Ian Angus's Blog, page 168

Recommended reading, 6

America wastes 40% of food ... Keystone and tar sands ... Vandana Shiva on seeds ... James Hansen on the cause of extreme weather ... Misleading CO2 reductions

Leave the tar sand in the ground!

Ian Angus: "There is no such thing as 'responsible upgrading' or 'sustainable tar sand production.' We must stop this crime before it ruins more lives and destroys the climate."

Neoliberals on bikes

Unless Greens come to grips with fundamental economic questions, they will continue to promote policies that are supremely unsuited to their ultimate aim of a more just and sustainable world.

Toxic spill poisons Peruvian village

On July 25, 45 tonnes of copper concentrate slurry spilled from a pipeline Santa Rosa de Cajacuy, dousing the village with a witch's brew of toxic dust and sludge.

Class struggle from above, illustrated

Making more by paying less

The Spectre of 21st Century Barbarism

A descent into barbarism is not a distant danger: for billions of people around the world, it is the present reality of life under capitalist "business as usual." Beginning a new series on the human costs of an inhuman system.

Shell finances violent human rights abusers in Nigeria

Leaked documents show that soldiers, militants and mercenaries receive millions from Shell, while impoverished local residents are routinely killed, tortured or expelled.

Dirty oil and the future of a continent

Tar Sands: "This is a book that should be read by every Canadian. It should also be read widely everywhere else as the vast majority of us have no idea of the scale of tar sands destruction."

Recommended reading, 5

Agro-ecology in Cuba ... Stressed aquifers ... Ethanol and capitalism ... Chevron's environmental racism

Enbridge video hides tanker route dangers

Video exposes Enbridge's grossly misleading account of the route tankers will take if the Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline is built