Issue 537 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
May-June 2022
How we stop Big Oil
If you believed the greenwash you might think the world’s corporates were on the brink of the change needed to save our climate. Yet emissions are still rising, air pollution is still killing, and Big Oil is continuing to trample on communities as it pumps its deadly wares. Meanwhile our pain is CEOs’ gain as energy prices soar. What will it take to build a better energy system?
This magazine explores how we got here, the communities and campaigners at the sharp edge of the struggle, and how we can fight the industry to leave fossil fuels behind.
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Getting over Big Oil
We cannot let the fossil fuel industry block urgently needed climate action. Nick Dowson lays out a path to change.
Cut and run
Transnational oil companies are looking to leave the Niger Delta without cleaning up their mess. Ken Henshaw reports.
Standing firm against fracking
The Mapuche people in Argentina are saying no to an influx of transnationals trying to frack their lands. Grace Livingstone...
Fighting the fossils
Profiles of groups from Palestine, Mozambique, Uganda and India who are saying no to new oil and gas infrastructure.
A global just transition
How can we phase out fossil fuels in a way that works for people everywhere? The historic Cochabamba People’s Agreement offers...
Introducing...Yoon Suk-yeol
Richard Swift on the right-wing libertarian and former public prosecutor hoping to ‘teach some manners’ to its North Korean...
Spotlight: Steve Chandra Savale of Asian Dub Foundation
Steve Chandra Savale speaks to Subi Shah about music for spiritual change and social justice.
Agony uncle: ‘My friend thinks she is an ethical tax dodger’
Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter...
Country profile: Belarus
Alexey Sakhnin considers the country that made international headlines for massive anti-government protests in 2020 and from...
Letter from Buenos Aires: the big blackout
Being forced to go without electricity sparks thoughts about living differently for Virginia Tognola.
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