Capitalism vs. the climate?

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Wed, 12/19/2018 - 8:00am to 9:00am
Host Paul Roland continues a discussion of whether catastrophic climate change can be averted under a capitalist economic system

 

 

Articles and books discussed or mentioned on today's program (or otherwise relevant):

Interview with Simon Pirani, whose new book is Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption:

https://truthout.org/articles/until-we-confront-capitalism-we-will-not-solve-the-climate-crisis/

Ellen Brown writes about how to realistically fund the "Green New Deal" being discussed in Congress:

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/12/17/radical-plan-fund-green-new-deal-just-might-work?fbclid=IwAR3zATQ-aJMLhdA-B2IZZzQD-CWT44F00cbxOa50MxulLLtanNaSJ6TmyBU

Robert Hunziker's new piece for Counterpunch on the recently concluded COP24 climate talks in Poland:

https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/12/18/is-cop24-one-more-big-bust/

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein

Capitalism Killed Our Climate Momentum, Not "Human Nature," article by Naomi Klein

Capitalism & Climate Change: The Science and Politics of Global Warming by David Klein, with illustrations by Stephanie McMillan

Captitalism can save us:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/capitalism-will-solve-the-climate-problem-1532289823

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/16/capitalism-climate-change-risks-profits-china

No, it can't:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/climate-change-capitalism-economy_us_5b87bf0ce4b0cf7b00326edc

https://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/heres-why-capitalism-cant-fix-climate-change-20180831

Other articles of interest:

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-18/climate-change-protests-to-rival-vietnam-war-activism/10627548?fbclid=IwAR0_MjJ4ubU4V1sYdFTPlHRtSw6yDpLWvssJAqqjddhaCsLQevJIPp1Iwvc&pfmredir=sm

Solastalgia is the Specific Grief and Anxiety Caused by Climate Change

Would Human Extinction be a Tragedy?

First ever sun-dimming experiment will mimic volcanic eruption in attempt to reverse global warming

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