climate crisis

Nov
25
Nationalisation is finally back in fashion

Nationalisation is finally back in fashion

The popularity of the SEC demonstrates that fighting for re-nationalisation of essential industries and rebuilding the public service is a demand capable of building a broad political base for climate action.
5 min read
Aug
04
The Australian Labor Party’s Climate Bill Is Empty Symbolism | Jacobin

The Australian Labor Party’s Climate Bill Is Empty Symbolism | Jacobin

Labor’s climate bill is little more than symbolism. With escalating climate disasters and soaring inflation, it’s bad policy and even worse politics.
1 min read
Jun
08
To Take Real Action on Climate Change, Australia Must Rebuild Its Public Sector | Jacobin

To Take Real Action on Climate Change, Australia Must Rebuild Its Public Sector | Jacobin

By returning to a policy of full employment and tying it explicitly to decarbonization efforts, Labor could make it self-evident that climate action tangibly and materially benefits working-class people right now.
1 min read
Mar
08

What to Do When the World Is Ending →

Despair is not about reality, or the world, or even ultimately the people we care about. It is about us. It is the act of allowing our very real sadness and fear to limit our sense of what is possible, about finding safety and comfort in that darkness, about avoiding heartbreak.
1 min read
Jan
31
Should Environmental Activists Sabotage Fossil Fuel Infrastructure? →

Should Environmental Activists Sabotage Fossil Fuel Infrastructure? →

The moral case against the fossil fuel industry is irrefutable. But this is not simply a question of morality, this is about strategy and power
3 min read
Jan
12

The Only Winning Climate Policy Is a Pro-Worker Climate Policy →

Matt Huber: "The GND strategy is deceptively simple. Tie decarbonization directly to public investment and visible material benefits for the working class."
1 min read
Dec
21
Powershop’s Sellout Shows the Free Market Won’t Stop Climate Change | Jacobin

Powershop’s Sellout Shows the Free Market Won’t Stop Climate Change | Jacobin

The Australian green energy provider Powershop launched in 2012 with the support of a range of environmental NGOs. Last month, Shell bought the company and took over its clients.
1 min read
Aug
03

The Case for the Civilian Climate Corps →

Decarbonisation isn't a set-and-forget kind of thing. Plans that don't account for what it would take to build and maintain political constituencies over the long-haul are doomed to fail.
1 min read
Oct
09

A Warning We Can’t Ignore

The IPCC’s Special Report on 1.5°C destroys any doubt that the fossil fuel industry is at war with our future. We need to confront them head on.
2 min read
Dec
01

Climate Change: Winning Slowly Is the Same as Losing →

This is the end game, and we need to start acting like it.
1 min read