Inadequate political will in the face of climate disruption is a particularly big problem in the U.S., the world’s largest producer of both oil and natural gas, writes Basav Sen.
Biden’s Soft Climate Denialism
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Chris Hedges: The Age of Self-Delusion
You can’t drain and impoverish the nation to feed an insatiable military machine unless you make its people afraid, even of phantoms.
New Year’s Day 2050
The international community will, by mid-century, need to find new forms of collaboration to contain the damage wrought by climate catastrophe, writes Alfred W. McCoy.
COP26: Why Compromise Our Lives?
The UN climate treaty has forged an intimate partnership with the very corporations that have created the climate crisis, writes Vijay Prashad.
COP26: Capitalism’s Only Plan for Climate Is Collapse
Governments and companies are actively engaged in not only not cutting emissions, but also in effectively increasing them, writes João Camargo.
COP26: Will Rich Nations Allow Our Planet to Breathe?
Rather than focus on the necessary energy transition, Vijay Prashad says developed countries have taken to crude propaganda against a handful of developing states.
COP26: Britain’s Courtship of Climate-Action Obstructers
The government’s fossil-fuel-expanding trade intentions raise urgent questions about its hosting of COP26, writes Nafeez Ahmed.
Multinationals or Mother Earth
The Global North has already taken the planet to the threshold of annihilation before countries of the Global South have been able to attain basic needs, writes Vijay Prashad.
Where Best to Ride Out the Climate Apocalypse?
Debating How Much Time We Have to Avert Climate Disaster is a Waste of Time
The UN’s warnings are dire, but they are still likely overestimating the time we have to act, writes Arn Menconi.