Nature And The Environment

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Rich Countries Subvert Climate Change Talks
16 Dec 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The recent Paris talks on climate change failed utterly to slow the planetary slide towards extinction. The human-induced heat wave will continue…
The Real News Network
COP 21 in Paris: No Climate Reparations, No Economic Retooling, Militarization and Business As Usual
09 Dec 2015
by The Real News Network Even before the recent killings in Paris, reports Kali Akuno, the Un Conference on Climate Change in Paris was calculated to ignore input from civil society. President…
Thomas C. Mountain
Climate Disaster Hammers Ethiopia
21 Oct 2015
by Thomas C. Mountain Western capitalists are all the rage about the phenomenal “success” of Ethiopia’s economy. Yet, Africa’s second most populous nation cannot feed its desperately poor people.…
Pretty Words, Ugly Actions: The Obama Legacy on Climate Change
05 Aug 2015
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Apart from the times he called himself the president of “clean coal”, President Obama always talked a better climate change game than his Republican…
Byran K. Bullock
Reviving the Fight Against Environmental Racism
11 Mar 2015
by Bryan K. Bullock The movement against environmental racism lost its way when it was subsumed into environmental “justice.” Racism remains paramount. “African descendant people are burdened by…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
"Poor-Washing," the Gates Foundation, and the "Green Revolution" in Africa
31 May 2007
by BAR managing Editor Bruce Dixon Genetically altered crops will rescue Africa from endemic shortfalls in food production, claim corporate foundations that have announced a $150 million "gift" to…