Ada Wordsworth looks at what the climate crisis means for Russia’s reindeer herders THE indigenous Nenets people are nomads living in the icy tundra of Russia’s far north. For a thousand years Nenets reindeer herders have migrated to summer pastures on the Yamal Peninsula above the Arctic Circle, returning south in winter. This 800-mile journeyContinue reading “Nenets nightmare”
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The Future of Energy
By Mike Davies Modern civilisation uses – and is dependent on – vast amounts of energy. Over the last couple of hundred years, we have shifted from using energy for heavy industry to relying on the ready availability of huge amounts for convenience and leisure. One consequence has been global heating caused by the ‘exhaust’ gases, such asContinue reading “The Future of Energy”
Crunch time at Cop26
Editorial LORD Byron once described the English winter ‘ending in July to recommence in August’ – which is more or less what happened this year. It was a disappointing cool summer in the United Kingdom. Elsewhere, however, the weather of 2021 looked disconcertingly like hell. A devastating heat wave struck North America’s Pacific coast, breakingContinue reading “Crunch time at Cop26”
Good Cop, bad Cop?
Editorial THE Cop26 summit in Glasgow was meant to be a defining moment in the struggle to save our planet from climate catastrophe. So was it a success or failure? That depends on what you compare it with. Since the first ‘conference of parties’ to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was held inContinue reading “Good Cop, bad Cop?”
Alliance for Green Socialism 