Weather and Racism
What the media chooses to cover … and to ignore
Africa: Why The Richest Continent Is Also The Poorest
The ecological impact of natural resource exploitation on the lives of the poor in Africa and other regions is not being addressed sufficiently in aid effectiveness and development discussions
Sea Level Will Rise Faster than Predicted
Study of glacier melting shows that IPCC estimate is a minimum
Argentina: Indigenous Guaraní Resist Eviction by Soya Growers
Government-supported agribusinesses assault indigenous farmers
Climate Change: Market-Based Policies Will Not Work
“Simply using price mechanisms will lead to a policy failure with catastrophic consequences for most people and most species”
Snatching Food from the Mouths of the Poor
A new wave of food colonialism manufactures famine in Africa and Asia
Food Crisis: The Moral Failure of Liberal Economists
Time was when writers lampooned economists for “knowing the price of everything but the value of nothing.” Today, they seem to be unaware even of the price of things!
How Capitalism ‘Solves’ a Climate Disaster: Katrina, Three Years Later
Three years ago today, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The pain hasn’t stopped …
Debunking the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’
Is community ownership of land, forests and fisheries a guaranteed road to ecological disaster?
Africa: Forced to Clean Up After a Party It Didn’t Attend
“Africa and the rest of the Global South are owed a huge historical and ecological debt for slavery, colonialism, and centuries of exploitation”
Socialists in Britain Discuss Class Struggle and Ecology
Ecosocialism included in a discussion of regrouping the left
The Global Warming Report Ottawa Doesn’t Want You to See
Canada’s federal government is trying to bury an important report on climate change and health … but the blogosphere is fighting back
Indigenous Activists in Peru Defend Collectively-Owned Lands
“The government has declared open war on indigenous people and the demonstrators will stay there until the problem is solved. They prefer to die there, they aren’t afraid.”
No, We Won’t Debate That …
Global warming deniers have many places to post their oft-refuted nonsense. This is not one of them
Israel’s Discriminatory Water Policies Leave West Bank Dry
Per capita water consumption in Palestine is far below the minimum recommended by the World Health Organization