[:en]Operations of Capital[:]
Mar24

[:en]Operations of Capital[:]

[:en][By SANDRO MEZZADRA and BRETT NEILSON in  (1/2015) di South Atlantic Quarterly – Extraction, Logistics and Finance] Extraction, finance, and logistics provide strategic conduits of analysis to unearth key logics and trends that otherwise remain obscured in discussions of contemporary capital and capitalism. In this sense, they are more than important sectors through which to observe emerging dynamics shaping the current...

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[:en]Summer School on Degrowth and Environmental Justice[:]
Mar23

[:en]Summer School on Degrowth and Environmental Justice[:]

[:en]ICTA UAB has the pleasure of inviting you to the second edition of the summer school on degrowth offered by ICTA and Research & Degrowth, this year with environmental justice as a special focus. The summer school will take place between the 6th and 15th of July at the premises of Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and the social centers Can Masdeu (Barcelona) and Can Decreix (Cerbere), France.   As a way of refreshing your...

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[:en]The Hague Rules Against Chevron in Ecuador Case[:]

[:en][by Nick on www.ejolt.org] The international court ruled in favor of Ecuador in its case against the U.S. oil giant for causing one of the world’s greatest environmental disasters. The International Court of Justice (CIJ) ruled Thursday a prior ruling by an Ecuadorean court that fined the U.S.-based oil company Chevron US$9.5 billion in 2011 should be upheld. The money will benefit about 30,000 Ecuadorians, most of them...

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No prospect of relief from constant nuclear headache
Gen26

No prospect of relief from constant nuclear headache

Keeping nuclear waste safe costs billions of dollars a year, but what to do with it in the long-term is still no nearer being resolved by Paul Brown on Climate News Network LONDON | A private consortium formed to deal with Europe’s most difficult nuclear waste at a site in Britain’s beautiful Lake District has been sacked by the British government because not sufficient progress has been made in making it safe. It is the latest...

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Travelling through the contaminated territories of Campania
Gen26

Travelling through the contaminated territories of Campania

The polluted fields of the Campania region in Southern Italy are infamous as the outcomes of two decades of urban and industrial waste mismanagement. There, struggles for environmental justice are also struggles for reclaiming dignity. By Ilenia Iengo* on [Entitle Blog] Acerra, Giugliano, Chiaiano. In this order, on December 14 2014, a delegation of international researchers, journalists and activists have met and discussed with local...

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Bolivia’s nuclear dream: What is at stake?
Gen19

Bolivia’s nuclear dream: What is at stake?

Evo Morales’s plans to develop a nuclear energy programme in Bolivia have sparked debates in the country around issues of citizen participation and socio-ecological justice. by Isabella M. Radhuber on [Entitle Blog] “Bolivia could be the energy centre of South America; that is our dream” (Evo Morales). Bolivia’s government has publicly announced plans to develop a nuclear energy programme for peaceful purposes, such as electricity...

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