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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results156 Connexions Library25 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 18 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 9 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAcademics Urge Government Climate Action: Sources News Release Article 2009 More than 500 university faculty members from universities across Canada signed a letter to the Canadian Government calling for immediate drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The letter poi... An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto  Callinicos, Alex Book 2003 An extended argument about what the anti-capitalist movement should stand for. Arctic Death Rattle Hunziker, Robert Article 2016 The warming of the Arctic negatively affects the entire Northern Hemisphere by altering jet streams at 30,000-40,000 feet altitude, which turns normal weather patterns upside down, wreaking havoc thro... The Arctic Turns Ugly Hunziker, Robert Article 2016 Runaway global warming is far and away humankind's biggest nightmare, and the Arctic is the likely perpetrator. If it happens, it'll blister agricultural foodstuff before it can reach the outstretched... As Temperatures Climb Across the Country, Workers Will Suffer Grossman, Elizabeth Article 2016 The summer of 2016 is barely two weeks old, but this year is already on track to break high temperature records in the United States. On June 20, cities across the Southwest and into Nevada reached al... Australia: Socialist Alliance's 'International Political Perspectives' Resolution Socialist Alliance Article 2014 Resolutions adopted by the 10th National Conference of the Socialist Alliance, June 7-9, 2014. Beckoning Committed Climate Activists: Extreme Weather and Even More Extreme Greenhouse Gas Emissions Bond, Patrick Article 2013 It is evident the climate crisis is far more severe than most scientists had anticipated. Blueprint for a Green Economy Pearce, David; Markandya, Anil; Barbier, Edward B. Book 1989 A set of practical proposals for financing a sustainable environment. Canada After Harper: His Ideology-fuelled Attack on Canadian Society and Values, and How We Can Resist and Create the Country We Want Finn, Ed (editor) Book 2015 Essays documenting the breadth and depth of the Harper government's attack on institutions, policies, and programs that embody values and principles shared by most Canadians: education, health care, w... Canada Is Now To Climate What Japan Is To Whaling Monbiot, George Article 2009 Here I am, watching the astonishing spectacle of a beautiful, cultured nation turning itself into a corrupt petro-state. Canada is slipping down the development ladder, retreating from a complex, dive... The Cancer in Occupy Hedges, Chris Article 2012 The Black Bloc anarchists, who have been active on the streets in Oakland and other cities, are the cancer of the Occupy movement. The presence of Black Bloc anarchists — so named because they dress i... Capitalism is failing the planet Weedall, Gemma Article 2014 If we continue with capitalist business as usual, there will be disastrous consequences for humanity. Capitalism is in unavoidable conflict with environmental sustainability because of three key featu... Changing minds on a changing climate : What Makes Climate Science Deniers Change Their Minds? Kirk, Karin Article 2017 Reddit commenters point to reasons they went from being climate contrarians to having confidence in mainstream climate science. Climate Change as a Class Issue Coles, Nick Article 2013 Protesting PNC Bank in Pittsburgh financing of mountain-top removal (MTR) coal mining across Appalachia. MTR causes increased cancer rates and birth defects, as well as massive environmental degradati... Climate Change As Genocide Klare, Michael T. Article 2017 Is this what a world battered by climate change will be like—one in which tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of people perish from disease, starvation, and heat prostration while the rest of ... Climate Change, Capitalism, and Corporations: Processes of Creative Self-Destruction Nyberg, Daniel; Wright, Christopher Book 2015 The authors examine the intricate relationship between corporations and climate change, while also looking at how corporations shape political and social responses to climate change. Climate Change Drives Up Rural Poverty in Latin America Gutman, Daniel Article 2018 In Latin America and the Caribbean region's first meeting of Week of Agriculture and Food, held in November 2018, more than 1,000 officials and experts agreed that the fall in agricultural yields and ... Climate change: how a warming world is a threat to our food supplies Vidal, John Article 2013 Global warming is exacerbating political instability as tensions brought on by food insecurity rise. With research suggesting the issue can only get worse we examine the risks around the world. Climate change: It's going to take a revolution rs21 Film 2015 A new video by Suhail Ilyas: The growing strength of the climate movement around the world gives us great hope, but it's going to take a revolution to make the world inhabitable for future generations... Climate change: the eco-socialist solution Article 2009 Climate change reminds us, in a phrase attributed to Lao Tzu, that "if you don't change direction you may end up where you are heading." The road of capitalism is now lined with horrors and we must fi... Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming Hoggan, James; Littlemore, Richard Book 2009 Tracking the global warming denial movement from its inception, public relations advisor James Hoggan (working with journalist Richard Littlemore), reveals the details of those early plans and then tr... Climate Crisis Hits Pakistani Women: Against The Current vol. 144 Khaliq, Bushra Article 2010 Pakistan is among the countries that will be hit hardest in the near future by effects of climate change, even though it contributes only a fraction to global warming. The country is witnessing severe... Climate Crisis - The Collapse In Corporate Media Coverage Article 2011 We find that Britain and the US - the two countries responding most aggressively to alleged 'threats' to human security in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya - are also the two countries least... Climate Crisis, the Deindustrialization Imperative and the Jobs vs. Environment Dilemma Smith, Richard Article 2014 So long as we live under capitalism, today, tomorrow, next year and every year thereafter, economic growth will always be the overriding priority till we barrel right off the cliff to collapse. Climate Crisis Threatens Food Security of Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Togo, Comoros, and Many Other Countries Article 2012 Climate crisis is threatening seafood and fish in gulfs, seas, and oceans. As a result, countries dependent mainly on fish and seafood are threatened. The Climate Denial Industry Is Out To Dupe The Public. And It's Working Monbiot, George Article 2009 The climate denial industry consists of people who are paid to say that man-made global warming isn't happening. "Climate Justice" and the Left: The Necessity of a Mass Movement: Against The Current vol. 141 Davenport, Nick Article 2009 The climate crisis -- a crisis not of civilization, as some commentators would have it, but of capitalist production -- requires a political response that is long overdue, and is finally stirring. Now... Climate politics must be as radical as the climate crisis Butler, Simon Article 2013 If the climate action movement allows its goals to be shaped by what is permissible in a capitalist economy then it has already failed. To respond to the climate emergency, our politics must be as rad... CO2 Emissions are Being 'Outsourced' by Rich Countries to Rising Economies Goldenberg, Suzanne Article 2014 Greenhouse gas output of China and elsewhere is increased by making goods that are then used in the US and Europe. A Coalition of Scientists Keeps Watch on the U.S. Government's Climate Data Brown, Alleen Article 2017 Via memos leaked to the press, rogue tweets, and unnamed agency sources, the public learned of growing pressure on federal employees to avoid sharing their scientific work. Meanwhile, small but signif... Confronting Injustice: Social Activism in the Age of Individualism Muhammad, Umair Book 2014 Confronting Injustice is a call for collective action against the social causes of poverty and climate change, written by a socialist organizer for activists. Connexions Digest: Issue 53 - January 1991- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1991 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Connexions Library: Agriculture and Farming Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on farming and agriculture. Connexions Library: Environment Focus Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on environment, ecology, climate change, pollution, and land use. Connexions Library: Science Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on science. COP21, Paris: 'Another world is possible, necessary and urgent' Tokar, Brian Article 2015 The greatest danger of the Paris conference is that the global South will be bullied into to accepting a terrible deal rather than leave with none at all. That gives civil society an essential role - ... Creating an Ecological Society: Toward a Revolutionary Transformation Magdoff, Fred; Williams, Chris Book 2017 Because it aims squarely at replacing capitalism with an ecologically sound and socially just society, Creating an Ecological Society is filled with revolutionary hope. Fred Magdoff and Chris Williams... Crossing the River of Fire: The Liberal Attack on Naomi Klein and This Changes Everything Foster, John B.; Clark, Brett Article 2015 A review of Naomi Klein's book "This Changes Everything" on climate change and its political enviroment. The Dead End of Climate Justice: How NGO Bureaucrats and Greenwashed Corporations are Turning Nature Into Investment Capital Simons, Tim; Tonak, Ali Article 2010 The notion of climate debt, highlighted as the principle avenue of struggle for the climate justice movement, poses some large problems. Contemporary demands for reparations justified by the notion of... Death By A Thousand Cuts: Earth Enters The 'Danger Zone' Media Lens Article 2015 2014 was the warmest year on record for the world; possibly the warmest in 5000 years. Even worse, this warming will soon double the pollution levels of our planet. Meanwhile, corporate media couldn't... A Death Sentence For Africa: The Durban Climate Deal And Eight Corporate Media Unmentionables Article 2011 Carbon emissions, already at their peak, will continue to increase for at least the next eight years, pushing humanity closer to the brink of climate collapse. Rather than address the madness of a glo... A Direct Tax On Fossil Fuel Is What The World Needs Urgently Sharma, Devinder Article 2009 A direct tax on fossil fuels is the only realistic way to achieve the necessary cuts. Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change Marshall, George Book 2014 A book that tries to understand why people are so prone to deny or ignore the reality of climate change. The Earthscan Action Handbook Litvinoff, Miles Book 1990 A compendium of the world's major ills with suggestions for remedial action. Ecologist Special Report: From fish to forests and conflicts to coffee ... how humans are affected by climate-driven species shifts Mustonen, Tero; Rhoades, Hannibal Article 2017 Climate change has species on the move, with major consequences for biodiversity and human communities. Building resilience has never been more important and Indigenous Peoples are showing the way. $88 billion a year in subsidies for climate disaster: Global governments spend more than double what energy companies invest to find new regions for oil and gas drilling, despite climate change Prupis, Nadia Article 2014 Despite pledging in 2009 to phase out public subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, G20 countries have disregarded those promises and are currently spending $88 billion a year in taxpayer money to fu... Eliizabeth Kolbert's Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Against The Current vol. 125 McGough, John Article 2006 Floods in normally drought-stricken eastern India have killed hundreds and left 1.5 million homeless this summer. Closer to home, a record-setting heat wave this June killed 225 in the United States, ... EnvironmentSources.com Website 2017 Web portal with information about environmental issues and resources, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and importa... Essential reading on the Paris climate agreement Foran, John Article 2016 An annotated guide to thirty-four of the best articles on the COP21 Paris Agreement on climate change published in the immediate aftermath of the agreement. Exxon Knew CO2 Pollution Was A Global Threat By Late 1970s Grandia, Kevin and DeMelle, Brendan Article 2016 Throughout Exxon’s global operations, the company knew that CO2 was a harmful pollutant in the atmosphere years earlier than previously reported. Exxon corporate documents from the late 1970s state un... Fantasy technology won't stop climate change Angus, Ian Article 2015 Climate negotiators are promising 'negative emissions' using a risky and unproven technology called BECSS. It's the wrong way to go. Field Notes from a Catastrophe Kolbert, Elizabeth Book 2006 A readable account of the development of the science of global warming, alongside shocking vignettes that demonstrate the rapidly altering effects climate change is having on our world. Fighting for climate justice Hearse, Phil Article 2017 Climate change is a key factor in oppression of the poor worldwide. Five Challenges for Ecosocialists in 2008 Angus, Ian Article 2007 Ecosocialism is not separate from the existing left and green movements, and it is not a structured movement on its own. Rather, it is a current of thought within existing socialist and green-left mov... A Fossil Fuel Exit Program Ekeland, Anders Article 2014 Ekeland analyzes climate activist Hansen's climate change exit strategy and why it has not been supported or pursued by political and environmental groups. Gates of Delusion: Media Distortions and REAL Climate Scandals Article 2010 Climate-related storms in a teacup have been appearing in the corporate media almost on a daily basis. This nonsense is distracting attention from a mountain of evidence that human-induced climate cha... The Global Fight for Climate Justice: Anticapitalist Responses to Global Warming and Environmental Destruction Angus, Ian (ed.) Book 2009 A guide to the debate on climate change, a sourcebook that makes the case for anti-capitalist action as the only effective way to stop global warming. God's plan for climate change Sottile, J P Article 2014 How, and why, does the US Right and its evangelical 'Christian' wing campaign for mal-education, ignorance, corporate dominance, and the profligate consumption of fossil fuels? A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest deBuys, William Book 2011 In A Great Aridness, William deBuys paints a compelling picture of what the Southwest might look like when the heat turns up and the water runs out. This semi-arid land, vulnerable to water shortages,... A Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations Ponting, Clive Book 1991 Ponting tracks the "green" history of the world showing how throughout history civilizations have collapsed when they exhausted the earth's natural resources. Greenhouse Gas Concentrations in Atmosphere Reach New Record: Sources News Release Article 2013 The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2012, continuing an upward and accelerating trend which is driving climate change and will shape the future of our planet ... Harper's Worst Offense against Refugees May Be His Climate Record Anderson, Mitchell Article 2015 The Middle East drought between 2006 and 2011 was without precedent since modern record keeping, killing over 80 per cent of livestock and driving up local food prices. Already poor populations had to... Heat: How to Stop the Planet From Burning Monbiot, George Book 2006 Concerns about the effects of global warming on the Human species - especially those unfortunate enough to live in poorer countries - require drastic action, far outstripping the recommendations of th... The Heat Is On: The Climate Crisis, The Cover-up, The Prescription Gelbspan, Ross Book 1997 A book discussing the ever-worsening threat of global climate change. The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines Mann, Michael E. Book 2012 Michael E. Mann, lead author of the original paper in which the Hockey Stick graph first appeared, shares the story of the science and politics behind the controversy of climate change, and the implie... How Much Does Climate Change Change? Cox, Janice; Gasser, Michael Article 2015 A review Naomi Klein's book This Changes Everything. How the People's Climate March Became a Corporate PR Campaign Gupta, Arun Article 2014 I've never been to a protest march that advertised in the New York City subway. That spent $220,000 on posters inviting Wall Street bankers to join a march to save the planet, according to one source.... How to Change Everything Battisoni, Alyssa Article 2015 Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything is a vital book whose limitations should spark discussion about where we go from here. How will we get to an ecological civilization? Williams, Chris Article 2015 Capitalism's infrastructure, which is designed to dominate nature, cannot simply be taken over and used for an ecological transformation. Only a complete, root-and-branch change will do the job. Human nature Out of the Woods Article 2016 A review of Jason W Moore's book on world-ecology, Capitalism in the Web of Life. I was wrong on veganism: Traditional livestock production makes ecological sense Monbiot, George Article 2010 An environmental reporter reviews the environmental impacts of meat production in the developed world. He finds that First World meat production is incredibly wasteful but that this is not a requireme... The Ice Melts Into Water: Arctic Ice Melt, Psychopathic Capitalism And The Corporate Media Cromwell, David; Edwards, David Article 2012 Last month, climate scientists announced that Arctic sea ice had shrunk to its smallest surface area since satellite observations began in 1979. An ice-free summer in the Arctic, once projected to be ... The Illusion of Democracy : Liberal Journalism, Wikileaks And Climate Deceptions Cormwell, David Article 2012 In an era of permanent war, economic meltdown and climate ‘weirding’, we need all the champions of truth and justice that we can find. But where are they? What happened to trade unions, the green move... The Inquisition of Climate Science Powell, James Lawrence Book 2011 The Inquisition of Climate Science is the first book to comprehensively take on the climate science denial movement and the deniers themselves, exposing their lack of credentials, their extensive indu... Inuit Are Living on the Front Lines of Climate Change Hanley, Charles J. Article 2009 Climate change is being felt in northwest Canada, and in a wide circle at the top of the world, stretching from Alaska through the Siberian tundra, into northern Scandinavia and Greenland, and on to C... The IPCC report: Between nightmare and revolution Tanuro, Daniel Article 2014 Belgian ecosocialist Daniel Tanuro says the latest IPCC report has sounded an alarm that we must not ignore. Only radical change can avert climate disaster. IS and climate change - an inconvenient truth for Republicans Cole, Juan Article 2015 US Democratic presidential contender Martin O’Malley sparked controversy last month by saying that the conditions for the rise of the so-called Islamic State (IS, also known as Isil, Isis or Da'esh) w... Is there a vast cowspiracy about climate change? Boucher, Doug Article 2016 Cowspiracy movie review: Cowspiracy's argument is based on badly flawed and almost unanimously rejected interpretations of science. Actual science and scientists are practically absent among the many ... James Hansen and the Climate-Change Exit Strategy Bellamy Foster, John Article 2013 Hansen has provided the starting point for a realistic climate-change exit strategy aimed at keeping the increase in global average temperatures below 2°C (3.6° F), an amount that constitutes the plan... Jared Diamond, Greenwasher: Shilling for Chevron Article 2005 Since Jared Diamond and the economists all believe in the inviolability of the capitalist system, there is a certain cognitive dissonance at work in their writings. They harp on the symptoms, but stop... Katrina, Climate Justice and Fish Dinners: Social Justice Lawyer Colette Pichon Battle Quigley, Bill Article 2016 Colette Pichon Battle gave up a great job working as a corporate immigration lawyer in Washington DC to live in a tent in front of her flooded family home 50 miles from downtown New Orleans. She is no... Keep it in the Ground Article 2015 A campaign by The Guardian newspaper to stop climate change by keeping fossil fuels in the ground, featuring a series of articles on different aspects of the issue across the world. Let Them Eat Climate Change Montague, Brendan Article 2015 The winds are changing for the energy giants. And so the black plumes of smoke emitted by the climate deniers in an attempt to provide cover for the coal, oil and gas industry have already been refine... The liberal climate agenda is doomed to failure Parkin, Scott Article 2014 Liberal environmentalism represents a dangerous delusion, writes Scott Parkin - that 'playing nice' with Earth-destroying corporations and politicians can yield results worth having. Radical change on... Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth as if We Want to Stay Nickerson, Michael Book 2006 The failure to reduce green house gas emissions, the success of efforts to curb ozone depletion, causes related to prosperity and social justice are just some the topics covered. By using the example ... Like a Dull Knife: The People's Climate "Farce" Saul, Quincy Article 2014 Even in a top-down format, one hopes the upcoming march could draw much-needed attention to the climate movement. Looming Climate Catastrophe: Extinction in Nine Years? Lindorff, Dave Article 2017 Reports from the Arctic are getting pretty grim. The Manufactured Doubt Industry And The Hacked Email Controversy Masters, Jeff Article 2009 The fossil fuel industry has been working for years to create a smokescreen of doubt to obscure the facts of global warming. Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Oreskes, Naomi; Conway, Erik M. Book 2010 Investigative reportage on how private interests and lobbies in America use hired gun scientists to spread doubt and misinformation. The media's binary understanding of balanced repoting has given the... Missing from the Paris Agreement: the Pentagon's monstrous carbon boot print Nelson, Joyce Article 2015 How much of the mainstream media coverage given to COP21 and the Paris Agreement mentioned the mysterious exemption given to the US's massive military and security machine? None, writes Joyce Nelson. ... Naomi Klein: To fight climate change we must fight capitalism Klein, Naomi Article 2015 Interview with Naomi Klein, the author of "This Changes Everything." Natural Disasters: Acts of God or Acts of Man? Wijkman, Anders; Timberlake, Lloyd Book The authors argue that natural disasters are not so natural. Surveying the rising damage caused around the world by floods, draught, cyclones, earthquakes and tidal waves, they conclude that these eve... Nature, science & power: Questions need to be asked... Riordon, Michael Website 2014 Here many questions will be asked, some answers attempted. This blog connects to a new book: Bold Scientists: dispatches from the battle for honest science, published in 2014 by Between the Lines. The Need for Clear Demands at the Peoples' Climate March Peterman, Anne Article 2014 In New York City on September 21st, a major climate march is planned. It will take place two days before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's UN Climate Summit -- a one-day closed door session where the... A New Wave of Climate Insurgents Defines Itself as Law-Enforcers Brecher, Jeremy Article 2016 Grassroots movement organizations from every continent will hold a global week of action called Break Free From Fossil Fuels in May 2016. They envision tens of thousands of people mobilizing worldwide... Noam Chomsky: US Is the "Most Dangerous Country in the World" Falcone, Dan Article 2017 Nuclear proliferation and climate change are subjects of acute concern in the current moment, driven into an all-out state of emergency by the new Trump administration. In this interview, Noam Chomsk... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 4, 2014 Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Article 2014 Information about the Connexions Alternative Media List and the Labor Film Archive. Articles on corporations spying on non-profits, workplace deaths, Monsanto and Ukraine, and liberal environmentalism... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 2, 2014: Climate Change Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 This issue of Other Voices looks at why so many people deny or ignore the very real and very near threat of climate change. We also look into the ways on how NGOs tame and undermine grassroots movemen... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 27, 2014: Climate Change Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 The theme for this issue, and the topic of the week, is Climate Change. Groups and websites engaged in the fight for action on global warming and climate justice are featured. Book of the week is Magd... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 10, 2015: Labour Day issue Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Labour Day issue, with articles examining the relentless pressure put on workers to work ever longer hours, at the cost of their health and family life; anti-worker legislation, Zapatista popular educ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 24, 2015: Voter Suppression Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Featuring information and articles related to the October 19, 2015 Canadian election. The topic of the week is Voter Suppression, with articles about voter suppression in Canada and the United States. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 21, 2015: Climate Change and Social Change Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 This issue of Other Voices spotlights climate change, the escalating crisis that the upcoming Paris climate conference is supposed to address. But climate change is not a single problem: it is a produ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 5, 2015: Ecosocialism, environment, and urban gardening Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 This issue of Other Voices covers a wide range of issues, from the climate crisis and the ecosocialist response, to terrorism and the struggle against religious fundamentalism, as well as items on urb... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 19, 2015: Utopia Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Utopian visions, be they practical or not, free our imaginations, if only for a little while, from the daily grind of struggle and worry, and allow us to dream about the kind of world we would hope to... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 2, 2016: Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, and Contempt for Democracy Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Article 2016 Brexit, the British vote to leave the European Union, has thrown the political elites into turmoil and confusion. The referendum was supposed to be a safe political manoeuvre, a way to produce an appe... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 20, 2016: Fake News Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 "Fake news" is the latest mania to convulse the mainstream media. All at once, we're being subjected to an outbreak of hand-wringing articles and commentary about obscure websites which are supposedly... 'The Planet Can't Keep Doing Us A Favour' Cromwell, David Article 2013 With humanity's huge impact on the planet's climate becoming ever clearer, the claim of 'history in the making' is truly deserved. Rampaging Climate Deniers' Losing Battle Salzman, Lorna Article 2009 Because of the flimsy comprehension of science and evolution of most writers in the mass media, those who venture to write about evolution feel constrained to present "alternative" views. But "alterna... Reclaim the Power! Climate protestors rout security with UK-wide fossil fuel strikes Tickell,Oliver Article 2015 The fossil fuel industry and its political backers have been left reeling by an unprecedented series of direct action strikes against targets across the country to protest at continuing investment in ... The Road from Copenhagen: Against The Current vol. 144 The Editors Article 2010 The handwriting about the long-anticipated Copenhagen climate change conference has been on the wall for months, and its message is not promising for our human civilization or the thousands of species... Roadblocks to Climate Activism: The Problem of Natural Localism Davidson, Lawrence Article 2013 The consequences of global warming. The evidence for the evolving dire effects of building CO2 and other greenhouse gases is getting increasingly conclusive. We are a species influenced by natural loc... Scandal! Exxon knew about climate change, boosted denialism, misled shareholders, went carbon heavy McKibben, Bill Article 2016 One of the world's biggest energy companies has been caught out in what may be the biggest ever climate scandal. Way back in the 1980s ExxonMobil knew of the 'potentially catastrophic' and 'irreversib... Seven Answers To Climate Contrarian Nonsense Rennie, John Article 2009 Within the community of scientists and others concerned about anthropogenic climate change, those deny climate change are commonly referred to as contrarians, naysayers and denialists. Not everyone wh... The specter of geoengineering haunts the Paris climate agreement Tanuro, Daniel Article 2016 in a capitalist framework negative emissions technologies appear to offer the only possible way out. Geoengineering is the specter that haunts the text adopted in Paris and gives it meaning. The fact ... 'Stable' NE Greenland ice sheet is melting away Khan, Shfaqat Abbas Article 2014 A new study has found that the NE section of the Greenland ice sheet - thought to be stable due to the extreme cold - has been losing ice since 2006 with increasing speed. And that has huge implicati... State of the World's Oceans: New Internationalist January/February 2007 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2007 A look at the how the world's ocean is being destroyed and its effects on the earth. Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (and Doesn't Seem to Care) Marsden, William Book 2007 As the world teeters on the edge of catastrophic climate change, Alberta plunges ahead with uncontrolled development of its fossil fuels, levelling its northern Boreal forest to get at the oil sands, ... System Change Not Climate Change McLaren, Jesse (ed.) Article 2014 Stopping climate catastrophe and winning a world of climate justice is a critical task of our generation -- and it will require a radical transformation of society and of our relationship with nature.... Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent Nikiforuk, Andrew Book 2010 To extract the energy from the Alberta tar sands, the world's ugliest, most expensive hydrocrabon, we are polluting our air, poisoning our water, destroying vast areas of boreal forest, and underminin... "This Changes Everything...": Against The Current vol. 92 The Editors Article 2001 Remember those ads for the Viper, that hyped-up, super-computerized Dodge yuppiemobile that adjusted itself for road conditions, programmed its own itinerary, virtually drove itself and offered more l... This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate Klein, Naomi Book 2014 Klein says that climate change cannot be confronted unless we confront capitalism. She says that we can seize this existential crisis to transform our failed system and build something radically bette... This Changes Everything Lewis, Avi (director); Klein, Naomi (narrator) Film/Video 2015 Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein’s book This Changes Everything, the film presents portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar S... This Is About Us Monbiot, George Article 2009 The talks at Copenhagen are not just about climate change. They represent a battle to redefine humanity. Toolkit for a New Canada Gonick, Cy (Coordinating Editor) Article 2008 A pamphlet providing a snapshot of what the contributors, brought together by Canadian Dimension magazine, believe are the big issues facing Canada in the first decade of the 21st century. The article... Toolkit for a New Canada - 2013 Edition Article 2013 A pamphlet providing a snapshot of what the contributors, brought together by Canadian Dimensionmagazine, believe are the big issues facing Canada in the second decade of the 21st century. The article... Toward Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and their Governments Roseland, Mark Book 1992 The way our urban communities develop will largely determine our success or failure in overcoming environmental challenges and achieving sustainable development. Toward Sustainable Communities offer p... Truth About Global Warming Zwicker, Barrie Article 1997 Review of The Heat is On: The High Stakes Battle Over Earth's Threatened Climate, by Ross Gelbspan. 20 Ways to Save Mother Earth and Prevent Climate Change Morales, Evo Article 2008 Capitalism's glorification of competition and thirst for limitless profit are destroying the planet. Viva Yasuni! Life vs Big Oil: New Internationalist July 2008 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2008 A look at the Yasuni rainforest in Ecuador and its imminent destruction by oil companies. Washington and the Oil Industry Know the Truth About Climate Change: Short-Term Profits Trump Survival Lindorff, Dave Article 2014 Climate skeptics in Congress, and oil and coal industry lobbyists like the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Coal Council (ACC) may be preventing any significant action in the US on ... Wendell Berry's Radical Skepticism: The celebrated farmer and poet shares a message of love in a time of unrest Massey, Brian Article 2016 When the celebrated writer, farmer, and elder statesman of the local food movement sat down in front of a sold-out audience at Johns Hopkins University last week, the crowd seemed even more eager than... What a Way to Treat Your Mother: Women and the State of the Planet Langer, Julia Article 1991 Our planet is in crisis. What Every Environmentalist Needs To Know about Capitalism: A Citizen's Guide to Capitalism and the Environment Magdoff, Fred; Foster, John Bellamy Book 2011 A manifesto for those environmentalists who reject schemes of “green capitalism” or piecemeal reform. Magdoff and Foster argue that efforts to reform capitalism along environmental lines or rely solel... What If America's Leaders Actually Want Catastrophic Climate Change?: Thinking the Unthinkable Lindorff, Dave Article 2012 Our leaders, political and corporate, may be puerile, egocentric greed-heads, but they are not stupid. They surely for the most part recognize that the Earth is heating up and heading at full speed to... What Would it Mean to Win? Turbulence collective Book 2010 Where is the movement today? Where is it going? Are we winning? The authors of the essays in this volume pose these and other momentous questions. What's at stake in Copenhagen: The crucial debates at Copenhagen Gilbertson, Tamra; Reyes, Oscar Article 2009 Tere is no chance of achieving binding greenhouse gas reductions within the current framework for an agreement. Instead the problem is being redefined to fit the business-as-usual assumptions of neoli... While you were distracted climate change warning arrived Mandel, Charles Article 2016 With dire warnings of catastrophic sea level rise and superstorms capable of pitching 1,000 tonne mega-boulders onto shorelines, scientist James Hansen sounded an alarm over continued global warming. Who Killed Ekaru Loruman? Parenti, Christian Article 2012 Climate change arrives in a world primed for crisis. The current and impending dislocations of climate change intersect with the already existing crises of poverty and violence. By this “catastrophic ... Who Speaks for the Climate?: Making Sense of Media Reporting on Climate Change Boykoff, Maxwell T. Book 2011 This book helps students, academic researchers and interested members of the public explore how the media portray climate change and how they shape the spectrum of possibilities for policy action. Pro... Why environmentalists must support workers' struggles: Global Capitalism is the Real Enemy McMillan, Stephanie Article 2013 This is to specifically address class struggle as it relates to the ecological crisis. It will not address all the other (many!) reasons that working class struggle must be waged and supported. Why Exxon Executives Deserve the Ultimate Punishment Street, Paul Article 2015 In a series of articles based on internal documents from Exxon Mobil going back to the 1970s and on interviews with former company scientists and employees, ICN shows that Exxon's "own research confir... Why We Left Our Farms to Come to Copenhagen: Speech of Henry Saragih, general coordinator of Via Campesina at the opening session of Klimaforum Saragih, Henry Article 2009 Climate change is already seriously impacting us. It brings floods, droughts and the outbreak of pests that are all causing harvest failures. I must point out that these harvest failures are something... Will climate chaos reign in the Anthropocene? Angus, Ian Article 2015 To judge by many accounts of climate change, the twenty-first century will gradually become a warmer, stormier, and less biodiverse version of the twentieth. There's an unspoken assumption that the An... Without a Popular Movement We Don't Stand a Chance: Andreas Malm on Climate Change Malm, Andreas; Landstrom, Rasmus Article 2018 An interview with the author of "Fossil Capital and The Progress of This Storm", who says there are reasons to be hopeful but significant progress will require a global movement of unprecedented scale... Wonderful Wonderful Carbon Haven! Bryan, Kim Article 2009 With the activists gearing up outside and developing countries in no mood for compromise - climate justice is definitely on the agenda this time round. The World Without Us Weisman, Alan Book 2007 A thought experiment to see what would happen to the planet if human beings simply disappeared.
The Yes Men Are Revolting Servin, Jacques; Vamos, Igor; Nix, Laura (director) Film/Video 2014 A documentary film about The Yes Men, a culture jamming duo who use the aliases Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno. The film follows their exploits as they prank various organizations and corporations wh... Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites350.org 350.org is an international campaign that's building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis--the solutions that science and justice demand.
Our mission is to inspire the... Campaign for Nuclear Phaseout CNP is a non-profit initiative directed by a steering committee of activists across Canada. CNP encourages the phaseout of nuclear power in favour of safer, cleaner and more economic energy alternativ... Canadian Environmental Network The Canadian Environmental Network is a neutral conduit for communications between 1500+ environmental groups in Canada. Nine regional networks also provide more regionally based networking services. Capitalism, Nature, Socialism: A Journal of Socialist Ecology CNS is a journal of ecosocialism. We welcome submissions on red-green politics and the anti-globalization movement; environmental history; workplace labor struggles; land/community struggles; politica... Centre for Research on Globalization An independent research and media group of writers, scholars and activists. Publishes news articles, commentary, background research and analysis on a broad range of issues, focussing on social, econo... Clean Nova Scotia Foundation Working to improve our environment. Climate Action Network Canada CANCanada - To support & empower Canada's governments private sector, labour & civil society by designing, developing implementing effective strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at internati... Climate Justice Now! A network of organisations and movements from across the globe committed to the fight for social, ecological and gender justice. Corporate Watch Corporate Watch is a not-for-profit co-operative providing critical information on the social and environmental impacts of corporations and capitalism. Since 1996 our research, journalism, analysis an... CounterCurrents.org An alternative news site based in India. We bring out what the mainstream media fails to tell you, or hides from you. These are the things that really matter. The things which may determine the fate o... Desmogblog.com Clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science. A source for accurate, fact based information regarding Global Warming misinformation campaigns.
An overwhelming majority of the world's clima... Ecologist, The Online environmental affairs magazine covering a wide range of issues, ranging from the environmental costs of industrial agriculture, the health effects of toxins, the effects of economic globalizati... Friends of the Earth International We are the world's largest grassroots environmental network, uniting 76 national member groups and some 5,000 local activist groups on every continent. With over 2 million members and supporters aroun... Green Left Weekly Independent Australian publication and Web site committed to human and civil rights, global peace and environmental sustainability, democracy and equality, providing local, national and international ... Greenpeace Canada Active in a wide variety of environmental campaigns, Greenpeace is effective at educating the public through creative, non-violent direct actions, researching alternatives to destructive practices and... History & Policy History & Policy:
* Demonstrates the relevance of history to contemporary policymaking
* Puts historians in touch with those discussing and deciding public policy today
* Increases the influence of... KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives KAIROS brings together churches and religious organziations to respond to issues of common concern, advocate for social change and join faith with action for social transformation. Monbiot.com George Monbiot's Web site.
Nature Canada To promote the understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of nature and the conservation of the environment so that the integrity of natural systems is maintained. New Society Publishers New Society Publishers' mission is to publish books that contribute in fundamental ways to building an ecologically sustainable and just society, and to do so with the least possible impact upon the e... Oeko-Institut German institute dealing with environmental issues including transportation and climate change.
Eine der europaweit fhrenden, unabh„ngigen Forschungs- und Beratungseinrichtungen fr eine nachhaltige... OneWorld.net (U.S.) We bring together the latest news and views from over 1,600 organizations promoting human rights awareness and fighting poverty worldwide. The OneWorld network spans five continents and produces conte... David Suzuki Foundation Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. Focussing on four program areas -- oceans and sustainable fishin... Toronto Environmental Alliance Since 1988, Toronto Environmental Alliance has campaigned locally to find solutions to Toronto's urban environmental problems. A not-for-profit organization, we advocate on behalf of all Torontonians ... West Coast Environmental Law Association To provide legal advice, representation, education and research which seeks to ensure enviromental protection and effective public involvement in environmental decision-making. Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryClimate Change Poses Huge Challenge To The Coast Guard, But Fox News Would Rather Dismiss It Harrington, Chris 2015 Climate change and national security are no laughing matters but Fox News thinks it's hilarious when you pair the two together. The scientific community would disagree with Fox News. Dream Worlds Here and There Book Review of "2312" by Kim Stanley Robinson Short, Jesse 2013 Short reviews Robinson's "2312," which concerns the state of a world three hundred years from now in which a twisted version of the dream "another world is possible" has come to pass, where nothing st... Misleading figures on greenhouse gas emissions Letter to the editor Diemer, Ulli 2018 A letter to the editor from an oil industry apologist (April 12) tries to excuse the Alberta oilsands’ growing carbon emissions with the argument that Canada accounts for “just” 1.6 per cent of global... An Open Letter To Congress From US Scientists On Climate Change And Recently Stolen Emails Sources News Release 2009 As U.S. scientists with substantial expertise on climate change and its impacts on natural ecosystems, our built environment and human well-being, we want to assure policy makers and the public of the... System Change Not Climate Change 2011 A website with multimedia resources intended to educate and inspire people to take collective action for climate justice. Toronto Council Moves to Protect City's Water from Pipeline Spills Sources News Release 2015 Toronto City Council's motion asking for emergency shut-off values on either side of the City of Toronto's major watercourses reflects increased resident pressure on the city to defend us all against ... VOW Women Concerned by Rising Carbon Dioxide Emissions Sources News Release 2015 As members of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace we are extremely concerned about the threat to our future from runaway temperature rise as a result rising carbon dioxide emissions in our atmosphere. From the Connexions ArchivesOeko-Institut Website German institute dealing with environmental issues including transportation and climate change. |
