Let’s face facts: Life in such cold climates as the one I live in (it was 8°F/-14°C here this morning) would hardly be possible, for us in such numbers as we are, without fossil fuels. The harnessing of fossil fuel energy has enabled tremendous innovation — innovation that, if managed well, could help us get […]
Posts Tagged ‘global justice’
Rant for the day
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate change, tagged agency, Anthropocene, climate solutions, ClimateJustice, Ecozoic, fossil fuel era, global justice, good Anthropocene, sustainability transition on December 14, 2017 | 6 Comments »
Inequality and environmental crisis
Posted in Eco-culture, Politics, tagged causes of environmental crisis, Danny Dorling, economics, environmental crisis, environmental economics, equality, global justice, inequality, neoliberalism on July 5, 2017 | 18 Comments »
As part of its Ford Foundation supported Inequality Project, The Guardian is providing a provocative glimpse of Oxford geographer Danny Dorling’s important research into inequality and the environment. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the complexities surrounding causes and potential solutions to the environmental crisis. Read the article here. No surprise that the US […]