Uneven Developments

Train carrying oil derails, explodes in Alabama

November 11, 2013

Big Oil is getting around the resistance to the Tar Sands pipeline by shipping more and more oil and gas […]

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Another UN Climate Conference, another tragedy for the Earth

November 10, 2013

The 19th session of the conference of parties to the UNFCCC, the primary venue for dealing with climate change on […]

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Typhoon Hiayan “Demonstrating How Global South Pays Price for Emissions Historically from North”

November 9, 2013

Small island nations are bearing the brunt of criminal inaction by the leaders of rich nations like the US at […]

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Indigenous nations are at the forefront of the conflict with transnational corporate power

October 17, 2013

Indigenous groups remain at the forefront both of the effects of climate chaos and of social struggles for climate justice.

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Biofuels industry strong-arms governments at UN food security conference

October 16, 2013

Corporate power spreads food insecurity

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The Bay of Bengal and the Human Tide

October 15, 2013

Two days ago, cyclone Phailin barreled out of the Bay of Bengal and slammed into India in the rural state […]

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Rising Waters

October 6, 2013

I recently went to see a fantastic photographic exhibit on Governor’s Island, in the NYC harbor. The exhibition documented the […]

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