Lifestyles of the rich and hypocritical

Prince Charles thinks people should consume less. Other people, that is … Related posts… (auto-generated) The world is rich. The rich are the problem. On the origins of green liberalism Part One – Population Where? Canada's Role at...

Tar sands industry admits impact of pipeline protests

The dedicated organizing of countless activists, including those arrested in Washington and Ottawa, is being felt by governments and industry. We can stop the pipeline! Related posts… (auto-generated) EnergyEast tar sands pipeline faces growing...

The U.S. auto industry's Big Lie

There has never been anything resembling serious public debate of basic U.S. transportation policy Related posts… (auto-generated) Ecosocialism and the fight for free public transit Stop Signs: Cars and capitalism on the road to economic, social and...

After Occupy Wall Street, isn’t it time for Occupy Earth?

by Chip Ward TomDispatch, October 27, 2011 What if rising sea levels are yet another measure of inequality? What if the degradation of our planet’s life-support systems — its atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere — goes hand in hand with the...

CBC radio gives a platform to populationism

Quirks and Quarks lets overpopulation ideology masquerade as science Related posts… (auto-generated) 14 Billion Years of Revolutionary Change Did McGill University whitewash asbestos? Populationism: A Weapon of Political Conservatives Brazil's...

John Bellamy Foster: Capitalism and environmental catastrophe

We need an ecological and social revolution. You may say that this is impossible, but the World Occupy Movement would have been declared impossible only a month ago. Related posts… (auto-generated) John Bellamy Foster on the ‘Green New...

St. Louis Greens: We march with and are part of Occupy!

A Green economy would create things that we need and things that endure. It would not build things that designed to kill other people in order to steal their oil Related posts… (auto-generated) Occupy climate change! Occupy the Durban climate summit...

David Harvey on the Occupy Wall Street movement

The movement triggered by Occupy Wall Street is crucial to our collective future. It shows us that the collective power of bodies in public space is still the most effective instrument of opposition when all other means of access are blocked...

Population, consumer sovereignty, and the importance of class

The debate following our article in Grist reveals that many greens have a blindspot about class. Blaming the world’s problems on too many people makes little sense when one-half of one percent of the world’s population owns nearly 40% of...

The war against climate science unravels

Last week’s release of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) study delivered a decisive blow to the edifice of climate skepticism, but don’t expect the deniers to give up… Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC...

What’s causing the environmental crisis: 7 Billion or 1%?

Ironically, while populationist groups focus attention on the 7 billion, protestors in the worldwide Occupy movement have identified the real source of environmental destruction: not the 7 billion, but the 1% Related posts… (auto-generated) What the...

Video: Simon Butler on the Occupy Movement and Climate Change

 What is potential of the Occupy Movement? How should it connect to the fight against environmental destruction and climate change? Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm:...

15 Billion People by 2100? Don't believe it. (UPDATED)

Contrary to reports by journalists and population alarmists, the UN isn’t releasing a new population forecast this week, and there is virtually no possibility that global population will ever reach 15 Billion. Related posts… (auto-generated)...

In Kenya, flowers for Europe reap hunger and destruction

While millions of Kenyans go hungry, giant plantations use valuable farmland and declining water supplies to grow flowers for European markets Related posts… (auto-generated) Conservation as genocide: REDD versus Indigenous rights in Kenya Kenya...

What is Ecosocialism?

Radio Adelaide (Australia) interviews Climate & Capitalism editor Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm: Revolutionary Strategy in a Warming World Unions and the climate justice...

Report: Get forests out of carbon trading; Stop REDD

Including forests in cap-and-trade plans undermine indigenous peoples’ rights, while doing nothing to cut emissions Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Kenya evicts Indigenous people for...

Too Many People? Interview on commercial radio

Ian Angus interviewed on Magic 107.5 in Cleveland, Ohio Related posts… (auto-generated) Radio Interview: Is Capitalism Killing Our Climate? In Ohio, don’t drink the water! CBC radio gives a platform to populationism George Monbiot Interview:...

In UK, Canada poses as 'Friendly Green Oil Giant'

Canada’s Natural Resources Minister named “Greenwash Propagandist of the Year” for promoting Tar Sands at London School of Economics Related posts… (auto-generated) Tar Sands: Is Canada a 'resource colony'? Doctors warn:...

Climate change will trap hundreds of millions in danger zones

New study shows that migration away from danger areas is only part of the problem; many more will likely move into areas that are highly vulnerable to catastrophic change Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate...

Australia: Grassroots campaign slams coal seam gas fracking

“The stop CSG campaign here is the broadest, deepest and most democratic campaign the Illawarra has seen for many years.  Related posts… (auto-generated) Australia: Country and city unite against fracking Activist exposes the lies of...