Climate Change

U.S. Militarism’s Toxic Impact on Climate Policy

September 23, 2021 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Europe, U.S. Budget

by Nicolas J. S. Davies and Medea Benjamin, September 22, 2021 President Biden addressed the UN General on September 21 with a warning that the climate crisis is fast approaching a “point of no return,” and a promise that the United States would rally the world to action. “We will lead not just with the example of our power but,[…]

The U.S. Military Is Driving Environmental Collapse Across the Planet

August 23, 2021 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Imperialism, Militarism, Poisoning the Environment

by Sam Carliner, published on The Left Voice, August 19, 2021 Summer 2021 has been an alarming season for climate news. Massive fires have raged from California to Europe; countries in the Global South have been hit by deadly droughts and historic winters; and on August 9, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report confirming what many[…]

Capitalist Media, Biden’s Climate Deceptions; The Race to Save Earth

June 16, 2021 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Climate Change, US Politics

by James Fortin, published on Socialist Action, June 15, 2021 It just keeps getting worse. Never in the memory of any living person on Earth, has it been this bad. Climate change is occurring; it is getting worse, and time is running out to save the planet from catastrophe. Scientists urgently note the globe is rapidly approaching the catastrophic threshold[…]

The Capitalist System is as Unprepared for Climate Change as it is for Covid-19

November 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Canada, Climate Change, Environment, Tar Sands Pipleline, Toxic Chemicals

by Alison Bodine, published in Fire This Time Newsletter, July/August, 2020 On June 5, 2020, Alison Bodine spoke on behalf of the Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice at an international climate justice Webinar hosted by the Venezuela Ecology Movement (MEVEN) and Misión Nevado, a Social Mission in Venezuela dedicated to the protection of animals. The Webinar was entitled,[…]

People strike worldwide for the environment

October 9, 2020 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Environment, Protest

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, October 1, 2020 Over 3,334 protests against the climate crisis — marches, school walkouts, blockaded bridges and roads, swarms of small boats and canoes impeding huge coal haulers — occurred in 150 countries on Sept. 25. These protests were part of Fridays for the Future, which began with massive turnouts a year ago[…]

Building On Victories For A Stronger Climate Justice Movement

July 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Environment, Organizing

by Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, published on Popular Resistance, July 19, 2020 While the climate justice movement has been winning important victories, stopping and slowing pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure, and putting the future of fossil fuels in doubt, the political system, long connected to the fossil fuel industry, is still fighting the urgently needed transition to clean[…]

Climate Change and COVID-19 on Earth Day 2020

April 21, 2020 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Connecting the Dots, Environment, Toxic Chemicals

By Betsey Piette posted on Workers World, April 16, 2020 If there is a silver lining to be found in the horrific coronavirus pandemic, it may be that major industrial countries are reporting unprecedented drops in air pollution levels. This is due to measures taken to stem the spread of COVID-19, including widespread factory shutdowns and radically reduced vehicular and[…]

In Defence of Mother Earth System Change, Not Climate Change! We Have a Right to Life!

December 12, 2019 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Environment, Resistance, Tar Sands Pipleline

By Alison Bodine, published in Fire This Time, November, 2019 Issue “We made a decision to move forward on the pipeline because it was in the interest of Canada to do so because the environment and the economy need to go together. We will be continuing with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.” – Prime Minister elect Justin Trudeau, during his[…]

An “Inconvenient Truth” that Al Gore Missed

December 10, 2019 UNAC Editor Climate Change, Environment, Militarism, Poisoning the Environment

By Michael Eisenscher In a recent interview with The Real News , actor and activist John Cusack made a simple but profoundly important point: “[Y]ou can’t separate climate justice and militarism’, he said, ”… because the drones are going to follow the fresh water, and the soldiers are going to protect the oil, and then if things go on as[…]

Millions Say: Change the System, Not the Climate!

October 24, 2019 UNAC Editor Africa, Climate Change, Environment, South Africa

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, October 9, 2019 The week of unprecedented massive and worldwide climate mobilizations that began on Friday, Sept. 20, represented an historic breakthrough in the consciousness of the world’s people. An estimated 7.6 million people in 185 countries from every continent on earth except Antarctica mobilized in unprecedented numbers to condemn the governments and[…]