Mother Nature, Inc.
Wall Street investors have hit the jackpot. Soon they’ll be able to buy, own, and dictate The Commons, public lands, the world of Mother Nature.
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India in 2020 Incurred a Loss of $87 Billion Due to Climate-Related Hazards, Says Report
The World Meteorological Organisation report shows how every part of Asia was affected, from Himalayan peaks to low-lying coastal areas, from densely populated cities to deserts and from the Arctic to the Arabian seas.
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Forest Conservation Act: How the Proposed Changes are Likely to Make Our Climate Change Goals Unachievable
The proposed amendments to the Forest Conservation Act are not only antithetical to the Forest Rights Act, but are likely to delay achieving India’s commitments on climate change.
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COP26: Can a Singing, Dancing Rebellion Save the World?
The climate movement in the streets of Glasgow is aware that the science is clear and the solutions to the climate crisis are readily available. It is only political will that is lacking. This must be supplied by ordinary people, through creative, dramatic action and mass mobilization.
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Either Way, History Will Judge You: An Open Letter to the Global Media
Melting glaciers, wildfires, droughts, deadly heatwaves, floods, hurricanes, loss of biodiversity. You do report these things, sometimes. But the climate crisis is much more than just this. If you want to truly cover it, you must also report on the fundamental issues of time, holistic thinking and justice.
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Why Environmentalists Want India to Stop Backing Hydropower Projects
Hydropower dams are drivers of climate change as they emit methane, 28-34 times more potent than carbon dioxide, say studies.
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World Gathering of Peoples for Our Mother Earth and Against the Climate Crisis – Conclusions Document
Measures and actions proposed by the Global Encounter of Peoples for our Mother Earth and against the Climate Crisis to curb the climate disruption and restoring the balance with our Mother Earth.
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The Cost of Military vs Climate Spending
Over the next ten years, the US is projected to spend on the military more than 14 times what Biden plans to spend to address climate change.
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The Planetary Rift
The widespread view on the left that Marx had adopted an extreme productivist view of the human domination of nature—and hence had failed to perceive the natural limits to production and ecological contradictions in general, was contradicted by his theory of the metabolic rift.
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How to Save the World (from a Climate Armageddon)
Leaders from around the world will soon gather in Glasgow, Scotland, for a U.N. Climate Summit. You can count on one thing, though: all their plans will fall far short of what’s needed unless backed by the only strategy that can save the planet: a U.S.-China Climate Survival Alliance.
