Balancing National Security and Fundamental Rights in Environmental Cases
Reckless, short-sighted, rapid and uncontrolled changes are being made in the Himalayas which are causing incalculable loss and damage to an already fragile ecosystem.
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Against Doomsday Scenarios: What Is to Be Done Now?
We should avoid offering a fatalistic worldview. In fact, the environmental movement in general and ecosocialism in particular are all about combating the current trend toward ecological destruction. Climate change is now “code red for humanity.” This is not a doomsday forecast but a call to action.
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COP26 Failed to Address Agriculture’s Huge Role
Agriculture contributes to 15-20 percent or more of world greenhouse gas emissions. And yet talks about agriculture comprised less than 5 percent of all official negotiations and less than 10 percent of side events, favoring the less controversial topic of renewable energy.
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A Chicken can’t Lay a Duck Egg
… and that’s why the market can’t solve the climate crisis
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Chomsky and Pollin: Protests Outside of COP26 Offered More Hope Than the Summit
The conference ended with a disheartening “compromise” deal on the climate. In this interview, leading intellectuals Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin offer their assessments of what transpired at COP26 and share their views about ways to go forward with the fight against the climate crisis.
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A Farewell to COPitalism
The future was supposed to be copitalism: national governments working with the UN Conference of the Parties (COP) to limit emissions and prevent climate breakdown – while leaving capitalism intact; COP26 has made it evident that copitalism is a utopia.
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What Role does the Military Play in Climate Change?
A gaping hole in the COP26 official agenda was the oversized role of the military industrial complex in environmental devastation. The US is a global leader on this front with the Pentagon being a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined.
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Environmental and Toxic Impacts of Bottled Water – 2 Articles
Decades of indifference to public investment led to the persistence of lead-tainted water which, in turn, forces citizens to rely on privatized bottled water as the only safe and potable option. Also: Environmental Impact of Bottled Water Up to 3,500 Times Greater than Tap Water.
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Greta Thunberg’s Powerful Anti-Capitalist Speech in Glasgow
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke on Nov. 8 at a rally of 100,000 in Glasgow: “The question we must now ask ourselves is: What is it that we are fighting for? Are we fighting to save ourselves and the living planet, or are we fighting to maintain business as usual?”
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Why are You Asking Us to Compromise on Our Lives?
On 7 November, during the COP26 Coalition People’s Summit, the jury of ‘The People’s Tribunal: People and Nature vs the UNFCCC’ delivered this verdict on its failure to address a range of issues.
