The next time someone tells you that population growth has been proven to cause climate change, tell them about the academic study that ‘proves’ penis length affects economic growth
Is nuclear really cheaper?
The Flamanville fiasco shows once again that new nuclear power plants are not being built on time or on budget, diminishing the arguments in favour of them. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land...
Background reading for World at a Crossroads conference
The second World at a Crossroads; Climate Change, Social Change conference will be held in Melbourne Australia, September 30-October 3. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm:...
Bolivia: Cut war spending to aid victims of climate change
“A positive initiative would significantly reduce military spending and allocate monies to a fund that addresses the impacts of climate change in developing countries.” Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about...
South Asia Women's Network: For a real green economy
“A Green Economy should replace the current economic order, which is based on inequity, environmental destruction and greed, which has resulted in keeping nearly half the world’s population in poverty, and has brought the planet to the...
Climate and economic crises: Why we need an ecosocialist 'just transition'
Presentation by Patrick Bond for a panel discussion on Climate Change and Just Transition, at the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa Climate Change Conference in Johannesburg, July 18, 2011. Related posts… (auto-generated) ‘Rain Bomb’...
The face of climate corruption in Canada
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...