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A Critique of Degrowth

David Schwartzman Climate & Capitalism
A Global Green New Deal will entail sustainable economic growth, the creation of a wind/solar energy infrastructure replacing fossil fuels, restoration of natural ecosystems, agro-ecologies, green infrastructure

Tidbits - Sept. 30, 2021 - Reader Comments: Save the Postal Service; Film and Television Workers; Renewable Energy; Berlin Votes to Expropriate Apartments from Corporate Landlords; Haitian & Black Immigrants; Racial Justice and Police Misconduct;

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Reader Comments: Save the Postal Service; Film and Television Workers; Renewable Energy; Berlin Votes to Expropriate Apartments from Corporate Landlords; Haitian & Black Immigrants Toolkit; Racial Justice and Police Misconduct resource; more....

Lithium, Cobalt, and Rare Earths

Michael Klare TomDispatch
The Post-Petroleum resource race and the potential for global strife over rare-earth elements used for sun and wind generated electricity may not, in fact, disappear in the Age of Renewables.

Earth Day, Labor, and Me

Joe Uehlein Labor Network for Sustainability
A salute to Earth Day and labor, a look back and a look forward. Written originally last year for the 40th Earth Day, it's vision holds even more true today -- Good Clean Jobs for a Living Viable and Clean Earth.

How Biden Can Tackle the Climate Crisis

Tina Gerhardt The Progressive
Joe Biden has promised to ensure climate justice, but will his administration rise to the challenge? With the Biden Administration pledging to take the climate crisis seriously, some grounds for optimism exist.

Is Texas’ Disaster a Harbinger of America’s Future?

Jeff Goodell RollingStone
Texas brought this crisis on themselves by insisting on operating their own power grid that doesn’t connect with others; by failing to do anything to make the grid more resilient; by creating a political system that is controlled by power and money.

Friday Nite Videos | May 15, 2020

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What the F**k Is “Obamagate”? Everybody Must Stay Home | Bob Dylan Coronavirus Parody. Angela Davis on Ahmaud Arbery's Killing and More. USPS: John Oliver. Amid Pandemic, Renewables Now Supply More Energy than Coal.
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