Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by RAMANA M.V.
• On December 13, the US Department of Energy announced that the National Ignition Facility had reached a “milestone”: the achievement of “ignition” in nuclear fusion earlier in the month.
• While the step has been described as a milestone in clean energy, generating electricity commercially or at (...)
, by WILT James
On the morning of November 7, Maclean’s tweeted out the cover of its latest issue: a remarkably smug photo of the five Canadian political leaders who form the so-called “resistance” to the federal carbon tax plan. The quintet of conservative white men (Saskatchewan’s Scott Moe, Alberta’s Jason (...)
, by MCGRATH Matt
A new study says that many large-scale hydropower projects in Europe and the US have been disastrous for the environment.
Dozens of these dams are being removed every year, with many considered dangerous and uneconomic.
But the authors fear that the unsustainable nature of these projects has (...)
, by BELLAMY Brent Ryan, THOMAS David
Transitions to new forms of energy have always been rooted in class struggle. Renewable energy will be no different.
Struggles over climate change in recent decades have conventionally been framed as a conflict between the fossil-fuel industries — and other advocates of “business-as-usual” — (...)
, by RESNICK Bill
ENERGY SYSTEMS ACROSS the planet are in accelerating transition towards sun and wind sourced production, driven by recognition of the catastrophic threat of climate change (caused by burning fossil fuels) and by the increasing cost advantages of renewable technologies.
As with many other (...)
, by WARE Michael
Activists in two countries are working together to send the message that immediate action is needed to address climate change, reports Michael Ware.
ACTIVISTS IN Ontario, Quebec and New England are organizing a week of action in late January to protest the expansion of a pipeline to pump the (...)
, by SAVOIE Kathryn
THE KEYSTONE XL is a proposed 1700-mile pipeline that would transport tar sands oil (also called oil sands) from Alberta, Canada into the United States, crossing six states from Montana to Texas and Louisiana. The proposed pipeline, which has a price tag of $7 billion, would add to the (...)
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