Tag: Global Warming
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Averting the Apocalypse: Lessons from Costa Rica
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"If we want to have any hope of averting catastrophe, we’re going to have to do something about our addiction to growth." Earlier this summer, a paper published in the journal Nature captured headlines with a rather bleak forecast. Our chances of keeping global warming below the 2C danger threshold are very, very small: only…
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Meat industry blamed for largest-ever ‘dead zone’ in Gulf of Mexico
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The global meat industry, already implicated in driving global warming and deforestation, has now been blamed for fueling what is expected to be the worst “dead zone” on record in the Gulf of Mexico. Toxins from manure and fertiliser pouring into waterways are exacerbating huge, harmful algal blooms that create oxygen-deprived stretches of the gulf,…
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Why are the crucial questions about Hurricane Harvey not being asked?
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Hurricane Harvey is a manmade climate-related disaster. To ignore this ensures our greatest challenge goes unanswered and helps push the world towards catastrophe
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Beyond Democrat Dead-ends: What Real Climate Action Looks Like
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The global warming situation is absolutely crazy. Millions of people are already experiencing drought, famine, floods, wildfires, superstorms and other climate disasters. As a species, we are teetering on the edge of full-blown catastrophe, with extinction a distinct possibility. Yet, we can’t seem to put in place obvious solutions that are sitting right there in front of…
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From the tar sands to ‘green jobs’? Work and ecological justice
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The ecological and social implications of climate change have – or should – become a central parameter for all discussions of work and capitalism. It is generally agreed that reliance on the burning of fossil fuels as the pre-eminent energy source for production and consumption over the history of capitalism is the critical factor in…
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Debacle at Doha: the Collapse of the Old Oil Order
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Michael T. Klare examines the recent OPEC meeting in Doha, and extrapolates the future of oil producing countries.