Growth

The ‘energy security’ strategy that promises more oil and gas

From People and Nature. In this guest post, PETER SOMERVILLE examines the UK government’s “energy security strategy” The UK government’s…

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We created the ‘Pandemicene’

Via Portside This study suggests that the alarming pace at which new or reemergent viruses have caused outbreaks in recent…

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Doughnut Economics- five years on.

Alan Thornett reviews Kate Raworth’s 2017 book Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist. This article first appeared…

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The IPCC WG3 Report: It’s ‘now or never’ for the planet

Alan Thornett argues that life on planet Earth is facing a perfect storm. The precarious agreement from COP26 in Glasgow…

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Experts and environmentalists pan Tory energy strategy

From Labour Hub The government today published its long-awaited strategy for increasing the UK’s energy independence. The strategy contains an ambition to…

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Can urban mining help to save the planet?

First published at Open Democracy. Recycling rare metals from our waste could help us to reduce extractive mining. But urban…

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Impacts of warming: faster and more severe than expected, says IPCC

Via Ecosocialist.Scot Daniel Tanuro writes on the latest UN climate report. The report of the IPCC’s Working Group II on impacts…

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From land grabbing to the housing crisis: Nid yw Cymru ar werth

From Undod, the radical independence movement in Wales. Real Wild Estates Company and the French mega-corporation L’Oreal Groupe, recently met…

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Cambo Has Been Halted – But Britain’s Love Affair With Oil and Gas Isn’t Over

From Novara Media. Cambo Has Been Halted – But Britain’s Love Affair With Oil and Gas Isn’t Over This is…

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Carbon offsetting is not warding off environmental collapse – it’s accelerating it

Another good article in The Guardian from George Monbiot. Wealthy companies are using the facade of ‘nature-based solutions’ to…