Climate Change
German far right targets Greta Thunberg in anti-climate push
Climate change denying groups advising the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) have close ties to Trump-supporting think-tanks in the US
ByDamian Kahya
14.05.2019
As they seek to gain...
Thirteen theses on the imminent ecological catastrophe and the (revolutionary) means...
by Michael Löwy*
10 February 2020
I. The ecological crisis is already the most important social and political question of the 21st century, and will become...
Trump, neo-fascism, and the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Michael D. Yates and John Bellamy Foster
Apr. 11, 2020
John Bellamy Foster has the distinction of having expertise in both political economy and ecology,...
Study: global banks ‘failing miserably’ on climate crisis by funneling trillions...
Analysis of 35 leading investment banks shows financing of more than $2.66tn for fossil fuel industries since the Paris agreement
By Patrick Greenfield and Kalyeena...
Sea-levels rise after record Greenland ice-cap melt
March 20, 2020
GREENLAND’S melting icecaps raised the sea levels by 2.2mm last year, scientists have warned, with the human-induced climate crisis accelerating the loss...
Capitalism versus Life on Earth
by Ian Angus
November 19, 2019
Environmental destruction isn’t driven by human nature or mistaken ideas. It is an inevitable consequence of a system built on...
Environmental groups take Norway to Supreme Court over Arctic oil
24 February 2020
Two environmental groups said on Monday they were trying to take the Norwegian state to the Supreme Court for granting oil licences...
The Zombie Diseases of Climate Change
What lurks in the Arctic’s thawing permafrost?
by Robinson Meyer
November 6, 2017
From the air, the coast of Greenland appears vast and tranquil. Hundreds of...
The IPCC’s Worst Case Scenario
by Robert Hunziker
March 18, 2020
A recent landmark study of massive ice loss in Antarctica and Greenland fulfills the “worst case” prognosis, as outlined by...
As Warming Waters Make Shellfish Toxic, a Way of Life Becomes...
By Zoya Teirstein, Grist
28 February 20
Phyllis Clough was driving to the post office in the tiny Alaskan village of Old Harbor one summer afternoon...