Category: Environment
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Working-Class Environmentalism and Climate Justice: The Challenge of Convergence Today
On 9 July 2021, Melrose Industries announced the closure of its GKN Driveline (ex-FIAT) factory of car axles in Campi di Bisenzio, Florence, and the layoff of its workers (more … Keep reading »
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The Nuclear Energy Dilemma: Climate Savior or Existential Threat?
Nuclear power has promise and peril, posing many challenging questions for environmentalists. Keep reading »
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COP28: We Need to Challenge the Power of Fossil Fuel Capitalism
Back in May, the World Meteorological Organization reported there was a 66% likelihood of exceeding the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold in at least one year between 2023 and 2027. On … Keep reading »
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The Case for Protecting the Tongass National Forest, America’s ‘Last Climate Sanctuary’
The “lungs of North America,” the Tongass National Forest is the Earth’s largest intact temperate rainforest. Protecting it means protecting the entire planet. Keep reading »
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Class Leaders and Tipping Point for Advanced Capitalism
We are living in the most dangerous time for the human species since our early origins. The massive numbers of wildfires destroying large swaths of Canada and elsewhere this summer … Keep reading »
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Why Don’t Capitalists Want to ‘Go Green’ Anymore?
It seems that among the highest circles of capitalist finance, the ecological transition no longer garners the same level of support it once did. A growing faction among wealthy capitalists … Keep reading »
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Good for the Planet? Public Lands, Cattle Ranching and Wildlife
The US beef industry is destroying the American Wild West and worsening the climate crisis. Keep reading »
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Why Healthy Forests Mean Fewer Pandemics
COVID-19, SARS, and Ebola were transmitted to humans from wild animals living in tropical forests. Destroying their habitats is killing us. Keep reading »
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System Change: An Ecosocialist Discussion on Environmental Crisis
The worst wildfire season in Canadian history, worsening environmental degradation, and the hottest week ever recorded. Amid the consequences of human impact on our planet becoming increasingly dire, large corporations … Watch video »
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Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Capitalism
Nicolas Graham’s book on forces of production and fossil-fuel capitalism gives an important analysis of why fundamental change is needed to solve the climate crisis, finds John Clarke. Keep reading »
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Wildfires and the Threat to Earth’s Biodiversity
Cataclysmic wildfires have increased in intensity and frequency due to climate change. Keep reading »
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Depoliticising Climate Change?
The IPCC’s 2023 summary report reveals collective non-responsibility for depoliticised policy which has revolutionary real-world implications. Keep reading »