Energy

Satellite image of Typhoon Carina (Gaemi) before it made landfall over Taiwan

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.

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.

Venezuelan oil well and former president Hugo Chavez

Federico Fuentes sat down with sociologist Malfred Gerig from the Central University of Venezuela to discuss the United States’ sanctions on Venezuela in the context of the country’s “Long Depression”.

protesting the Ibero American Summit in Cuenca

Several hundred people marched through the southern Ecuadorean city of Cuenca to protest the Ibero-American Summit, reports Ben Radford.

electric cars in traffic

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.

Cuban flag

Iván Barreto López, from the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples, gave the following speech on November 6, about the impacts of the United States blockade and how the continued US occupation of Guantanamo represents a violation of Cuban sovereignty.

La Joven Cuba’s editorial director Harold Cardenas Lema delivered the following letter to the offices of US congresspeople Jim McGovern and Barbara Lee on October 24.

Electrical Trades Union NSW/ACT secretary Allen Hicks has criticised private operator Transgrid for the lengthy power failures in Broken Hill and surrounds. Jim McIlroy reports.

NSW Police initiated a Supreme Court challenge to the Rising Tide People’s Blockade of the world’s largest coal port in Muloobinba/Newcastle in November. Isaac Nellist reports. 

The Global Ecosocialist Network and Marxmail.world’s “Roadmap to Ecosocialism” forum heard from four speakers about the strategies and tactics needed to move beyond capitalism. Susan Price reports on the presentations.

Gustavo Petro

Colombian President Gustavo Petro gave an impassioned speech at the opening ceremony of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) which takes place in Cali, Colombia until November 1, reports Ben Radford.

Anti-mining protest in Peru

The Peruvian government will send a delegation to the International Mining and Resources Conference to be held in Sydney over October 29‒31, to promote foreign investment in the country’s mining sector, reports Ben Radford.