Yet another batch of recommended reading for green-lefts and left-greens. As always, inclusion in this list does not mean that I agree with everything the article or report says.
Police Assault First Nations Anti-fracking Protest
On October 17, the RCMP launched a violent assault on a protest led by the Mi’kmaq people of the Elsipogtog First Nation against shale gas fracking.
Roger Annis
A Socialist in Canada
The Grassroots Battle Against Big Oil
How activists in Texas are connecting the fight against the Keystone pipeline with the struggle for environmental justice.
Wen Stephenson
The Nation
Irreconcilable Differences: Capitalism and a Sustainable Planet
Market based responses won’t save us because there is an irreconcilable conflict between capitalist economic growth ad infinitum and the survival of the planet as we know it.
Gary Olson
Dissident Voice
Incineration: The Biggest Obstacle to Zero Waste
Book excerpt from Zero Waste Solution
Paul Conant
Earth Island Journal
The Forest Mafia: How Scammers Steal Millions Through Carbon Markets
International law enforcement authorities say that carbon markets are extremely vulnerable to financial fraudsters, especially when it comes to forest projects.
Ryan Jacobs
The Atlantic
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Ian