Rob Marsden

Moving to a sustainable system of food production within a degrowth paradigm

From billmitchell.org I read an interesting report in the last few days – The Economics of the Food System Transformation – published…

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Hinkley limps on – we pick up the bill

By Sean Thompson, The news that Hinkley Point C, the largest construction project in Europe and the first nuclear plant…

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‘Capitalism is anti-us’: ex-GKN workers champion ecological transition

From People and Nature On 9 July 2021, Melrose Industries announced the closure of its GKN Driveline (formerly FIAT)…

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What a fair deal for ex-steelworkers would look like as the industry decarbonises

From The Conversation Plans to cut almost 3,000 jobs at the UK’s largest steelworks, Tata Steel in Port Talbot, south…

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Towards a Just Transition in North Africa and the Middle East

From Labour Hub Mike Phipps reviews Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region, edited by Hamza Hamouchene and Katie…

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COP28: Trashing the UN is easy, but where is the alternative?

From Alan Thornett’s Ecosocialist Discussion blog Despite being held in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – the sixth…

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Five reasons why agriculture should be central to our ecosocialist vision

From Rupture magazine Jess Spear 1. Industrialised agriculture is undermining our life support systems. Wildlife populations are collapsing and many…

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The climate costs of war and militaries can no longer be ignored

From The Guardian The climate costs of war and militaries can no longer be ignored Doug Weir More than 5%…

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2023 was hottest year on record, close to 1.5°C

From Climate and Capitalism January 9, 2024 Every day was over a degree above the pre-industrial level The European Commission’s Copernicus…

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The Hydrogen Economy – yet another mirage

Sean Thompson writes: Over the past few years, much has been made (particularly by fossil fuel industry lobbyists) of the…