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CLIMATE AND CAPITALISM An online journal focusing on capitalism, climate change, and the ecosocialist alternative. May 1, 2010 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico: “ONE OF THE WORST ECOLOGICAL DISASTERS IN HISTORY” http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=2327 The only safe amount of oil is no oil at all … and nothing that oil companies say can be believed BP RAKES IN BILLIONS, THE ENVIRONMENT PAYS THE PRICE http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=2351 The company responsible for the catastrophic oil explosion in the Gulf of Mexico has spent millions to escape regulation, restriction, oversight and enforcement. Now we see the result. OBAMA’S KATRINA? http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=2348 The real similarity between Katrina and the current disaster is that the two-party system — not individual presidents — bears the brunt of responsibility +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Building a movement against ecological destruction BELIEVING OTHERWISE: INDIVIDUAL ACTION AND SOCIAL CHANGE http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=2337 Individual actions won’t change the world — but that doesn’t mean every advocate of personal change is headed in the wrong direction. CLIMATE DEBT AS A SUBVERSIVE POLITICAL STRATEGY http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=2334 The notion of climate debt goes to the heart of climate change politics. It raises the central question of historical responsibility and who owes whom for what. And it turns traditional rich-poor relations upside down. +++++++++++++++++++++ Other recent articles: COCHABAMBA REPORTS A full list our reports from and about the Cochabamba Climate Summit http://climateandcapitalism.com/?cat=85 DISSECTING THOSE ‘OVERPOPULATION’ NUMBERS: PART ONE – POPULATION WHERE? http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=2270 FIDEL: THE INSANITIES OF OUR TIME http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=2260 ECOSOCIALIST RESOURCES, 12 http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=2307 - ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
