Our Food System Is the Bullseye for Solving the World’s Climate Challenges
The industrialized food system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.
In Uttarakhand, Crores in the River
In February this year, the Uttarakhand government was granted permission to continue mining the rivers flowing through the state’s hills and forests, sidestepping critical legal requirements to conserve forests and protect rivers.
Drowning in Dividends: The Failed Privatisation of Britain’s Water Industry
On how the privatisation of the water industry under Margaret Thatcher has led to excessive profits and dividends for shareholders, chronic underinvestment in infrastructure, rampant sewage dumping, and a problematic revolving door between regulators and the companies they oversee.
Mohandas Gandhi Speaks to Abdullah Öcalan
On violence, non-violence, and the state. Mohandas Gandhi (1969-1948) and Abdullah Öcalan (1949-) were not contemporaries; this conversation is imaginary, but it may well have taken place in one of the many worlds we inhabit.
How Congolese Students are Taking on Big Oil
A new campaign is mobilizing communities across the Democratic Republic of Congo to stop the fossil fuel industry’s expansion with creative nonviolent action.
The EU-Indonesia Fight Over Nickel and Who Gets to Own the Clean Energy Future
Indonesia boasts some of the world’s richest mineral deposits, but it has long focused on digging them up and shipping them to other countries for processing. The government in Jakarta is now trying to change that, but is facing fierce resistance from the West.
Profiteers of Armageddon: The Nuclear-Industrial Complex
The film “Oppenheimer” has earned widespread attention. The author says that what “Oppie” began then has by now become a full-scale nuclear-industrial complex on a planet where ultimate destruction, it often seems, always lurks just around the corner.
Why Aren’t American Streets Filled with Climate Protestors?
Climate change protesters in Europe have been actively raising awareness and demanding urgent action from governments and corporations to address the escalating climate crisis. These protesters are part of a global movement that has gained significant momentum in recent years. But America’s streets are devoid of protestors.
The Eco Collapse We Were Warned About has Begun
In 2023, different climatic anomalies have been recorded that set new historical records in the tragic progression of climate change at the global level. This accumulation of tragic evidence, against all the denialist narratives, makes it undeniable that the climate crisis is already here, among us.
Behind Delhi’s Floods Is a History of Encroachment and Diminishing Wetlands
According to experts, Delhi’s floods are an urgent indication to improve the city’s drainage systems. They also point to Delhi’s diminishing natural line of defence — its water bodies and wetlands — against such hazards, without which the river cannot drain its water naturally.