[Marxism] Climate & Capitalism, July 27, 2010

[Ian Angus]

CLIMATE AND CAPITALISM
An online journal focusing on capitalism, climate change, and the
ecosocialist alternative.
http://climateandcapitalism.com
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July 27, 2010

DISSECTING THOSE ‘OVERPOPULATION’ NUMBERS:
APPENDIX TO PART TWO: RATES VERSUS RATIOS
http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=2825
Part Two of this series considered per capita statistics, which
“conceal substantial inequalities within populations and between
people.” This supplement summarizes a related argument made by Allan
Schnaiberg, who addressed the same issue thirty years ago.

‘SUSTAINABLE POPULATION?’
AUSTRALIAN PM TARGETS IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=2816
Gillard (and Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott) blame population growth
for the decline of living standards, because that lets government off
the hook.

WORSE THAN HIROSHIMA:
THE TOXIC LEGACY OF THE U.S. ASSAULT ON FALLUJAH
http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=2809
“To produce an effect like this, some very major mutagenic exposure
must have occurred in 2004 when the attacks happened”

CARBON MARKET ‘GROWTH’ MAINLY FRAUDULENT,
WORLD BANK REPORT SHOWS
http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=2788
The global carbon market grew in 2009. Far from signaling a success,
this reflects a massive increase in fraud, the dumping of surplus
emissions permits by industry, and a rise in financial speculation.

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