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The European Union plans to eliminate its contributions to climate change by 2050. But its plan is light on how to do so.

A change in the collective consciousness is happening, and it’s critical of capitalism as we know it.

A former economic adviser to Bill Clinton and Barack Obama argues that the field should be focused on maximizing people’s happiness and fulfillment.

Exxon knew for decades that its business was altering the climate but repeatedly deceived the public, just as the tobacco companies knew their cigarettes caused cancer but denied it.

Green growth and ‘hedonistic sustainability’ have helped keep the public on board as the Danish capital seeks to reach its goal by 2025 – and so far it’s all going according to plan

When the world’s biggest public lender decides to largely ditch fossil fuels, financial markets across the globe will take notice: this is the beginning of the end of climate-wrecking fossil fuel finance.

Tackling the climate crisis will require a financial divestment from fossil fuels from powerful international banks.

The way we assess economic performance and social progress is fundamentally wrong, and the climate crisis has brought these concerns to the fore.

Pursuing economic growth at the expense of the environment is no longer an option as Europe faces “unprecedented” challenges from climate chaos and the overconsumption of natural resources, according to a report from Europe’s environmental watchdog.

Iceland's prime minister has urged governments to adopt green and family-friendly priorities, instead of just focusing on economic growth figures.

There is a growing feeling, among those who have the responsibility of managing large economies, that the discipline of economics is no longer fit for purpose. It is beginning to look like a science designed to solve problems that no longer exist.

Supplies from turbines will prove to be the next great energy revolution, IEA predicts

If the world isn’t careful, renewable energy could become as destructive as fossil fuels.

Class reductive leftism is a figment of the political imagination roused by those who have made their peace with neoliberalism. The fight for racial and gender justice has always been about economic inequality, too.

Because our house is on fire, and this should come as no surprise. Built on false promises, discounted futures, and sacrificial people, it was rigged to blow from the start.

It’s Monday, September 9, and climate change is bridging the political divide among young Americans.

MLK “could have been liable” under a law like this, judge says.

Analysis of financial disclosure data shows 51 senators and their spouses have as much as $96m invested in corporate stocks.

"The main threat to humankind, the flora and fauna and our entire biosphere, is capitalist imperialism: a totally out of control, predatory, global system of accumulation and oppression that’s on a collision course with the limitations of our planet: daily devouring children, women, people of color, the poor, workers of all stripes, wildlife and the environment in pursuit of profits."

Most of the fossil fuel industry’s proposals appeared designed to perpetuate the use of oil and gas for decades to come, rather than transition quickly to cleaner options.