Tag: Capitalism
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The 33 Percent Will Have to Pick Up the Tab for the Climate Conversion
The rapid mobilization that’s necessary to stop a greenhouse meltdown won’t be happening in the near future, given that in Washington the attitude toward effective climate action spans a spectrum from open hostility to timid torpor. In the meanwhile activism, exemplified by the April 29 People’s Climate March, is keeping hope alive, or at…
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As the Climate Melts, Democracy Must Be Rescued and Transformed; Capitalism Can’t Be
Both capitalism and electoral democracy impede effective climate action. But while we have to defend and transform democracy, there is no possibility that capitalism can be made compatible with either global climate mitigation or social and economic justice. Donald Trump plans to dismantle America’s already weak climate policy, potentially dooming not only this country…
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Facebook Server Farm Powered by “Clean Energy” Will Increase Denmark’s Greenhouse Footprint
Last month, the social-media giant Facebook announced plans to build a new data center near Odense, Denmark. The expansion of server capacity was needed, the company said, to support "richer content" such as live-streaming and virtual reality. The Facebook executive who made a public announcement of the decision (live-streamed, of course), noted that the…
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Review: Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System by Ian Angus
Reviewed by Kim Scipes. Ian Angus’ book tries to do three things: (1) establish the reality that we’re in a completely new geologic time period (the Anthropocene), and argues that this means that activities of human beings threaten the continued existence of life on this planet; (2) demonstrate that these changes have been brought about…
