Climate Crisis
Colin McCarthy: Winter heatwave smashes records
1 January 2023 saw records for the hottest January day ever recorded smashed in places across Europe. Read the Tweet thread HERE.
Climate Change
Finance
Gig Economy Project – In freezing cold and icy London, riders keep working despite the risks
Gig Economy Project co-ordinator Ben Wray reports from London where freezing temperatures, snow and ice have made being a food delivery courier an even more dangerous job YOU don’t have to be in London for […]
Climate Crisis
Tanupriya Singh – ‘The Axe Always Falls on the Most Vulnerable’: Pakistan Demands Debt Cancellation and Climate Justice
More than 1,700 people have been killed in floods that continue to submerge parts of Pakistan. Amid this crisis, activists are demanding debt cancellation and climate reparations. Cross-posted from the Independent Media Institute Even as […]
Climate Crisis
Claudia Horn: Europe Needs to Radicalise Its Climate Policies in Response to the Energy Crisis
The EU is watering down its tepid ecological reforms as energy prices soar. Read the article HERE.
Environment
Benny Wanda, Jean Wyllys, Julie Wark – Manifesto For a Rainforest Defenders International
The ‘Green state vision’ for West Papua could be the basis for a real rainforest international, based not on states and corporations but on peoples Cross-posted from Counterpunch Why a manifesto? In the terrible state […]
Climate Crisis
The colonial roots of the present crisis: Interview with Amitav Ghosh
A fascinating interview with an Indian writer of fiction and non-fiction about colonialism, climate change and much more Cross-posted from the Green European Journal This August, Pakistan was hit with floods that left 50 million […]
Uncategorized
Matt Huber: ‘Green capitalism’ is a lie
Review of Adrienne Buller’s ‘The value of a whale: on the illusions of green capitalism’. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Craig Dalzell: Burning Money
An example from a Scottish village that could be anywhere in Europe – buildings are still being constructed as if climate change is not a thing Cross-posted from Common Weal Britain is heading into one […]
Climate Crisis
Max Lawson: Planet Earth can’t afford the rich
Research shows a drastic reduction in inequality is necessary to ensure a decent live for all and save the planet Read the article HERE
Climate Crisis
Eve Ottenberg – Heat and drought bake the world. Thank climate change.
Europeans are unhappy with uncomfortable temperatures in mid-June, while in some parts of the world unbearable heat is bringing drought and starvation Cross-posted from CounterPunch The canary in the coal mine is dead. He died […]