Environment and climate
Red Pepper’s beginnings brought together socialist and environmentalist ideas, and this continues in our environment and climate section.
As today’s climate emergency makes this ever more vital, we cover the uneven impact of climate change on land and communities in the Global South, and how movements for degrowth and sustainable living can push governments and corporations to act beyond greenwashing or denialism.
Red Pepper’s beginnings brought together socialist and environmentalist ideas, and this continues in our environment and climate section.
As today’s climate emergency makes this ever more vital, we cover the uneven impact of climate change on land and communities in the Global South, and how movements for degrowth and sustainable living can push governments and corporations to act beyond greenwashing or denialism.
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It’s time to add global justice to XR’s demands
Extinction Rebellion must recognise the impacts of colonialism and capitalism and demand a just transition for all, argues Aranyo Aarjan
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An open letter to Extinction Rebellion
‘The fight for climate justice is the fight of our lives, and we need to do it right.’ By grassroots collective Wretched of The Earth
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The battle of Hambacher Forest
Activists have occupied Hambacher Forest for six years to prevent environmental destruction through coal mining. Now, state, police and corporate forces are combining to oust them for good, writes Andrea Brock
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Overpopulation isn’t causing climate change. Blame capitalism
There aren’t too many people – there are too many profiteers, says Eleanor Penny
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Dig for victory
Armed with nothing more than trowels and a vision, guerilla gardeners are part Alan Titchmarsh, part Che Guevara. Their green acts of disobedience are transforming cityscapes around the world, Joanne Clarkson writes
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Caribbean Cold War
As the US runs roughshod over international law, Harold Pinter demands justice for Cuba. Eleanor Janega and Jane Holgate contribute their views.
