More than three decades after the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, no capitalist country has made any serious effort to decarbonise. Alex Bainbridge argues for system change.
Energy
Wildfires, deadly heat, climate strategy, sensing the world, anti-science, mining resistance. Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six important new books for reds and greens.
John Vaillant 鈥 who may be the contemporary Hunter S Thompson of environmental journalists 鈥 has seen our Earth鈥檚 future up close and personal, and it is a fearsome, firey 鈥渂east鈥, writes Bill Nevins.
Phil Hearse explains how the global climate and migrant crises fuel fascism and war.
Kristian-Marc Paul, an activist in the Singapore climate justice movment, spoke to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Peter Boyle ahead of his participation in the Ecosocialism 2023 conference on July 1鈥2.
The "debt ceiling crisis" provided the pretext for rolling back environmental, economic and social policies, while corporations聽benefitted the most from the deal struck between Democrats and Republicans, reports Barry Sheppard.
Canadian politics was rocked on May 31, with news that Norwegian oil giant Equinor鈥檚 Bay du Nord project, the first deep water oil project in Canada, has been stopped for a period of three years, reports Jeff Shantz.
More than 100 climate activists formed a human chain outside the National Australia Bank in Gadi/Sydney and a similar number in Meanjin/Brisbane, protesting the bank鈥檚 funding of coal mining projects. Jim McIlroy and Alex Bainbridge report.
Timor-Leste voted in a new parliament on May 21 鈥 one which will likely see the return of Xanana Gusm茫o as Prime Minister, reports Leo Earle.
It was notable that聽聽Treasurer Jim Chalmers didn鈥檛 mouth the words 鈥渃limate action鈥澛爓hile spruiking the budget. Alex Bainbridge argues that鈥檚 because it didn鈥檛 contain a聽plan for the climate transition we need.
Protesters converged on Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek鈥檚 electorate office聽after she approved a new coal mine in Central Queensland鈥檚 Bowen Basin. David Killingly reports.
Episode 7: 麻豆传媒 journalists Ben Radford and Isaac Nellist take you through the latest news from Australia and around the world.
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