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Following the (in)action in Paris, updated

Posted in Climate change, Politics, tagged , , , , on December 15, 2015 | 5 Comments »

This article has been revised since it was first posted. It consists of a list of useful sources providing ongoing coverage of, and initial post-conference reactions to, the COP21 conference and mobilizations in response to it. Please suggest any other helpful sources and links in the “Comments.” (Previously suggested links have been added and the comments removed.)  Originally published: Dec. […]

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Post-Paris thoughts: The beginning of the end?

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate change, Politics, tagged , , , , , on December 13, 2015 | 7 Comments »

The Paris climate talks were successful in that they resulted in an agreement that is both better than nothing and better than most of us expected. They were a failure in that even if they are followed to the letter — and there’s no provision for enforcing whether anyone follows them or not — they would […]

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To bother (with protest), or not?

Posted in Climate change, Eco-culture, Politics, tagged , , , , on December 4, 2015 | 2 Comments »

Writing in The Independent, “Left accelerationists” Alex Williams and Nick Srnicek make the case that we need not bother protesting the Paris climate summit. There are better things to do than that. They argue, first, that the negotiators won’t change anything under pressure, and probably won’t even notice that pressure coming from the streets. (Especially […]

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