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The Guardian: Scores arrested as thousands block London bridges in climate rebellion
Protesters close five main bridges across Thames over extinction crisis in huge act of peaceful civil disobedience Read here
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Kevin MacKay – The Ecological Crisis is a Political Crisis
Kevin MacKay contends that oligarchy has been a more fundamental cause of the collapse of civilisations than social complexity or energy demand. Control by oligarchs, he argues, thwarts rational decision-making, because the short-term interests of […]
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George Monbiot – Extinction Rebellion?
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Guardian columnist, writer and environmental campaigner George Monbiot to discuss the launch of Extinction Rebellion. What can be done about climate change? Does technology have the answers? Are […]
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George Monbiot: The Earth is in a death spiral. It will take radical action to save us
Climate breakdown could be rapid and unpredictable. We can no longer tinker around the edges and hope minor changes will avert collapse. Read here
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Jason Hickel – Here’s a simple solution to the green growth / degrowth debate
Jason Hickel examines the arguments of green growth and finds them lacking. Green growth is simply not capable of reversing ecological breakdown and keep global warming under 1.5 degrees. Jason Hickel is an anthropologist who […]
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Tim Jackson: Degrowth – How the light gets in
The Entropy Law still matters. CUSP director Tim Jackson responds to Michael Liebreich’s essay on the ‘The secret of eternal growth’. Read here
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The Sustainability Agenda: Interview with Jason Hickle
This is a wide-ranging and thought-provoking interview, chock full of fresh thinking on sustainability, poverty and inequality, and the impact of the western-led development agenda across the world. Jason paints an eye-opening picture of the […]
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The Guardian – The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change
In Europe we shall have the same problem as people in Africa and the Near East are confronted with the devastation of climate change. Read here
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Andrew Simms and Peter Newell: We need a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty – and we need it now
Climate breakdown is an imminent threat to humanity. But an international treaty could avert calamity. Read here
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Transport & Environment – EU air quality rules are failing, says Court of Auditors
The EU’s air quality laws are failing. That is the conclusion of two reports, one by the EU’s Court of Auditors into ambient air quality standards and monitoring, the other by T&E that shows the […]