Articles by: Steve Taylor

Profit Trumps People and Planet in Brazil’s Eucalyptus Industry

Profit Trumps People and Planet in Brazil’s Eucalyptus Industry

by Steve Taylor and Orin Langelle Brazil is set to unleash several varieties of genetically engineered eucalyptus, which will worsen a bad situation. Valued for its termite-resistant wood for building purposes, pulp to create products like writing and toilet paper, and its oil, which has numerous health and household benefits, the eucalyptus tree generates big business worldwide. Native to Australia[Read More…]

by 26/08/2023 Comments are Disabled Environmental Protection
We’ve Never Been Closer to Nuclear Catastrophe—Who Gains by Ignoring It?

We’ve Never Been Closer to Nuclear Catastrophe—Who Gains by Ignoring It?

 Antiwar and environmental activist Dr. Helen Caldicott warns that policymakers who understate the danger of nuclear weapons don’t have the public’s best interest at heart. Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for clarity and length. A video of the description of nuclear war from the interview can be viewed on Vimeo. Listen to the entire interview, available for streaming on Breaking Green’s[Read More…]

by 09/02/2023 Comments are Disabled World
Offloading Climate Responsibility on the Victims of Climate Change

Offloading Climate Responsibility on the Victims of Climate Change

In this interview, Nnimmo Bassey, a Nigerian architect and award-winning environmentalist, author, and poet, talks about the history of exploitation of the African continent, the failure of the international community to recognize the climate debt owed to the Global South, and the United Nations Climate Change Conference that will take place in Egypt in November 2022. Bassey has written (such[Read More…]

by 28/10/2022 Comments are Disabled Climate Change
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