Category: Environment
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We Have a Problem: Live with our eyes open without allowing ourselves to be defeated
It is July 20, 1969. The Apollo 11 manned space mission lands on our Moon, and a few hours later, Neil Armstrong takes his first steps on the lunar surface, … Keep reading »
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Climate Justice and Capitalism?
A review of A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency I can’t forget those crisp November mornings. I’d stand respectfully still, a Scout’s red sash across my shoulder. I … Keep reading »
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Quebec Can Reduce GHGs By 2030 and Not Exceed 1.5°C
In their electoral platform for the fall election, Québec solidaire, which has 10 MPs out of 125 in Quebec’s parliament, is proposing to achieve a reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs) … Keep reading »
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As the Planet Warms, We Are Sacrificing Lives for Profits
Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations. Keep reading »
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Pacific Northwest: The Salmon Fishery, Climate Change and the Eco-System
The salmon stories project collects and archives stories from everyday people living on the edges of the Pacific Northwest bioregion, who have a connection with salmon in some way. Keep reading »
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Climate-Damage Denialism: Setting the Social Cost of Carbon
Dr. Patrick Bond’s submission to the South African National Treasury’s taxation document for the oil and gas sectors, 7 February 2022. I am a University of Johannesburg professor, specialising in … Keep reading »
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Resisting Fossil Fuel Extractavism in South Africa
Hosken Consolidated Investment (HCI) CEO, Johnny Copelyn, declared the criticism of seismic surveys to be ‘poppycock’ in an interview with Cape Talk and subsequently carried by Business Day under the … Keep reading »
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Corporations Can’t Deliver on Climate: Toward Global Public Goods
COP26 convenes at a time when vastly different visions of climate transition compete for supremacy. Large corporations around the World Economic Forum (WEF) are promoting a “Great Reset” where “stakeholder” … Watch video »
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The Geopolitics Behind Spiraling Gas and Electricity Prices in Europe
Markets do not solve the problem of energy pricing. What is required is planning and long-term investments in infrastructure. Keep reading »
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Climate Hooligan: Ontario Adds to the Climate Crisis
As the International Energy Agency points out in its report last week, how provinces respond to the climate emergency has a huge bearing on whether Canada as a whole will … Keep reading »
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Trade Union Program for a Public Low-Carbon Energy Future
Discussion of the Draft Interim Report and the Program for a Public Low-Carbon Energy Future. Focusing mainly on the power sector, the Program is an attempt to rally the international … Watch video »
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One World or No World. Choose!
The emergence of yet another COVID variant as well as a surge of new infections and restrictions have people wondering if this pandemic will ever end. We’ve known how to … Keep reading »