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Stabilizing Climate Requires Near-Zero Emissions

New scientific research shows that greenhouse gas emissions cuts must be much steeper than previously thought 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...

Carbon Taxes: Nudging the Free Market Fairy

The authors of Hot Air believe that a carbon tax will magically stop greenhouse gas emissions. 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...

Patrick Bond Speaks on Fighting for Climate Justice

Patrick Bond, director of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, spoke in Toronto on Tuesday March 4. A major snowstorm was predicted, and there were at least two other important public meetings on...

Offsetting Democracy

By Kevin Smith The concept underpinning the whole system of carbon trading and offsetting is that a ton of carbon here is exactly the same as a ton of carbon there. That is, if it’s cheaper to reduce emissions in India than it is in the UK, then you...

Population Control and Climate Change, Part One: Too Many People?

Population control is once again being touted by some in the green movement as an answer to climate change and other environmental problems. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...

The New Climate Science: Governments Gamble With Our Survival

Official climate reports, though often disturbing, have not been nearly as frightening as they ought to be 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...

Treaty Chiefs Unanimously Demand a Halt to New Oil Sands Approvals

“Oil sands development has all but destroyed the traditional livelihood of First Nations in northern Athabasca watershed” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter...

An African Call for a Moratorium on Agrofuel Developments

The agrofuels ‘revolution’ is replacing millions of hectares of local agricultural systems, and the rural communities working in them, with large plantations Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in...