The Facts About the Alberta Tar Sands
In Canada, both the governing Conservatives and the opposition Liberals are trying to shrug off National Geographic magazine’s recent photographic expose of the massive devastation caused by mining the...
View ArticleA guide to false climate change solutions
Hoodwinked in the Hothouse” – a short yet comprehensive survey of climate change non-solutions Only a few years ago, some companies were saying climate change wasn’t a problem. Now, as its impacts...
View ArticleU.S. Climate Bill: No Emission Reduction Until 2026
The major climate bill now working its way through the US Senate has a fatal flaw: it doesn’t require polluters to stop polluting An article by Payal Parekh on the International Rivers website offers...
View ArticleCarbon Capture Can’t Clean the Tar Sands
A new study produced by The Co-operative Financial Services and WWF-UK debunks the idea, lauded by oil companies and the Canadian government, that carbon capture and storage (CCS) will significantly...
View ArticleFossil Fuels vs. The Public Interest
The fossil fuel industry often pretends to have the public’s best interests in mind. The operative word is “pretends.” by Kurt Cobb Scitizen, September 1, 2010 Fossil fuel executives get out of bed in...
View ArticleReport: CO2 Leaking from Saskatchewan CCS Site
The huge Weyburn carbon capture and storage project is often cited as proof that CO2 can be stored safely. If this report proves true, the entire concept is in deep trouble. Climate & Capitalism...
View ArticleHiding emissions with carbon accounting
The official record says the UK’s CO2 emissions fell 28m tonnes between 1990 and 2008. Actually, they increased 100m tonnes. by Andrew Simms, new economics foundation Guardian, May 1, 2011 If there was...
View Article2010 greenhouse gases higher than IPCC’s worst case
”A horrible legacy for our children and grandchildren” Guardian, Nov. 4 2011 The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide has jumped by a record amount, according to the US department of energy,...
View ArticleBehind the ‘Green Economy’– A new drive to commodify nature
Faced with an even more complex and deeper crisis, capitalism is launching a fresh attack that combines the old austerity measures with an offensive to create new sources of profit and growth through...
View ArticleCanada’s emissions deception
A new report from Ottawa claims Canada is reducing emissions, but there is much less here than meets the eye. The feds have lowered their targets and changed the reporting rules, and are claiming...
View ArticleObama’s Energy Plan: New Policies, New Dangers
Obama’s victory marks a real turn in the energy and climate policy of the United States, one that will be carried out at the expense of American workers and the peoples of the world By Daniel Tanuro...
View ArticleHarper & Obama: Clean Energy Dialogue or Carbon Capture Shellgame?
The Obama-Harper plan to invest in Carbon Capture and Storage technology is a very expensive fraud. Both governments are desperate to avoid effective action against dirty oil and dirty coal. by Mitch...
View ArticleCanada, Australia, Japan: Climate change saboteurs
As continents burn and extreme weather accelerates, three of the world's richest countries are leading the fight to do nothing about greenhouse gas emissions
View ArticleReinvent transport for reduced emissions and more jobs
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions will throw millions of people out of work! That claim has made many working people reluctant to support action to slow climate change. But is it true?
View ArticleHow the U.S. exports global warming
While Obama talks of a clean, green future, America's oil and coal corporations are racing to position the country as the planet's top dirty-energy dealer.
View ArticleWhite House on Keystone XL: Wrong questions, wrong answers
How can Obama suggest that the test for approving the XL pipeline is whether it accelerates our ride to climate hell, death, and disaster?
View ArticleDebate on exit strategy: Should ecosocialists support carbon taxes?
Has the left been unduly critical of carbon taxes as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions? Is James Hansen’s “fee and dividend” scheme the kind of practical and concrete plan we should endorse...
View ArticleDebate on exit strategy: Hansen’s program is more than a carbon tax
Ian Angus replies to Anders Ekeland: Ecosocialists must understand and build on James Hansen's entire program, not reduce it to a single policy that isn't suitable for building mass movements.
View ArticleEcosocialist Resources, 52
Climate and growth in Vietnam; Tar sands in Quebec; Obama's emissions plan; Oil-by-rail on trial; Nuclear energy; Climate change and carbon trading
View ArticleGreenhouse gas emissions hit record high
In 2013 carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased at the fastest rate for nearly 30 years, reaching 142% of the pre-industrial era.
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