By 2012 the global warming crisis was supposed to be resolved. World leaders promised this 20 years ago at the Eco-92 Summit, where they introduced a new strategy called “sustainable development” that would enable market forces to save the environment through...
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Can capitalism survive the end of growth? | by Cy Gonick
Richard Heinberg. The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality New Society Publishers, 2011 Publisher & Coordinating Editor of Canadian Dimension Industrialized economies have grown most years since the mid-19th century. Globally, economic output per...
Leaked documents reveal UK fight to dilute EU Green Energy targets | by Fiona Harvey
Allegations of coalition hypocrisy over green issues as critics say documents show UK has caved in to fossil fuel lobbyists The government has been trying to water down key environmental regulations in Brussels despite trumpeting its commitment to green issues at...
‘Golden Age of Gas’ threatens renewable energy, IEA warns | by Fiona Harvey
Agency says tripling output by 2035 from unconventional gas sources such as shale gas could end support for renewables A "golden age of gas" spurred by a tripling of shale gas from fracking and other sources of unconventional gas by 2035 will stop renewable energy in...
Gas Rebranded as Green Energy by EU | by Fiona Harvey
Victory for gas lobby as aims of €80bn EU innovation programme altered to channel money to 'low-carbon' fossil fuel Energy from gas power stations has been rebranded as a green, low-carbon source of power by a €80bn European Union programme, in a triumph of the...
EU Greenhouse Gas emissions rise despite Climate Change Policies | by Fiona Richards
European Union's 2010 greenhouse gas emissions rise of 2.4% blamed on cold winter and economic recovery in some areas Greenhouse gas emissions for the European Union increased in 2010, despite the economic recession and policies intended to tackle climate change. The...
The end of cheap oil | by Phil Gasper
Capitalism has no solution to the world energy crisis as oil prices reach record highs. BY NOW everyone in the United States knows that world oil prices are going through the roof. Gas in the U.S. is now over $4 a gallon and the Associated Press reports that there...
Who’s profiting from the water crisis? | by Joyce Nelson
Big business sees water scarcity as a money making opportunity. Joyce Nelson uncovers the dodgy dealings of the Aqueduct Alliance. In January 2010, investment banker Goldman Sachs, along with General Electric and a high-powered Washington thinktank called the World...
Africa’s Biggest Landfill Site: The Case Of Bisasar Road | by Patrick Bond and Khadija Sharife
Bisasar Road is Africa’s largest landfill site, and one of only three landfill sites in Durban with a full permit. It was opened for business in 1980 under South Africa’s apartheid regime. The Group Areas Act, a crucial pillar of the segregation agenda, meant that...


