Category: Environment
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Oil, Tar Sands, Coal, Natural Gas
Santa Barbara, California — 11 April 2014. What’s behind the expansion drive of Canada’s and North America’s fossil fuel industries? Coal extraction, natural gas fracking and shale oil fracking are all … Watch video »
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The Contradictions of Localism
Jordy Cummings (JC): Your book is called No Local and it is an immanent critique of inward looking reactions to neoliberal capitalism. One poignant episode you recount surrounds urban agriculture, … Keep reading »
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First Nations Fight Against the Frackers
After facing months of protest led by the Mi’kmaq people of the Elsipogtog Nation in New Brunswick, the frackers of Houston-based Southwestern Energy Co. (SWN) have left the province and … Keep reading »
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Voices of Resistance to the Northern Gateway Pipeline
At the time of writing, the National Energy Board’s Joint Review Panel (JRP) has just published its recommendation that the Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway to transport Alberta’s tar sands oil … Keep reading »
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The Fossil Fuel Wars in British Columbia and Canada
The fossil fuel industry offensive in British Columbia and across Canada is proceeding relentlessly. This is a report from some of the key fronts of the fossil fuel wars. Tar Sands … Keep reading »
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Warsaw Climate Talks Go Up in Smoke
“The smell of inaction” is how Dipti Bhatnagar, Friends of the Earth Mozambique’s international program director for climate justice and energy, summed up the atmosphere inside the giant Narodowy Stadium … Keep reading »
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Climate Change and Socialism
By embracing the fight against climate change, we need to explain that this is a fight for a new world that restores the balance between Mother Earth and our needs … Keep reading »
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Climate Change: ‘The Greatest Challenge of Our Time’
“Climate change is life or death. It is the new global battlefield. It is being presented as if it is the problem of the developed world. But it’s the developed … Keep reading »
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System Change or Climate Change?
Amid disputes between developed and developing countries, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP19) in Warsaw, Poland are set to conclude today [November 23, 2013] with little in the way … Keep reading »
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Stop Line 9 Should Be Labour’s Demand
One would have hoped that Canada’s newest and largest private sector union – UNIFOR, made up of the former Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) and Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP) unions … Keep reading »
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Pouring Fuel on the Climate Change Fire
The earth is on fire. If that statement sounds alarmist, it’s because you should be alarmed. Each month seems to bring new and more frightening proof of the effects of … Keep reading »
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The Philippines Typhoon: Climate Change and Political Disaster
The Philippines is a country long wracked by political corruption, colonialism, military occupation and dependence and millions living in poverty. When natural disasters hit, such as Typhoon Haiyan, a category … Keep reading »