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By Ted Sprague in Canada
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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By David Naor in Israel
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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By Jordi Martorell
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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By Jeppe Druedahl in Copenhagen
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
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Comrade
Druedahl points out that Baker turns the argument completely around and wants
to prove the non-existence of climate change from the philosophy of dialectics,
something which cannot be done.
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By Mike Palecek
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
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In contributing to the debate, Mike Palecek
states that, "The idea that we could rule out solar activity as a factor in the
climate of this planet is absurd, but this is the false dichotomy that is
presented by global warming deniers. They misrepresent the consensus position
among climatologists by reducing their understanding of contributing factors to
CO2 and CO2 alone.
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By Emil Reed
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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Emil Reed has written a reply to Brian J. Baker, which addresses some of the
scientific issues raised. He claims that Brain J. Baker has given "an
extremely misleading picture of the state of knowledge about climate
change." And that "instead of making a positive contribution to the
understanding of climate change Brain J. Baker repeats tired old arguments."
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By Brian J. Baker
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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We publish here the final part of Brian Baker's article on
climate change. He gave the title "Global warming - a socialist perspective" to
his article, and in the final part we are presented with his "Conclusions for
socialists". The readers can judge for themselves, but although Baker attempts
to challenge the science behind the idea of human caused climate change, we
believe his conclusions do not reflect an all-rounded socialist approach.
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By Mick Brooks
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
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Mick Brooks questions the method applied in the four-part
article by Brian Baker published this week. Brian Baker's article does not
proceed from a Marxist framework. It tries to show that human activity has no
part in climate change. Environmental problems such as climate change are
inevitable under capitalism and that what is required is a world socialist plan
that takes account of all the costs and benefits of human economic activity.
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By Brian J. Baker
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
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In part three Brian Baker in answering the question
"Is the planet warming?" states that "The short answer
is yes" but his opinion is that this "is most probably
from the little ice age, but nothing dramatic."
Different methods produce different results, therefore
one has to take great care in using as scientific and
objective a method as possible. Are these statements
valid points? We invite our readers to comment.
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By Brian J. Baker
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
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So what drives the Climate? The real answer is no one knows.
There are theories in abundance, computer simulations by the score. But as
Gershwin described the Mississipi "It just goes on trundling along." Before
attempting to answer the question it is probably worth reviewing the
limitations of computer modelling.
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By Brian J. Baker
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
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We start today a serialised article on Global Warming, written by one of our
readers who challenges the scientific basis upon which the theory of
human-caused climate change is based. He gives detailed facts and figures which
point out the flaws in the dominant, mainstream theory within the "scientific"
community. He maintains that global warming cannot be proved so we are left to
accept "a belief system" and at the same time abandon the scientific method. We
publish this article as a discussion document that we hope will stimulate
serious debate on the issue.
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By Pablo Roldan
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Thursday, 20 December 2007 |
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We are daily
bombarded by news items about climate change. Now many capitalist firms have
joined the bandwagon of carbon offsetting and so on, but a closer look at what
they are doing reveals the same old greed for profit. Capitalism is incapable
of dealing with this kind of problem. A good argument for socialism!
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By Ann Robertson - www.socialistappeal.org
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Friday, 12 October 2007 |
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The environmental statistics have been pouring in, and the prognosis
for the planet looks dire: global warming is accelerating, leaving
environmental destruction in its wake. Already we are witnessing some
of its devastating consequences and there are trends
which, if allowed to proceed unchecked, will culminate in humans
huddled around the two poles in search of respite from the heat.
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By Mick Brooks
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Wednesday, 20 December 2006 |
The Stern Report highlights the problem of global warming
linked to the high emissions of carbon. Stern tries to find a solution within
capitalism, without understanding that capitalism is actually the problem. The
unplanned, chaotic nature of the system, where all is based on immediate profit
means no real solution can be found within it. The answer lies in planning and
that can only be achieved under socialism.
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By Phil Mitchinson
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Tuesday, 03 October 2006 |
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Earlier this year we
received a letter from a reader of Socialist Appeal who says we put too much
importance on one factor that contributes to climate change, human-induced emissions of “greenhouse”
gases. In his answer Phil Mitchinson looks at the broader aspects of pollution,
climate change and so on and stresses the need for a radical, socialist
transformation of society if we are even to begin to tackle these vital problems.
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By Mick Brooks
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Monday, 21 August 2006 |
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Global warming and other environmental issues are always in the news. The Green Party in the UK claims to be neither right wing
nor left wing as, they say, environmental issues transcend the
traditional issues of class and the division between rich and poor that
define conventional political discussions and divisions. This is poppycock. The environmental problems, and
the potential environmental catastrophe, we face are creations of the
capitalist system.
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By Michael Roberts
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Monday, 14 November 2005 |
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Dramatic climate change in
recent years has led scientists to the conclusion that global warming
is the cause. This is bad news for the private owners of the $2trn
dollar oil, gas and natural gas industries. If serious action were
taken to deal with global warming, their profits would be in trouble.
That is why these big monopolies have spent millions on a campaign
designed to rubbish the global warming theory.
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By Rob Lyon
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Thursday, 18 August 2005 |
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The debate over global warming and the consequences it may or may not
have for planet Earth and humanity has been raging for several decades
now. Global warming is an endless source of controversy, but one thing
is clear – our climate is changing.
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By Mick Brooks
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Tuesday, 14 November 2000 |
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The collapse of the talks at the
Hague has brought the issue of global warming back into
the
headlines. Mick Brooks looks at the reasons for the collapse of the
talks,
the failures of the Kyoto agreement, the responsibility of
capitalism in the destruction of
the environment and the need for
a socialist alternative.
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By Colin Penfold
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Wednesday, 05 April 2000 |
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"According to the defenders of capitalism and the "free
market", socialism
in general and marxism in
particular is all but dead and buried. However it may be
instructive to examine one of the main environmental problems
created by the free market,
namely global warming. This
has been described as the greatest disaster facing humankind,
not to mention a myriad of other species! The question is can the
capitalist system find a
global solution?".
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