Category: Environment
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Internationalism or Extinction
Returning to the major crises we face at this historic moment, all are international, and two internationals are forming to confront them. One is opening today: the Progressive International. The … Keep reading »
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A New Lucas Plan for Post-Pandemic Socially Useful Jobs?
Online forum on how worker-led industrial conversion can deal with the coronavirus pandemic as a model for the future. Watch video »
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Workers’ Power + Renewable Electrification of the Whole Economy
A Red-Green New Deal in Transport The transport sector represents one of the most serious challenges when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, which are increasing faster than from any other … Keep reading »
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Ecological and Social Planning and Transition
The need for economic planning in any serious and radical process of socio-ecological transition is winning greater acceptance, in contrast to the traditional positions of the Green parties, favorable to … Keep reading »
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Are Climate and Disaster Victims Violent?
Klare’s Paean to the American Military Michael T. Klare’s new book, All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon’s Perspective on Climate Change, is an uncritical paean to the American military. He credits … Keep reading »
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Green New Deals: Climate Movements and Labour Unions
Author and labor organizer Jane McAlevey is interviewed by Alleen Brown, on why winning on climate in the 2020 election means changing how we talk about the clean economy. Keep reading »
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Covid-19, the Climate Crisis and Lockdown
With the coronavirus, we are really trying to mitigate the revenge blow from nature. It’s a moment to be humble and realise our finitude in a wondrous and infinite natural order. Keep reading »
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From Coronovirus to the Green New Deal
Navigating the Perilous Passage When we have dealt with the coronavirus crisis, we need to address the climate emergency. We have learned a lot from handling the pandemic that will help … Keep reading »
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Weaponizing the Numbers
The Hidden Agenda Behind Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform Among progressives concerned about climate change, few issues provoke as much anger as the knowledge that governments continue to subsidize fossil fuels. According to … Keep reading »
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From Fossil Capitalism to Energy Democracy?
The struggle for hegemony in an era of climate crisis As the 21st Century’s second decade opens, the increasingly severe symptoms of climate change comprise a pivot in the struggle … Keep reading »
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Wall Street Can’t Fix the Environment – and Neither Can Bay Street
On December 16, 2019, a few dozen members of Canada’s business, academic and government elite met in Toronto at the invitation of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). They were … Keep reading »
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The Climate Crisis and the Crisis of Stranded Fossil Fuel Assets
The world’s oil, gas, and coal companies would incur what the Financial Times (FT) recently described as “breathtaking” losses if they’re not allowed to extract and burn their enormous reserves. … Keep reading »