Category: Environment
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No Tar Sands in Toronto! Stop Line 9
Toronto — 7 April 2013. Moderated by Bryan Dale and Emma Cane. Presentations by three activists talking about the struggle against tar sands pipeline: Sabrina Bowman is climate campaign coordinator … Watch video »
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A Return to Marx’s Ecological Critique
Do oil spills make good economic sense? A witness called by Canadian firm Enbridge Inc. – which wants approval to build a $6.5-billion pipeline linking Alberta’s tar sands with the … Keep reading »
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Pipeline Politics: Can Popular Protest Stop the Tar Sands Leviathan?
Petroleum giant Enbridge Inc. has taken huge strides in recent weeks to complete its plan to transport tar sands oil to eastern Canada and from there to foreign markets. Already … Keep reading »
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Tar Sands Come to Ontario – No Line 9!
Resistance, Solutions and Solidarity. Watch video »
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A Movement Against Tar Sands Oil, Pipelines and Tankers is on the Rise in Canada
A popular movement against tar sands oil production and pipeline transport is on the rise and gathering steam in Canada. Its biggest expression to date was in Victoria, BC on … Keep reading »
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La Via Campesina: Food Sovereignty and the Global Feminist Struggle
Via Campesina is the world’s foremost international movement of small farmers. It promotes the right of all peoples to food sovereignty. Via Campesina was established in 1993 at the dawn … Keep reading »
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Contested Futures: Tar Sands and Environmental Justice
Reports on front-line resistance, discussion, and the search for answers. Convener: Eva Portillo, Toronto Bolivia Solidarity. Panelists: Raul Burbano, Common Frontiers and Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Network, reporting back … Watch video »
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The Fraser Institute’s Global Petroleum Survey
Near the end of June 2012 the Fraser Institute released their latest survey of the oil and gas industry. They reported that 623 managers and executives from 529 oil and … Keep reading »
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The RIO+20 U.N. Conference
An Ecosocialist Assessment Representatives of governments from all the world will be present at the Rio+20 U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, June 2012. What can we expect from this so-called “Earth … Keep reading »
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State and Market Climate Failures Amplified by Civil Society Failure
After the Durban climate talks In 2007, former World Bank chief economist Nick Stern termed climate change the worst “market failure” in history – since those who pollute with greenhouse gases … Keep reading »
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Is the ‘Green Economy’ a New Washington Consensus?
Working Group on Green Economy The current environmental and climate crisis is not simply a market failure because nature is not simply a form of capital. Putting a price on nature … Keep reading »
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Unravelling Carbon Markets
Larry Lohmann is a scholar and activist who works with The Corner House, a UK-based NGO that supports democratic and community movements for environmental and social justice. As part of … Keep reading »