Climate Change
COP26 climate summit ends in failure
By Patrick Martin
Nov.9, 2021
As the global climate summit COP26 drags out to its miserable end this week in Glasgow, Scotland, the major capitalist powers...
The UN’s Big Climate Summit Is Ignoring a Giant Red Flag
Not a single day will be devoted to food and agriculture, the source of a quarter of global emissions.
By Tom Philpott
Oct 29, 2021
When politicians, scientists,...
The Dirty Truth About Clean Technologies
The poor South is being exploited so that the rich North can transition to environmental sustainability. Entire swaths of land are being destroyed to...
‘We need a global Green New Deal’ – inequality and climate...
by Bethany Rielly in Glasgow
Nov.8, 2021
TAXING the rich is one of the main tools to saving the planet, politicians calling for a green new...
Indigenous activists lead tens of thousands in mass climate demonstration
By Niall Christie and Bethany Rielly in Glasgow
Nov. 8, 2021
INDIGENOUS activists led tens of thousands of protesters through the streets of Glasgow on Saturday,...
Greta Thunberg Accuses World Leaders of ‘Pure Madness’ for Climate Failures...
"We don't need any more distant, non-binding pledges. We don't need any more empty promises... Yet that is all that we are getting and...
Climate protests: fury, and optimism, in the Glasgow rain
As Cop26 reached halfway stage, rallies were held around the world, with actor Idris Elba among those calling for African voices to be central...
Climate crisis: Over 200 health journals urge world leaders to tackle...
06 September 2021
More than 200 health journals have called on governments to take emergency action to tackle the “catastrophic harm to health” from climate...
Just 90 companies caused two-thirds of man-made global warming emissions
Chevron, Exxon and BP among companies most responsible for climate change since dawn of industrial age, figures show
By Suzanne Goldenberg
Wed 20 Nov 2013
The climate...
Brazil water survey heightens alarm over extreme drought
By DIANE JEANTET
August 27, 2021
The Brazilian scientists were skeptical. They ran different models to check calculations, but all returned the same startling result.
The country...