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  •  | Trucks loaded with oil palm fruit navigate through the smoke of peatland fires in Sumatra Indonesia Although illegal in the country fires continue to be used to clear land for palm oil production Image © Ulet Ifansasti  Greenpeace | MR Online

    Indonesia, not the EU, needs to make its palm oil sustainable

    Originally published: China Dialogue on May 3, 2022 (more by China Dialogue)  |

    Importers must step up support for sustainable palm oil, and producers be bold in revoking the licences of illegal palm estates, writes Andre Barahamin.

  •  | Plastic reduction campaigns over the last two years have created a huge market for biodegradable plastic alternatives in China But a lack of infrastructure to properly process these materials has given policymakers pause for thought Image Sheldon CooperAlamy | MR Online

    China cools on biodegradable plastic

    Originally published: China Dialogue on March 3, 2022 by Gao Baiyu (more by China Dialogue)  | (Posted Mar 04, 2022)

    With the official stance shifting from all-in to wait-and-see, the future of biodegradable plastic in China is uncertain.

  •  | Illustration Herlinde Demaerel  China Dialogue | MR Online

    Women’s rights in environmental law, from 1972 to today

    Originally published: China Dialogue on December 28, 2021 by Claudia Ituarte-Lima (more by China Dialogue)  | (Posted Jan 10, 2022)

    Important progress has been made, but now is the time to place women’s rights at the heart of transnational environmental law.

  •  | Power shortages in September triggered a debate about Chinas climate policy | MR Online

    Year in review: China’s climate goals withstand heat

    Originally published: China Dialogue on December 21, 2021 by Ma Tianjie (more by China Dialogue)  | (Posted Jan 04, 2022)

    Chinese policymakers have been rapidly developing new climate policies even as major events have threatened to derail them.

  •  | Climate campaigners gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London earlier this month Three members of the Paid to Pollute group have brought a case against the UK government challenging public money going to the oil and gas industry Image Sabrina Merolla  Alamy | MR Online

    Climate litigation up in 2021, with private sector now exposed

    Originally published: China Dialogue on December 21, 2021 by Isabella Kaminski (more by China Dialogue)  | (Posted Dec 24, 2021)

    This year’s successes include Shell becoming the first company in history to be held legally liable for contributing to climate change.

  •  | Construction site of the Nam Theun 1 hydropower project in Laos New research has shed light on the various environmental and social risks posed by Chinese funded overseas development projects | MR Online

    Rhetoric, meet reality: how to green the Belt and Road Initiative

    Originally published: China Dialogue on October 8, 2021 (more by China Dialogue)  |

    After much talk, concrete frameworks and guidelines are finally arriving, and the stage is set for China to improve its green credentials on the Belt and Road.

  •  | To meet its climate goals China needs to more than double its wind and solar power generation capacity in the coming decade | MR Online

    Rooftop solar to roll out on China’s public buildings

    Originally published: China Dialogue on September 16, 2021 by Gao Baiyu (more by China Dialogue)  | (Posted Sep 23, 2021)

    The latest county-level trials could boost rooftop solar power generation over the next five years but new business models are needed to make them successful.

  •  | A farmer is watering crops in the vicinity of the Indramayu 1 power plant in West Java financed by a consortium of Chinese and Indonesian banks In recent years local pollution and climate concerns have driven up Chinese overseas investment in renewables Image Adi Renaldi  China Dialogue | MR Online

    China’s shifting overseas energy footprint

    Originally published: China Dialogue on September 2021 by Ma Xinyue (more by China Dialogue)  | (Posted Sep 10, 2021)

    New data sheds light on how much overseas coal power capacity China is involved in, and to what extent it is changing.

Monthly Review Essays

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    Sam-Kee Cheng  | A late 1940s Soviet poster showing a US military service member lounging on top of a German factory smoking a cigar The text beneath reads DER DOLLARIMPERIALISMUS dollar imperialism | MR Online

    1. Introduction The predominance of US economic, political and military power in the world was established at the end of the Second World War.1 With just 6.3 percent of global population, the United States held about 50 percent of the world wealth in 1948. As the only power which had used nuclear weapons on civilian […]

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  • Journalism, democracy, … and class struggle
    Robert W. McChesney  | Bob McChesney on Saving Journalism | MR Online

    Our job is to make media reform part of our broader struggle for democracy, social justice, and, dare we say it, socialism.

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