Category: Environment
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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 »
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The Fight for Ecological Transition is Now
As horrific fires threaten a number of Canadian towns, the fossil-fuel lobby denies, obfuscates, and delays. Concerted climate action from below is needed to save the planet, argues John Clarke. Keep reading »
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The Food System and the Challenge of Climate Change
The industrialized food system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Keep reading »
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Climate Change, Record Temperatures, and Human Fatalities
How many people are dying due to climate change? How does climate change cause death, and what are some of the omissions, deceptions, and confusions about fossil fuels, climate change, … Keep reading »
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The Deadly Intersection of Labour Exploitation and Climate Change
Neither the corporate media nor our politicians who are beholden to corporate lobbyists honestly address the common root causes of (and solutions to) worker exploitation and climate change. Keep reading »