Category: Environment
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The Political Economy of Half-Earth
Troy Vettese analyses the global climate crisis and suggests renewable energy, biodiversity, and climate-focussed afforestation should be viewed as interlinked political objectives. Keep reading »
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To Freeze the Thames
Geo-Science, Social Risk and Climate Struggles Is advanced-industrial capitalism capable of finding solutions for the environmental devastation it causes? Or are the logics of capitalism and environmental sustainability inherently and irreconcilably … Watch video »
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When “Green” Doesn’t “Grow”
Facing Up to the Failures of Profit-Driven Climate Policy The onslaught of extreme weather and the increasingly stark scientific assessment leave no doubt that we face an ecological and civilizational emergency. … Keep reading »
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COP24: No Response to the Crisis
Why the Outcome of Katowice is Far From Sufficient The climate crisis is looming large and threatens to go beyond our capabilities. In addition, COP24 at Katowice has decided on a … Keep reading »
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Siloed Thinking, Climate, and Disposable People
Thinking in siloes about the climate and about our planet’s people puts us at risk of increasing climate disruption and massive loss of life. This year the climate meeting, COP24, … Keep reading »
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The State of Mining Today
Presentations by Judith Marshall, Matthew Corbeil and Joan Kuyek about the mining disasters at Mt. Polley, Canada and at Mariana, Brazil. Watch video »
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The Climate Report that Trump Tried to Bury
Under the Global Change Research Act of 1990, the U.S. Global Change Research Program, composed of 13 agencies headed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, reports every four years … Keep reading »
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Challenging the Market with Collective Solutions
A review of Simon Pirani’s new book, Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption, which traces the history of fossil fuel burning from pre-industrial times to the present day. Keep reading »
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Public Ownership for Energy Democracy
Opportunities for Publicly-run Energy Utilities to Revolutionize Generation and the Grid Energy democracy – a new idea from the ranks of community organizers, labour, and renewable energy advocates who see our … Keep reading »
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The Road Away from Fossil Fuels
President Andrzej Duda’s authoritarian government can expect a rough political ride in December, when politicians, diplomats and campaigners stream into Katowice, Poland, for the next UN summit on climate change … Keep reading »
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The Politics of Hurricanes
How Climate Catastrophe Victimizes the Poor Climate change catastrophe is, as this article is written, facing hundreds of thousands on the eastern seaboard of the United States and on the Philippines … Keep reading »
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On the Precipice
Like many others (unless they are in a state of simple denial), I sometimes feel paralyzed by the enormity of the environmental challenge. How to break through this? We must … Keep reading »