New books for reds and greens. Cuba’s degrowth; Viruses; Bluefin tuna; Small farm solutions; Capitalism and slavery and poverty
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Greenwash
Carbon offsets don’t work, and that’s not news
It's been clear from the beginning that the market for 'emissions offsets' is based on lies.
Capitalism Fouls Things Up
Waterborne poison from metal mines affects over 23 million people
Huge areas contaminated by lead, zinc, copper, arsenic and other toxic wastes
Debate
Degrowth and ecosocialism – a reply
The critical issue is not today's elections, but preparing for tomorrow's mass movements
A World In Crisis
The Earth System has passed six of nine planetary boundaries
Dwindling resilience brings the planet ever closer to catastrophic tipping points
Debate
Would degrowth socialism mean forced austerity?
Socialism means qualitatively better lives, not bigger piles of the same stuff capitalism makes
Deadly Plans
Planet Wreckers: Just 20 countries risk locking in global climate chaos
To prevent catastrophe, these countries must stop new extraction projects now
WMO Bulletin
Record heatwaves are worsening air quality, harming human health
Climate change and air pollution cannot be treated separately
Post-growth action needed
‘There is nothing green about economic growth in high-income countries’
Lancet study finds 'green growth' policies fall far short of what's needed to prevent dangerous change
Reading Matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, September 2023
Water, farming, nuclear tests, copper mining, new biology, and sugar. Six books to help understand and change the world
Book Review
‘A powerful moral and social message that is still relevant today’
British newspaper reviews 'The War Against the Commons'
Global heating
High emissions will subject over 1 billion cows to lethal heat stress
Expanded cattle farming is creating deadly conditions for the animals
False Solutions
Forest carbon offsets, supposedly worth billions, have no climate benefit
REDD projects combine false emission claims, worthless credits and human rights abuses
Film Review
Blowing up pipelines won’t save the planet
Sabotage may be exciting and personally satisfying ... but it can't defeat capital's colossal power
ACR Appeal
British anticapitalist group calls for broad ecosocialist movement
Appeal proposes conference to discuss strategy and turn theory into action
Deadly Profits
Counter-offensive: Fossil fuel giants boost global production
After a brief pause, Big Oil has resumed heavy spending on new wells and infrastructure
Planet on fire
July temperatures break multiple global records
June was the hottest month on record ... until July
Pages of knowledge
Ecosocialist Bookshelf: August 2023
New books for reds and greens. Exporting emissions; How weather works; Saving the birds; Bottled water; Cell science; Phosphorous in life and death
Climate in Crisis
What’s driving Europe’s record-busting heatwave?
Blistering heat harms human health, has dangerous social and economic consequences
'Golden Spike'
Scientists choose site to mark the start of the Anthropocene
Tiny Crawford Lake, near Toronto, holds a detailed record of radical global change