A new report argues that progressively taxing the world’s seven biggest oil and gas companies — ExxonMobil, Shell, TotalEnergies, BP, Chevron, Equinor and Eni — would raise significant funds to pay for the loss and damage caused by climate disasters, reports Ben Radford.
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The Rising Tide “People’s Blockade” of the world’s biggest coal port has begun, with thousands expected to join throughout the week. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Donald Trump’s victory has sent a wave of depression around the world, especially after the right-wing advances in Europe and the anti-immigrant race riots in England. Peter Boyle argues that the challenge for progressive movements has never been greater.
Environs Kimberley, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory and the Conservation Council of Western Australia are asking for help to stop the expansion of gas projects in WA and the NT. Coral Wynter reports.
Several hundred people marched through the southern Ecuadorean city of Cuenca to protest the Ibero-American Summit, reports Ben Radford.
The NSW government has made a last-ditch attempt to stop the People’s Blockade of the world’s largest coal port by designating Muloobinba/Newcastle Harbour an ‘exclusion zone’, reports Isaac Nellist.
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents five new books on capitalism and the climate crisis, restoring forests, waters in revolt and a dangerous billionaire.
While electric cars are often touted as the future of transport and a crucial part of the effort to reach “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions, in reality they are not a meaningful solution, argues Ben Radford.
Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has described rich countries’ plans to expand fossil fuels as a “death sentence” for his country. Zara Lomas looks at Pacific Island states’ push for a international treaty to phase out fossil fuels.
Discussing why the United States has delivered Donald Trump a second term, Sam Wainwright argues there is a huge disconnection and alienation from mainstream politics and that a qualitatively different kind is needed. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Rising Tide said the People’s Blockade of the coal port in Muloobinba/Newcastle will go ahead, despite the Supreme Court ruling in favour of the NSW Police. Isaac Nellist reports.
To address the climate crisis, society needs to be radically restructured around the needs of people and ecology, not profits, argues Isaac Nellist.
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