Robert Pollin is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He is also the founder and President of PEAR (Pollin Energy and Retrofits), an Amherst, MA-based green energy company operating throughout the United States. His books include The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy (co-authored 1998); Contours of Descent: U.S.
Closing speech by Paula Gioia, the European Youth International Coordination Committee (ICC) member of La Via Campesina, at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) colloquium on Global governance/politics, climate justice & agrarian/social justice: linkages and challenges. 4-5
Sanders and Clinton debate. Photo: Adam Reese/CNN.
Chris Williams of Pace University and Michael Oppenheimer of Princeton University say the presidential candidates have not given the issue of climate change the attention it merits given that the future of humanity is at stake - February 12, 2016
[ Editors: Some union leaders in BC continue to advocate the wrong direction for working people. The latest example is the letter below that was published in the Vancouver Sun newspaper. Following this letter's misguided opposition to fossil fuel divestment by UBC is a previous response by the Vancouver Ecosocialists to such views. Note further: "UBC board of governors votes against divestment from fossil fuel industry"- CBC News, Feb 15, 2016 12:52 PM PT]
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair did not endorse the Leap Manifesto at the time of its release but said he welcomed new ideas and understood it reflected a desire for change. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press)
As the NDP mulls over its disastrous election outcome, more than a dozen ridings are urging the party to embrace a plan for dramatic change at the party convention in April.
The Leap Manifesto offers a number of recommendations, including a proposal to wean the country off fossil fuels to address climate change.
Canada's North is already experiencing significant impacts due to climate change. In Nunavut changes to sea ice cover threatens traditional hunting routes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
As Canada’s first ministers prepare to meet next month to discuss a national climate plan, a new report from the Yukon shows the toll climate change is taking on the North.
Hope and failure coexist in the Paris climate agreement. One may want to curse or cheer the deal, but it is history now, and we have to get on with it. The agreement provides an opportunity to assess our ecological progress and prepare to be effective in the future.
