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The Bankers at the Helm of the ‘Natural Capital’ Sector

"Let's put a spotlight on four bankers who positioned themselves in the 'natural capital' sector around the time of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Let's have a look at some of their networks."

LISTEN: The Lies They Tell. The Pitiful State of Environmentalism and its Neoliberalization

"You can't go back, only forward. Not everybody can have it. That's the point of bio-physicality relationship. That's the lie. You will not have all the people in the world living at the American lifestyle, even the poorest American, at that threshold level. It will not happen. You can not exploit those resources, you can not get them cheap enough, you can not get those fossils (fuel) out of the ground without fucking up everything, the planet and so forth..."

The Political Economy of the Paris Agreement: Preserving the Existing Social & Economic Order

"In the end the Paris Agreement changes nothing. The destination is the same old growth economy and that is in total contradiction with addressing human induced climate change."

Wildlife Conservationists need to Break out of their Stockholm Syndrome

"Conservationists like me want a world where wildlife has space, where wild places exist, and where we can connect with the wild things. Yet time after time, like captives suffering from Stockholm syndrome, wildlife conservation NGOs placate, please and emulate the very forces that are destroying the things they want to protect."