Sadly, an upbeat take on what “green” policies might means for jobs greatly understates the depth of economic restructuring needed to reduce the pace of climate change.
Read more...Some background on the demands the gilets jaunes are presenting to French president Macron.
Read more...Why we need the biggest change program in history and must deploy state-created money to mobilize resources.
Read more...Senators Warren, Sanders, Blumenthal, and Durbin, has asked the DHS IG to expand an investigation into misallocation of funds budgeted for repair of hurricane-damaged homes and profit-skimming in Puerto Rico
Read more...While parties to the 2015 Paris Accord conduct negotiations in Katowice, Poland, the EPA has opted to weaken coal emission standards promulgated during the administration of Trump’s predecessor.
Read more...In this Real News Network interview, Jane Sanders discusses the climate crisis and tells Paul Jay that voters shouldn’t support candidates who claim to be progressive, but don’t prioritize the fight against fossil fuel interests.
Read more...The new IPCC Report is overly optimistic about global productivity growth and fossil fuel energy use. More dramatic, immediate action on climate change is needed
Read more...Wishful thinking and tinkering like “green growth” won’t cut it. Nothing short of a mass mobilization for deep de-carbonization across the global economy can avert the looming climate catastrophe.
Read more...An overview of the gilets jaunes movement.
Read more...PADI, the world’s largest scuba diving training and certification group, and British conservation charity Reef-World Foundation, have joined forces to support the Green Fins scheme, to mitigate the impact of recreational diving on already-stressed coral reefs.
Read more...Two-week UN climate change summit kicks off in Poland, to flesh out details of the 2015 Paris Accord. Politicians have dithered about what action to take, in part diverted by the disinformation spread by fossil fuel companies.
Read more...Schools waste $5 million a day in uneaten food. Here’s how Oakland is reinventing the cafeteria.
Read more...A brief recap of the newly-released Federal report on climate change.
Read more...BECCS has big problems with its inputs and its outputs. Perhaps other solution to global warming should be prioritized.
Read more...Earth to economists: you are a big part of the climate change problem.
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