Society & Culture > Ecology
To save the planet, fight for a red world
03 Dec 2009
Capitalism is showing itself to be totally incapable of cutting back on carbon emissions, writes Eddie Ford
Malthus painted green
06 Jun 2019
In the first of four articles Jack Conrad affirms the reality of global warming, along with the pending danger of ecological disaster. But crude overpopulation theories are worse than useless. Each social formation has its own laws, including laws of population
Fill the jails?
25 Apr 2019
Extinction Rebellion’s fighting spirit is admirable. But a viable strategy and programme is urgently needed, argues Eddie Ford
The drugs don’t work
18 Apr 2019
The huge problem of antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic shortages is greatly exacerbated by the profit motive, argues James Linney
Whatever happened to peak oil?
06 Dec 2018
Prices are down to a 10-year low. It is clear that dire predictions of exhausted reserves and the world running out of oil were thoroughly misconceived. Jack Conrad returns to the issue of energy
Environmental crisis is real
15 Nov 2018
We cannot prevent climate disaster by denying the existence of the problem, argues Daniel Harvey
Capitalism is the cause of, not the solution to runaway climate change
18 Oct 2018
The system cannot be managed more efficiently to halt global warming, argues Michael Roberts
Scorching weather and climate
02 Aug 2018
Things have been hot, but there is more to climate change than increased temperatures, argues Eddie Ford
No future for London
05 Jul 2018
The third runway is not inevitable. It must be stopped, argues Paul Demarty
Space policy directive 2
31 May 2018
Donald Trump has signed a presidential directive designed to boost US space commerce and fend off any challenge from China. Jack Conrad says the left would be well advised not to welcome the latest promises of getting back to the moon and going on to Mars
Production for production’s sake
23 Nov 2017
Optimism over Bonn and COP23 is misplaced, writes Simon Wells
First Harvey, now Irma
07 Sep 2017
How many times must the American south be flooded before the political class drops its ecological complacency? A few more yet, worries Ira Wiseman
Heritability - biological and social
03 Aug 2017
In the third article of a four-part series Mike Belbin discusses ‘inherent character’. Today this is no longer ascribed as racial, but is put down to a person’s genes
Born loser: is destiny biological?
20 Jul 2017
Did the notion of biological superiority bite the dust following the racism of the Nazis? In this first article in a four-part series, Mike Belbin traces the reformulation of an ancient idea of human character
Fossil fuel era continues
06 Jul 2017
Predictions of an imminent decline of oil are misplaced, argues Jack Conrad. Along with global temperatures, consumption is set to rise
Growth for the sake of growth
08 Jun 2017
US withdrawal from the Paris agreement demonstrates a contempt for the future of the planet. However, Eddie Ford argues that only socialism, not capitalist techno fixes, can prevent ecological degradation