Environment

Marx in Copenhagen

January 6, 2010 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

"Goodbye Africa, goodbye South Asia; goodbye glaciers and sea ice, coral reefs and rainforest; it was nice knowing you." Such was George Monbiot's dismay as the recent Copenhagen Climate Conference ended.

Trucks spew deadly pollution at nation’s ports, new reports show

December 23, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

Emissions from thousands of trucks filling our ports cause hypertension, asthma, heart disease, lung cancer and a host of other respiratory illnesses among drivers and surrounding communities.

U.S. union members delivered jobs message in Copenhagen

December 22, 2009 By John Wojcik

Forty union members from the U.S. went to the climate change talks in Copenhagen to give world leaders the working class view on saving the planet.

Bad news and (some very limited) good news out of Copenhagen

December 21, 2009 By Marc Brodine

Was the conference a bust, a success, a waste of time, or something else?

Class conflict surfaces at climate summit

December 14, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Half way into the 15th UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen on December 7-18, 100,000 demonstrators from 500 different organizations were in the streets protesting.