To blame our social and environmental problems on a population explosion in the developing world is to ignore the real bottom line, says Asoka Bandarage
… environmental problems – depletion of the ozone layer, greenhouse gases, acid rain, …
The great acceleration - in GDP, population, cities, travel, deforestation, pollution - is on some metrics stuttering. What does this mean for a just transition?
… speeding up, others, including stratospheric ozone loss and marine fish capture, had begun …
Our sick society and stupid economics are dragging the planet to the edge of apocalypse. Earth’s survival depends on a completely new way of thinking. By Kirkpatrick Sale
… our world – global warming, intense weather, ozone depletion, deforestation, …
Economist Herman E Daly argues that our future depends on a new economic model, one that needs to be defined by the dynamic balance – the steady state – of the natural world upon which it depends.
… but at the cost of creating a hole in the ozone layer, which protects us from too much …
The failure of the COP26 climate conference reminds us that capitalism is the driver of ecological breakdown. But what does that mean for environmental activists?
… found to be contributing to the hole in the ozone layer, they were banned worldwide under …
Pollution caused by burning fossil fuels are already causing the premature deaths of 200,000 people a year - in the US alone, writes Pete Dolack. Add up the figures worldwide and it comes to many millions. And that's before we even count the catastrophic long term impacts of global warming. The US response: to loosen anti-pollution regulation and encourage increased oil, coal and gas production.
… a 10% reduction in particulate-matter and ozone levels would result in a net social …
'Sharpe’s favoured alternative to neoclassical economics is a form of evolutionary economics: when it comes to the energy transition this notion is deeply flawed.'
… thus closing the gap in the ozone layer. In contrast to the traditional …