Capitalism

Tax the rich, save the planet

10/11/21

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Adrienne Tanner

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Rev. David Haslam, a Methodist anti-poverty and tax justice crusader at a side event to the UN climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 8. Photo by Adrienne Tanner / Canada's National Observer

November 9th 2021

Rev. David Haslam, a well-known British human rights and tax justice firebrand, has this little joke he tells. “I am really worried about the souls of the wealthy.”

“If we are going to save their souls, we’re going to have to take some money off them.”

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The Overrated Promise of a Carbon Tax

10/11/21

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Anis Chowdhury, Jomo Kwame Sundaram

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Common Dreams

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Facebook Is Making Millions Off Lies About the Climate Crisis

09/11/21

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Facebook Is Making Millions Off Lies About the Climate Crisis

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vice

Nov. 5, 2021

A barrage of new data shows just how bad Facebook's climate misinformation problem is, and how the company profits from it.

As world leaders at COP26 in Glasgow try to negotiate the drastic and urgent action needed to avoid total climate catastrophe, a trio of new reports shows that work is being directly undermined by Facebook’s inability to prevent toxic misinformation about climate change from pervading its platform.

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Capitalism

Climate Change

Social

COP26: Military pollution is the skeleton in the West’s climate closet

09/11/21

Author:

Jonathan Cook

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Middle East Eye

A US-made Israeli F-35 fighter jet performs during an air show over the beach in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv, 9 May 2019 (AFP)

Nov. 8, 2021

Leaders at the COP26 summit have no intention of tackling the growing environmental impacts caused by their 'defence' spending

orld leaders gathered in Glasgow last week for the COP26 summit in a bid to demonstrate how they are belatedly getting to grips with the climate crisis. Agreements to protect forests, cut carbon and methane emissions and promote green tech are all being hammered out in front of a watching world.

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The Serpent of Capitalism!

04/11/21

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Extinction Rebellion

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Industry-Backed 'Nature-Based Solutions' Scam, Warns Global Climate Coalition

03/11/21

Author:

Jessica Corbett

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Common Dreams

An international coalition is warning world leaders that corporate-backed "nature-based solutions" are scams that will lead to "dispossessions" while failing to help mitigate the climate emergency. (Photo: tcareob72/Shutterstock)

Nov. 2, 2021

"What corporations and big conservation groups call 'nature-based solutions' is a dangerous distraction."

As a global climate summit continued in Glasgow, Scotland on Tuesday, an international coalition of advocacy groups warned world leaders that corporate polluters are pushing for "nature-based solutions" to capture planet-heating emissions so they can "keep burning fossil fuels, mine more of the planet, and increase industrial meat and dairy production."

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Food Sovereignty for Climate Justice Now: Declaration Toward UN Climate COP26

03/11/21

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La Via Campesina

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The Bullet

November 2, 2021 • La Via Campesina

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Bolivian President Warns 'Carbon Colonialism' Won't Solve Climate Crisis

03/11/21

Author:

Brett Wilkins

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Common Dreams

Bolivian President Luis Arce addresses the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland on November 1, 2021. (Photo: Luis Arce/Twitter)

Nov. 2, 2021

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Capitalism

Climate Change

Ecosocialism

COP-26: Stopping Climate Change and Other Illusions

02/11/21

Author:

William E. Rees

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Resilience

October 29, 2021

Measured atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa Observatory. Note: red = the monthly mean values; black = the same, after correction for the average seasonal cycle.

Measured atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa Observatory. Note: red = the monthly mean values; black = the same, after correction for the average seasonal cycle.

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Capitalism is killing the planet – it’s time to stop buying into our own destruction

01/11/21

Author:

George Monbiot

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The Guardian

Coffee cup: Composite: Guardian/Rex/Shutterstock

Oct. 30, 2021

Instead of focusing on ‘micro consumerist bollocks’ like ditching our plastic coffee cups, we must challenge the pursuit of wealth and level down, not up

There is a myth about human beings that withstands all evidence. It’s that we always put our survival first. This is true of other species. When confronted by an impending threat, such as winter, they invest great resources into avoiding or withstanding it: migrating or hibernating, for example. Humans are a different matter.

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Capitalism

A barrage of new data shows just how bad Facebook's climate misinformation problem is, and how the company profits from it.

Leaders at the COP26 summit have no intention of tackling the growing environmental impacts caused by their 'defence' spending

"What corporations and big conservation groups call 'nature-based solutions' is a dangerous distraction."

Instead of focusing on ‘micro consumerist bollocks’ like ditching our plastic coffee cups, we must challenge the pursuit of wealth and level down, not up

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