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Gaza
Three bestselling authors united to condemn the West’s support of Israel at packed-out event held on Saturday at the Hay Festival of literature in Wales. Speaking to a crowd of some 1,800 people at Hay’s Global Stage, essayist Pankaj Mishra, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Benjamin Moser and historian
Interview
Led by the US, the wealthy West is eliminating foreign aid, precipitating what the World Food Programme has called a "death sentence" for millions in the Global South. But the coordinator of the Rights and Resources Initiative, Dr. Solange Bandiaky-Badji, tells me that in the midst of this
Disinformation
Every paragraph of Blair's climate paper is its own tapestry of rhetorical intricacy. But tug on a line and the whole thing unravels.
Post-growth
A new study about green growth is a reminder that our current crises descend from our preference for ideology over reality. What happens to a society that becomes trapped in its own ignorance? That's a question explored by Russian director Alexei Roman in his 2013 film Hard To
This week a major insurer warned that climate change was endangering capitalism as we know it. But what if it's already dead? “Fuck around and find out”: what a wonderful phrase. The Hakuna Matata of the terminally online, FAFO describes the relationship between intended action and unintended consequence.
Climate change
In a remarkable new book, more than 20 researchers recount how they put their careers and their freedom on the line for humanity and a kinder future. The effect is joyful. My anxiety has been replaced with an assurance that whatever the future holds I am part of a community
Abundance
American author Ezra Klein has written a book about his vision for the future. The Climate Laundry conducted a rudimentary analysis to determine if he knows what he's talking about. Spoiler alert: he doesn't. If ever you need a litmus test for whether something is a
Neoliberalism
Elon Musk's claim that “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy” has caused shock and revulsion. But a new book, Hayek's Bastards, suggests that this central tenet of the Trump regime has been long in the making. Welcome to the return of The Climate Laundry,
Newsletter
In a poorly conceived political stunt, the UK Prime Minister wrote an op-ed in The Sun attacking climate protesters and making the case for the fossil fuel industry's favourite decarbonisation tech.
Newsletter
The UK has jailed five climate activists for a collective 21 years for the crime of "conspiring" to protest. It's a triumph for fossil fuel tyranny and the stupidest, cruellest people on the planet.
Newsletter
The Laundry has been thrown into disarray by some major projects, about which I will be keeping subscribers updated. In lieu of an article, here are five key climate stories from the last week.
Newsletter
Should the convicted felon be re-elected, he'll institute a plan drawn up by a far-right religious organisation funded by big oil. But what does The Heritage Foundation actually want?