Every week, the ultra-rich emit more greenhouse gas than the poorest people produce in a lifetime
Inequality kills
Greenwash in Cali
COP or CON? Big Conservation corrupts biodiversity protection
Colonial, abusive and ineffective, but hugely profitable for certain actors
Hurricanes accelerate
Basic physics explains why storms are getting stronger
Climate is not just changing, it HAS changed. Historical assumptions no longer hold.
Our Polluted World
Ubiquitous plastic: A deadly threat to human health
Every year, millions of tons enter our lungs, blood, and brains
Book Review
How climate change destroyed a tar sands boomtown
Fire Weather: A remarkable account of the reality of disaster in modern neoliberal society
BURY THE FANTASY!
Overshoot-and-return: A dangerous climate change illusion
Once the 1.5°C limit is passed, there will be no going back
Metabolic Rift
Global water supply faces unprecedented stress
The hydrological cycle has accelerated, becoming more erratic and unpredictable
New research
485 million years of heat, carbon dioxide, and human survival
Humans and our hominid ancestors have only lived in the most recent cool period
State of the Climate Report
Climate crisis enters ‘critical and unpredictable new phase’
Scientists warn: 'The future of humanity hangs in the balance.'
RED READS
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, October 2024
New books on oil, empire, the science of death, fungal health threats, degrowth, and socialist strategy
Military boot print
The environmental cost of Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Western support of war means support for unprecedented environmental destruction
Capitalism Kills
Profiteering lets Mpox epidemic spread out of control
Four years on, nothing has been learned from COVID-19
Global Heating
Methane emissions rising faster than ever
Atmospheric concentrations of methane are now the highest they've been for at least 800,000 years
Reading Matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, September 2024
A new translation of Marx’s Capital, the role of animal poop in Earth’s life support systems, and more
Hypocrisy
Deaths at sea: Mass media mourns the rich, ignores the poor
The sinking of a super-yacht gets mass coverage, while thousands of refugees drown in darkness
Systemic Discrimination
Maasai people protest forced evictions and loss of rights
'Like Apartheid.' Tanzanian pastoralists expelled from traditional lands, denied voting rights
Low Carbon Circular Economy
China adopts guidelines to speed green transition
CPC promises 'remarkable results' in all areas of economic and social development by 2030
Global Heating Kills
Extremely hot days double for half a billion children
Across 100 countries, over half of children experience twice as many heatwaves as 60 years ago
A License to Pollute
Laundering Carbon and the New Scramble for Africa
The carbon offset market is an integral part of efforts to prevent effective climate action
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, August 2024
From Earth's history to global heating to water crises to socialist strategy: Eight new books for radical readers