What’s truly amazing about Canadian politicians is how cheaply they can be bought. +++++++++++++++ Oil giants chipped in $180,000 to help Canada’s energy ministers have “unbiased” discussions about our energy future by Graham Saul...
British Green leader enters the population debate … on the wrong side
There are other issues she should concentrate her efforts on and the uneasy marriage of resource depletion with population is one we could do without Related posts… (auto-generated) The return of the population bombers Ecosocialists debate ‘Too Many...
Japan's #2 paper: Phase out nuclear, shift to renewable energy
“The government has no choice but to change its energy policy in the direction of reducing Japan’s dependence on nuclear power and expanding the use of renewable sources.” Related posts… (auto-generated) Socialists debate nuclear...
Hunger in the midst of plenty
Billions of people regularly struggle to get enough to eat. The problem isn’t a lack of produce or a rising population. It is a system driven by profit. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and...
Capitalism and ecological balance are mutually exclusive
Chris Williams is a long-time environmental activist and author of Ecology and Socialism: Solutions to Capitalist Ecological Crisis. He is a chemistry and physics professor at Pace University, and chairperson of the Packer Collegiate Institute...
Australia's carbon price agreement: what’s in it for renewables?
The plan is a gain for the grass roots campaign for renewable energy, but we must be clear about its limitations Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Essential reading on the Paris climate...
Natural gas: no solution to climate change
New Suzuki/Pembina report exposes Canada’s wrong-way policy on natural gas production. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm: Revolutionary Strategy in a Warming World Unions...
Australia's carbon price plan: 'The greatest corporate windfall of our time’
Friends of the Earth Australia says the newly announced carbon price mechanism will give generous handouts to polluters while having limited impact on greenhouse gas emissions Related posts… (auto-generated) Interview: Officials cover up the dangers...
Climate change impact: 11% of species extinct by 2100
Human-caused climate change could become responsible for hundreds-of-thousands if not millions of species vanishing from the Earth Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm:...
Eco-Socialism and the Population Question: An Open Reply to Ian's Open Letter
Deep ecology versus ecosocialism, part 6: Saral Sarkar argues for a synthesis of socialism and deep ecology Related posts… (auto-generated) A letter to Saral Sarkar on population, wilderness, and ecosocialism Sarkar’s confused defense of...
Introducing the Next Eco-Warriors
Book Review: The Next Eco Warriors: 22 Young Women and Men Who are Saving the Planet. Edited by Emily Hunter. (Conari Press, 2011) Related posts… (auto-generated) ‘The Dawn of Everything’ gets human history wrong What the new IPCC report...
Rosa Luxemburg: Reform versus Revolution
[Quotes and Insights #21] Thanks to Luna17 for reminding us of this brilliant passage from the woman Lenin described as one of the “outstanding representatives of the revolutionary proletariat and of unfalsified Marxism.” Legislative...
Fukushima: Growing resistance challenges pro-nuclear policies
The Japanese people must simultaneously face the consequences of the earthquake, the tsunami and the Fukushima disaster. The Japanese crisis makes no exception to the rule: in time of humanitarian disaster class domination strengthens more than it...
A letter to Saral Sarkar on population, wilderness, and ecosocialism
Deep ecology versus ecosocialism, part 5: If ecosocialists support wilderness clearances and population reduction they will be on the wrong side of some of the most important struggles in the world today. Related posts… (auto-generated) Eco...
Sarkar’s confused defense of Malthus's capitalist ideology
Deep ecology versus ecosocialism, part 4. A prominent Marxist Humanist says that Saral Sarkar’s defense of Malthus against Marx and Engels is “astoundingly wrong-headed” Related posts… (auto-generated) Eco-Socialism and the Population Question: An...
Saral Sarkar on Malthusianism and Ecosocialism
Deep ecology versus ecosocialism, part 3: Saral Sarkar explains why he thinks population reduction is essential, and why he nevertheless calls himself an eco-socialist. Related posts… (auto-generated) Eco-Socialism and the Population Question: An...
Why carbon taxes won't save the environment
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The misleading mantra of 'overpopulation'
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Confessions of a nuclear power safety expert
"I soon came to the conclusion that neither international cooperation nor technological advancements would guarantee human societies to build and safely run nuclear reactors"
Pablo Solón, an ambassador for climate justice and Mother Earth
Pablo Solón has been at the forefront of the battle for climate justice — the effort to address the climate crisis in an urgent and equitable manner. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land...