This multiple set of interlinked climate-energy-economic travesties can only be reversed by grassroots and labor activism Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to...
[Quotes & Insights #16] (I’ve been reading Soil Not Oil by the always thoughtful and inspiring Vandana Shiva. Here are five passages I copied down while reading. -IA) (p. 4) The dominant model of development and globalization is inherently...
The world’s population is projected to pass 9 billion in 2050. An important new study asks the question: Can nine billion people be fed sustainably? Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit...
The huge Weyburn carbon capture and storage project is often cited as proof that CO2 can be stored safely. If this report proves true, the entire concept is in deep trouble. Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to...
“Cancun was another failure of those responsible for causing climate change to agree to do what ethics and justice require of them.” Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
John Bellamy Foster on the movement to halt capitalist growth, without halting capitalism… According to the Web site of the European degrowth project, “degrowth carries the idea of a voluntary reduction of the size of the economic system which...
[Quotes & Insights #15] From the Introduction to the 1992 edition of Making Peace With the Planet, by Barry Commoner “The assault on environmental quality results from the use of systems of production that yield useful goods but also...
Documentary reveals the true cost of US dependence and the murky realities of marketing ‘clean coal’ technology Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click...
Building an ecological civilization that is socially just will not automatically happen in post-capitalist societies. It will occur only through the concerted action and constant vigilance of an engaged population. Share: Click to share on Facebook...
An ecosocialist critique of proposals for steady-state capitalism begins a debate on key issues facing the left greens today There’s widespread agreement among left-leaning greens that this society’s drive for economic growth is a key driving...
