A warning for Africa: Carbon trading is a Ponzi scheme

The north’s climate debt to Africa should be paid not through such gambling but in genuine income transfers that reach ordinary people, who are taking the brunt of worsening climate chaos Related posts… (auto-generated) ‘Rain Bomb’ kills over 300 in...

The only thing green in biodiesel is money

It will take 200 years of continuous biodiesel production to pay off the carbon debt of the Indonesian palm plantations produce it … Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Guatemala: Blood...

John Ruskin: 'The real science of political economy'

[Quotes and Insights #22] “The real science of political economy, which has yet to be distinguished from the bastard science, as medicine from witchcraft, and astronomy from astrology, is that which teaches nations to desire and labour for the...

Why do pale green NGOs support Obama?

The Sierra Club’s advertising campaign and its praise for Obama reveal how little it takes to appease mainstream, corporate-minded environmentalists.  Related posts… (auto-generated) Obama's climate speech: No cause for celebration The...

Greedy Lying Bastards

Best movie title of 2012! A new documentary film exposes the environmental destruction, illness and death caused by the fossil fuel industry Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Strategy and...

UN food agencies: in bed with agribusiness

Giant food producers are buying influence, often through supposedly “charitable” foundations, to ensure that the UN shares their market-driven approaches Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land...

The largest oil spills in history, 1901 to present

This interactive map shows the largest oil spills from tanker accidents and drilling operations, as well as a number of other notable spills Related posts… (auto-generated) Pipeline regulators schmooze while oil spills Malaysia: Largest...

Democracy and the pathology of wealth

Video: social critic and noted author Michael Parenti on the reality of capitalism in corporate America. Related posts… (auto-generated) 1% own 43% of global wealth, while billions have no wealth at all Climate prescriptions that won’t cure...

Ecosocialists debate ‘Too Many People?’

Veteran British socialist Alan Thornett has published a highly critical review of the new book Too Many People? Population, Immigration, and the Environmental Crisis. Here is his critique, followed by a reply from the book’s authors, Ian Angus and...

10 articles on how to (re)build the left

We don’t necessarily agree with all of these, but they are all well worth reading… Road maps, dead ends, and the search for fresh ground: How can we build the socialist movement in the 21st century? (PDF) Dan DiMaggio in Cultural Logic Occupy and...

The 1% own the U.S., while the realonomy pays the price

The wealthy 1% own the country. What can the other 99% do about it?  It’s not enough simply to stem the tide.  We need a massive reversal.  Things have to change, and in a big way. Related posts… (auto-generated) Video: UK pays for forced...

Quebec on the verge of catastrophic climate change

Mean temperatures in the southern half of Quebec will be 2C to 3C higher than normal by 2020. In northern Quebec, the warming will be even higher.  Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Left-wing...

Coke: helping polar bears, violating human rights

Should the World Wildlife Fund Canada be taking money from a corporation that destroys the environment and wildlife in other parts of the world? Related posts… (auto-generated) How green is the Green New Deal? The agribusiness takeover of pale green...

Christmas in the radiation zone

In Fukushima people discuss radiation levels and how their land has become polluted with an invisible, enduring danger–and how they have become fearful as the government tries to convince them that it is now safe. Related posts… (auto...