Ian Angus's Blog, page 166

Why are climate negotiations locked in stalemate?

Pablo Solon and Walden Bello: The biggest polluters don't want a climate agreement. Their public disagreements mask a common desire to continue destructive policies at home and around the world.

Brazilian rural workers mobilize: Unity for land, territory, and dignity!

"We will continue mobilized in unity and struggle and, in combat against our common enemy, we will build a country and a society that is just, compassionate, and sustainable."

Recommended reading, 8

Occupy and labor unions ... Left and labour in Canada ... Climate change scorches U.S. ... Food prices at record levels ... Dutch Socialist Party ... Ecuador's revolutionary Yasuni model ... Ingo Stützle on David Graeber's "Debt" ... Dark side of green economy

Pipeline job promises: lies told by lying liars

How can you tell when tars sands pipeline promoters are lying?

Ecosocialist elected International Coordinator of UK Green Party

Congratulations to Derek Wall

More food with less pollution?

Yes it's possible ... if we do agriculture right

Arctic melting: Is global warming going into overdrive?

Arctic sea ice and Greenland's glaciers are melting far faster than predicted, posing a near-term danger of sea level rises and massive release of methane.

The capitalist Lorax

As seen on Fox Seuss

Recommended reading, 7

Nuclear reactors in the tar sands ... Greenwashing apartheid ... Meteorologists on global warming ... Capitalism and 'guest workers' ... Commons as alternative ... Two critical reviews of David Graeber's "Debt: The First 5,000 Years"

Stop EDF’s sell-out to the frackers!

Activists outraged as Environmental Defense Fund takes $6 million from Bloomberg to shill for the gas industry