Ten Key Questions on Climate Change

Climate change is a political and scientific conundrum. From the denialism of the George Bush era to the neo-liberal imperatives of carbon trading, the subject is confusing, and an activist agenda is sometimes a navigational minefield. David Fig helps Amandla! to...

Grassroots Pressure Rises From South Durban

Durban, capital city of the KwaZulu- Natal province, is home to South Africa’s largest petroleum refinery and to 180 smokestack operations. It is an area where working-class communities live in close proximity to chemical and other “dirty” industries. The South Durban...

Taking Care of Business

The world’s biggest corporations have highjacked the UN climate talks. That’s bad news for our future, argues Oscar Reyes. A flower blooms under a floodlight. It is projected on to a huge screen, behind a panel of expensively suited executives. A CNN business...