Category: Environment
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The Climate Crisis, Degrowth and a Global Green New Deal (part 2)
As we move toward the COP26 UN meetings on climate change in Glasgow in November, debate is intensifying over the political coalitions and policy mechanisms to address the mounting climate … Keep reading »
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The Climate Crisis, Degrowth and a Global Green New Deal (part 1)
As we move toward the COP26 UN meetings on climate change in Glasgow in November, debate is intensifying over the political coalitions and policy mechanisms to address the mounting climate … Keep reading »
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Call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
Thousands of academics have urged governments to negotiate an international treaty to tackle the climate crisis at its source: fossil fuels. Keep reading »
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Enbridge Line 3: The Climate Disaster Unfolding Before Our Eyes
Hurricane Ida perfectly illustrates the devastating impacts of climate change. Stopping the Line 3 pipeline, in line with Indigenous demands, is a perfect opportunity for political leaders to take climate action. Keep reading »
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Defend and Transform: Mobilizing Workers for Climate Justice
Mobilizing the global labour movement for climate justice and just transition is one of the defining challenges of our times. However, for workers in many sectors, it is unclear how … Keep reading »
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All Must Change Utterly: We Need a People’s Green New Deal
Max Ajl has written an exceedingly important and powerful book, a uniquely comprehensive report about climate change, its politics and injustices. The book, A People’s Green New Deal, (Pluto Press, … Keep reading »
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Climate Disaster: On the brink – the Scenario that the IPCC is not Modelling
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I has presented its Climate Change 2021: Physical Science Basis report as a contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report on climate … Keep reading »
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Climate Vandalism: The Earth is Burning
Phil Hearse investigates the latest stage of climate disaster, which threatens to unleash a cascade of unstoppable weather changes. Keep reading »
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“Fatalities are Part of Life” in a Capitalist Climate Emergency
Avoidable deaths of capitalism. Lives ended prematurely through policy or the pursuit of profit. In his wide-ranging analysis of working class life in Victorian England, The Condition of the Working … Keep reading »
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Glasgow COP26 and Beyond: Climate Justice Advocacy in the Glasgow Agreement
The Paris Climate Agreement and subsequent United Nations follow-up conferences have not taken seriously the ecological crisis now unfolding. Not only does prominent scientist James Hanson describe its tokenistic measures … Keep reading »
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Resisting Water Privatization in Europe: Key Reasons for Success
In the wake of the global financial crisis, water services have come under renewed neoliberal assault across Europe. At the same time, the struggle against water privatization has continued to … Keep reading »
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Does the USA Really Need Another Oil Pipeline? Enbridge and Line 3
Native American communities living alongside the route of the Line 3 pipeline project in northern Minnesota are asking all activists to join them in solidarity this June. Keep reading »