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From Obama to Trump, Climate Negotiations are Being Run by the Same Crew of American Technocrats
FROM OBAMA TO TRUMP, CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS ARE BEING RUN BY THE SAME CREW OF AMERICAN TECHNOCRATS ON MONDAY, THE Trump administration hosted an event on behalf of the fossil fuel industry at the United Nations climate talks in Poland, known as COP24. It was almost identical to the one it hosted at last year’s climate […]
The Trump Administration is Reshaping the Country Under the Guise of National Security. The Energy Sector is Next.
Photo: Justin Merriman/Bloomberg/Getty Images THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS RESHAPING THE COUNTRY UNDER THE GUISE OF NATIONAL SECURITY. THE ENERGY SECTOR IS NEXT. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION is unilaterally reshaping the United States under the cover of national security. The White House’s justification for its “zero tolerance” policy of separating families at the border was based on the president’s […]
Denial by a Different Name
DENIAL BY A DIFFERENT NAME It’s Time to Admit That Half Measures Can’t Stop Climate Change IT CAN FEEL GOOD to make fun of climate deniers. So let’s take a little romp with one: Wolfgang Müller. Here he is in a Dusseldorf hotel conference room, 100 people gathered to take a group photo before him. He’s […]
The Stock Market Swings Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Our Rigged Economy
Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images THE STOCK MARKET SWINGS TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR RIGGED ECONOMY KARL MARX USED to say that unemployed people were capitalism’s reserve army. Though he didn’t invent the term, he meant that capitalism drew its strength from this army, standing at the ready to take a worker’s […]
With U.S. Backing, Ukraine Pushes to Privatize Paris Climate Agreement
Photo: Lukas Schulze/Getty Images WITH U.S. BACKING, UKRAINE PUSHES TO PRIVATIZE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT LIKE MOST DOCUMENTS that travel through U.N. channels, a recent proposal from Ukrainian diplomats is blanketed in jargon and buzzwords, promising to render things “integrated, holistic and balanced” and to promote “ambition.” But this proposal — brought by the Ukrainian negotiating team […]
Disaster Capitalists Take Big Step Toward Privatizing Puerto Rico’s Electric Grid
Photo: Xavier Garcia/Bloomberg News/Getty Images DISASTER CAPITALISTS TAKE BIG STEP TOWARD PRIVATIZING PUERTO RICO’S ELECTRIC GRID THE BOARD THAT oversees Puerto Rico’s finances has taken its most conspicuous step toward privatizing the island’s power grid, a long sought-after prize that has been put on a plate by Hurricane Maria. The federally appointed control board announced […]
Puerto Rico is on Track for Historic Debt Forgiveness–Unless Wall Street Gets Its Way
Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images PUERTO RICO IS ON TRACK FOR HISTORIC DEBT FORGIVENESS — UNLESS WALL STREET GETS ITS WAY FOR BONDHOLDERS SITTING on Puerto Rican debt, Hurricane Maria may have come just when they needed it, just as a yearslong battle over the fate of the island’s financial future was beginning to turn against […]
