Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: Australia’s bushfire dystopia – another entry for the neoliberal report card
We shall catch up on the CFA Franc series, but thought this was more important. Read here
Environment
Climate Crisis
Sustainability Agenda Podcast – Noam Chomsky on the environmental crisis
In this fascinating and timely interview, Professor Chomsky shares his views on the urgent environmental crises we are facing today—and says, following the recent IPCC report, that it is indeed “time to panic” about climate […]
Climate Crisis
David Barmes – There will be No Escape from Fires and Floods without a Transformation of our Economic System
As bushfires rip through Australia and a deluge floods Indonesia’s capital city, policymakers continue to place ecocidal economic growth above all else. Addressing climate and ecological breakdown will require nothing less than a deep social […]
Climate Crisis
European Scientist: New EU fishing quotas continue to promote overfishing
Once again corporation profits over our future. The EU is always reliable to work against our interests. Read here
Climate Crisis
Steve Keen – This is not a Natural Disaster. It is Man Made
As we enter 2020 this is what lies ahead for all of us: One climate disaster after the other. Steve Keen on the fires in his native Australia. Do remember, the Australians have voted in […]
Environment
Stephanie Searle – Will Someone Please Tell Me if Biofuels are Good or Bad for the Environment?
Biofuels are confusing because they’re complicated, and they’re complicated mainly because of indirect effects. Stephanie Searle is Program Lead at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) Cross-posted from the ICCT Website Few environmental […]
Climate Crisis
Karen Rial-Lovera – Three Ways Farms of the Future Can Feed the Planet and Heal It Too
Nature and technology can combine to help farms of the future nourish the earth and its inhabitants.SimplyDay/Shutterstock Karen Rial-Lovera, Nottingham Trent University Intensive agriculture may be nourishing most of the Earth’s inhabitants, but it’s doing […]
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Valerie Vande Panne – Humanity Can’t Recycle Its Way Out of Consumption Problems
Another tile in the mosaic that is climate crisis. Valerie Vande Panne is a writing fellow and chief correspondent at Local Peace Economy, a project of the Independent Media Institute. This article was produced by […]
Climate Crisis
Dean Baker – Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Right to Dump Sewage on Your Lawn
Good. Baker’s ideas of what money should be spent on to reduce Green House Gases are debatable. More important is the issue of how much could be redirected to this from subsidies for fossil fuel. […]
Climate Crisis
Tim Radford: Food at Risk as a Third of Plants Face Extinction
More than a third of the world’s plants are so rare they face extinction. In a warmer world, that would leave supplies of food at risk, two studies suggest. Tim Radford is a founding editor […]