Jill Stein, Presidential nominee of the Green Party, answered questions on...
The other day Jill Stein, who is the Presidential nominee of the Green Party in the 2012 US election, did an AMA (Ask me anything) on the popular social news site Reddit. The questions asked ranged...
View ArticleThe Keystone XL pipeline battle continues in 2013
There may not yet be the political will in Congress to pass significant climate change legislation. But we can be sure that any and all efforts to address this issue will continue to get strong support...
View ArticleA plague of David Attenborough
Last week, British broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough devoted over a third of a widely reported interview to his claim that human beings are “a plague on the earth.” “It’s not just climate...
View ArticleUK Greens shift left
The Green Party of England and Wales is bucking a trend. While its counterparts in many other countries have moved right, abandoning even the most limited commitment to equality and justice, the UK...
View ArticleEcosocialist Conference shows potential for a united green left in North America
“A resounding success!” John Riddell, Louis Proyect, and Ben Silverman report on a major step forward for anti-capitalist organizing in the environmental movement. I was unable to attend the...
View ArticleEurope bans bee-harming pesticides
Concerns about the dramatic decline in bee populations around the world in recent years has resulted in a continent-wide ban in Europe on insecticides that allegedly causes serious harm to bees. Bees...
View ArticleCritical Coca-Cola ad by Greenpeace banned from TV
A TV ad which attacks Coca-Cola for trying to stop a recycling scheme in Australia has been stopped from airing on TV. In recent weeks Greenpeace has been campaigning in support of the implementation...
View ArticleJill Stein: Why capitalism is killing the planet
Hundreds of socialists, environmentalists and climate activists attended the first Ecosocialist Conference in New York City last month. One of the featured speakers at the conference was Jill Stein,...
View ArticleObama climate change speech important, but just a step
President Obama made an important speech on climate change on June 25. He announced several policies to be implemented using his executive authority. Al Gore said it was the “best presidential address...
View ArticleCrikey! Australia elects climate change skeptic Tony Abbott
This past weekend Australians gave (with some help from Murdoch) Tony Abbott, the leader of the Australian Liberal Party, a landslide victory in the country’s 2013 federal election. But...
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