Barry Commoner: scientist, activist, radical ecologist

(Before It's News)

Cross-posted from Climate and Capitalism, an online journal focusing on capitalism, climate change, and the ecosocialist alternative.

“If the environment is polluted and the economy is sick, the virus that causes both will be found in the system of production. And that is where their cure can be found as well.”

• Graph of the Day: Decline in Coral Cover of the Great Barrier Reef, 1985-2012
• Drought stressing U.S. farmers and ranchers – ‘If it’s doing this for the next two years, I can’t see us being able to keep going’
• Video: Weathergirl Goes Rogue 2: Still Hot, Still Crazy
• Climate-change denial getting harder to defend, but ‘skeptics’ keep shifting their arguments
• Poll results — communication
• Study: American Newspapers Give Far More Coverage To Climate Deniers And Skeptics Than Other Countries
• Coal Workers Say Murray Energy ‘Coerces’ Them To Make GOP Donations: ‘If You Don’t Contribute, Your Job’s At Stake’
• A Big Win For Public Lands: Pristine Area Of Wyoming Saved From Energy Development
• October 5 News: ‘Once Again We Are Decades Ahead Of Schedule,’ Says Michael Mann About Looming Sea Level Rise
• Population, food, energy and climate destabilization