Carcinogens banned in restaurants and bars are encouraged in tar sands
Oceans on the brink of ecological collapse
Marine scientists say the health of the oceans is in crisis. A 'deadly trio' of emission impacts may have already initiated a mass extinction event, a mass die-off of species and catastrophic loss of biodiversity.
The best sentence I’ve read about postmodernism
An antidote to obfuscation
An open letter to the UK Green Left
Green Left activist Sean Thompson says ecosocialists should leave the rightward-moving Green Party, and join the effort to build a new political party of the left in Britain.
Manchester ecosocialists discuss ideas for action
Video from Ecosocialism 2013: Ideas for action, held in Manchester, UK, on October 15, 2013
Colombian peasants mobilize to block giant El Quimbo dam
Interview: How laborers, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers have united to block construction of the giant El Quimbo Dam, a multinational project that would destroy the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of peasant families in southern Colombia.
Protect food security, end biofuel subsidies and support
Artificial demand for biofuels is undermining the right to food, causing significant increases in food insecurity, malnutrition, and land-grabbing. European and North American governments must end policies that undermine food by promoting biofuels
Building the environmental movement today: A debate
Should radical environmentalists focus on national campaigns, or on local community actions, or both? Sasha Ross of EarthFirst! replies to Chris Williams' article on Strategy and Tactics in Environmental Movement, and Chris Williams responds. Join...
Video: Fred Magdoff on the global climate emergency
The co-author of What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism makes the case for radical social and economic change as the only to stop the drive towards planetary destruction
EnergyEast tar sands pipeline faces growing opposition
TransCanada's massive pipeline scheme is being challenged from First Nations, provincial and municipal governments, environmental and grassroots groups, and even from other pipeline companies. Together, these forces can stop the latest plan to...
Stephen Harper pours bitumen on the fire
Canada's prime minister won't stop until the tar sands are completely mined and burned
Wall Street to Earth: ‘We don’t mind and you don’t matter’
The stock market’s non-response to the IPCC report on climate change exposes the inability of capitalists to address or even worry about the climate crisis
IPCC report: Human-caused warming is ‘unequivocal’
C&C will have much more to say about this important report. For now, here's a quick summary of the key messages.
Hundreds attend Los Angeles ecosocialist conference
Well-attended meeting marks a step forward for the growing coalition for System Change Not Climate Change
TransCanada pipeline plan threatens drinking water
Ian Angus: "Piping tar sands crude over an aquifer rated 'Highly Vulnerable' is a reckless plan that threatens the water we all need."
A declaration on climate justice
"We demand a world where our children and future generations are assured of fair and just opportunities for social stability, employment, a healthy planet and prosperity."
Strategy and tactics in the environmental movement
A recent interview with Naomi Klein has sparked a furious debate amongst activists on the right and left of the North American environmental movement. Chris Williams examines the critical issues involved, and their implications for the future of the...
Who really benefits from sweatshops?
Exposing the myth that 'consumer demand for low prices' causes dangerous working conditions in third world factories
TransCanada buys another favorable pipeline report
Why no one should believe Deloitte's report on the latest tar sands pipeline plan
Video: Robert Redford condemns tar sands development
Video: Robert Redford explains why the tar sands are good for oil companies but deadly for the Earth.