As a result of 200 years of capitalism, humanity is deep in a very dangerous cul-de-sac which could result in barbarism on an unprecedented scale Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas...
A Call for De-growth
The term is virtually unknown elsewhere, but in France and Italy there has been considerable interest in environmentalist circles in “Décroissance soutenable” – sustainable de-growth. The following is a Declaration issued by a...
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
In Goethe’s poem, the sorcerer’s apprentice use magic to lighten his workload, but because his knowledge is limited, his spell creates more problems than it solves. Related posts… (auto-generated) Climate change increases infectious...
What's Wrong with a 30-Hour Work Week?
There is something problematic with advocating a 30-hour work week at the beginning of the 21st century: a 30 hour week is not short enough! Related posts… (auto-generated) How green is the Green New Deal? Earth Hour, Corporate Sponsors and Burning...
In U.S., Warming Will Hit Poor and Minorities Hardest
In the heartland of capitalism, the impact of global warming will be particularly devastating if you are poor, or black, or Latino Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm:...
Populationism
Population Control: 10 Reasons Why It’s the Wrong Answer
We need to build stronger links and collaboration with movements for climate justice in the global South - not draw up plans to reduce their numbers
Climate Change Killing 300,000 People a Year
First ever report exclusively focused on the global human impact of climate change calculates more than 300 million people are seriously affected by climate change at a total economic cost of $125 billion per year Related posts… (auto-generated)...
The biggest health threat: climate change
The Executive Summary of Managing the Health effects of Climate Change, a report conducted jointly by The Lancet and University College London, UK, published May 13: Related posts… (auto-generated) ‘Climate change is the single biggest health...
Climate change summit hijacked by biggest polluters
Six of the companies involved in the summit have been nominated for Climate Greenwash Awards because of their failure to live up to their PR spin on tackling climate change. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate...
21st Century Warming to Be Twice the Forecasts
MIT study author: “There’s no way the world can or should take these risks” Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm: Revolutionary Strategy in a Warming World Lancet...
The Myth of the Efficient Car
Without divine intervention – which seems to be the basis for most energy reduction schemes – there is simply no way to maintain both the atmosphere and personal transportation. The personal automobile must be abandoned, and quickly. Related posts…...
U.S. Climate Bill: No Emission Reduction Until 2026
The major climate bill now working its way through the US Senate has a fatal flaw: it doesn’t require polluters to stop polluting Related posts… (auto-generated) Carbon offsets don’t work, and that’s not news Countering critics of...
Utah Phillips: Who is responsible?
[Quotes and Insights #7] “The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.” Utah Phillips Please share your favorite (brief) ecosocialist quotation in the Comments section …...
First Nations: Investigate Tar Sands as Cancer Cause
“We want a moratorium for the life and death situation in Fort Chipewyan” Related posts… (auto-generated) James Bay Cree Nation enacts uranium ban Canada: Secret government memo warns tar sands damage may be irreversible Ottawa tar-sands...
Anti-capitalism, Climate Change, and Copenhagen
How should anti-capitalists intervene in coming IPCC meetings in Copenhagen? Cynthia Kaufman says she wrote this piece for Climate and Capitalism “to incite some serious conversation among anti-capitalists.” She suspects that C&C...
Indigenous Summit Shows the Way on Climate Change
“Our peoples have been wounded many times over but we have always had our environment and our land. That is no longer so sure. Climate Change needs to be reframed as a human rights issue.” Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new...
Indigenous Leaders Confront Barrick Gold
“Indigenous leaders from Papua New Guinea and Chile traveled to Canada this week to attend the April 29 shareholders’ meeting of Barrick Gold. Here, they will confront Barrick about human rights abuses and environmental degradation on their...
The Anchorage Declaration: Indigenous Meeting Demands Action on Climate Crisis
Text of the final declaration adopted by the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change, April 20-24, 2009, in Anchorage, Alaska The Anchorage Declaration 24 April 2009 From 20-24 April, 2009, Indigenous representatives from the Arctic...
Indigenous Conference Sounds Climate Warning
“Most Indigenous Peoples today live oppressed existences as minority groups within states. Climate change for them layers another potentially crushing pressure on top of many others” Related posts… (auto-generated) Scientists issue...
Leon Trotsky and Ecology
A reply to a “green” critique of the Russian revolutionary leader’s views on progress and nature Related posts… (auto-generated) Saito, Marx and the Anthropocene: A Critique ‘Capitalism in the Web of Life’ – A Critique...