Climate and Environmental Crisis

Arctic climate change threatens turmoil

The Arctic has been warming more rapidly than any other area on Earth. Since it is sparsely populated, with not…

January 10, 2016

Changing the environment: From Kyoto to Storm Frank

Jan. 4 — The spread of human beings to every continent on our planet has been accompanied by great challenges…

January 6, 2016

Revolution and climate change

The COP21 climate conference has ended, and the corporate media are begging us to believe that a breakthrough has occurred,…

December 15, 2015

France attacks climate activists

The irony couldn’t have been more in-your-face. The French government, after the attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, declared a…

December 1, 2015

China moves decisively on global warming

China is the most populous country in the world, with 1.3 billion people. In little more than a generation, its…

November 2, 2015

Global warming, nuclear power and China, Part 1

In a surprise move, China and Britain’s Conservative Party government have signed an agreement in which China will participate in…

October 26, 2015

Environmental justice summit links racism, environmental destruction

Whitakers, N.C. -- The 17th annual summit of the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network, held Oct. 16-17, brought together communities from…

October 20, 2015

NCEJN issues position on climate change for summit meeting

The North Carolina Environmental Justice Network issued the following statement in anticipation of its Summit meeting in Whitakers, N.C., on…

October 15, 2015

Shell cancels Arctic drilling, for now

Royal Dutch Shell Oil announced on Sept. 28 that it is shutting down — for now — its drilling operations…

October 11, 2015

Western wildfires spawned by capitalism

Sept. 20 -- Five people have been killed by ferocious wildfires sweeping through California, including a disabled woman burned to…

September 22, 2015