corporations. The business-driven initiative won't tackle hunger or support food producers in Africa.