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Scientists Issue Six Blunt Warnings on Climate Change

From the Final Press Release issued by  the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions held in Copenhagen this week. Key Message 1: Climatic Trends Recent observations confirm that, given high rates...

Is Nuclear Power a Safe Solution to Climate Change?

It’s been claimed that the French experience proves that nuclear power can be produced safely. but recenly existing plants have developed leaks, and construction of a ‘Third Generation’ reactor had to be halted. Share:Click to share on...

'We are facing the worst case scenario'

“We can forget about the 2C. We are now facing the situation where we have to avoid a 5-6C rise in temperature.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...

Global Warming: Right Here, Right Now

Global warming is not a distant prospect that might affect our grandchildren at the end of the century. The damage has already started … Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...

Carbon Trading: the God that Failed

By Simon Butler Green Left Weekly, March 7, 2009 The free market has got us into this mess, and the free market will get us out of it. This nonsensical idea is at the heart of all carbon trading measures, the Rudd government’s Carbon Pollution...

Trade Unionists Discuss Climate Change

“This is the fundamental struggle to defend the future of our class as well as the future of our planet.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in...

The Facts About the Alberta Tar Sands

In Canada, both the governing Conservatives and the opposition Liberals are trying to shrug off National Geographic magazine’s recent photographic expose of the massive devastation caused by mining the Alberta Tar Sands. Facts just don’t matter if...

Concerning the Scientific Knowledge of Canadian Politicians

Canada’s Conservative Party has the largest number of seats in Parliament, so they are the current government. The Bloc Quebecois is one of three opposition parties: it favours sovereignty for Quebec. This is a Canadian Press article, dated...

Socialist Green Coalition Launched in South Africa

“Red must be green and green must be red.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new...