Climatic change
Fossil-fuel emissions in 2018 increasing at fastest rate for seven years
By Zeke Hausfather
5 December 2018
Hopes that global CO2 emissions might be nearing a peak have been dashed by preliminary data showing that output from...
Sir David Attenborough warns of ‘collapse of civilisations’ at COP24 summit
By Rachael Kennedy
03/12/2018
Sir David Attenborough delivered a stern speech at the UN's climate change summit in Katowice, Poland, on Monday morning, warning of the...
Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere reach new record
20 November 2018
Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another new record high, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). There...
The fire in Paradise, California: From natural disaster to social catastrophe
21 November 2018
The US state of California has been devastated by the most destructive and deadliest wildfires in the state’s history. While wildfires, like...
Death toll rises to 71, more than 1,000 missing from devastating...
By Evan Blake
17 November 2018
The ongoing wildfires in California, including the most deadly and destructive in the state’s history, are a horrific exposure...
Le Brésil de Bolsonaro et les relations internationales
5 Nov. 2018
L'élection de Jair Bolsonaro à la tête du Brésil impliquera sûrement un alignement avec Washington, un rapprochement avec Israël et un coup...
Brazil’s shift from progressive socialism to the far-right: Why did this...
6 Nov, 2018
For Brazil, the world’s fourth largest democracy, to have elected the extreme right-wing Jair Bolsonaro is stunning.
Just a decade ago Brazil’s president...
New York Sues Exxon Mobil, Saying It Deceived Shareholders on Climate...
By John Schwartz
Oct. 24, 2018
New York’s attorney general sued Exxon Mobil on Wednesday, claiming the company defrauded shareholders by downplaying the expected risks of...
Making War on the Planet
Geoengineering and Capitalism's Creative Destruction of the Earth
by John Bellamy Foster
Sep 01, 2018
A short fuse is burning. At the present rate of global emissions,...