Most 'offsets' are worthless; 90% of emissions aren't included.
Research
Book Review
Ecological ruin or ecological revolution?
'Capitalism in the Anthropocene' provides essential knowledge and insight for today's ecosocialist movements
WMO REPORT
Global heat will hit new records in next five years
WMO says global temperature will surge 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by 2027
Global warming and overfishing
Has the ocean heat bomb been ignited?
For the first time, sea surface temperatures that have always receded from annual peaks are staying high
Book Review
Capital’s long war to dispossess the poor
Capitalism's wealth and power rests on centuries of expropriation, colonialism and slavery
This Land Is Our Life!
Indigenous fighters resist forest destruction in Peru
Amazon communities organize to stop illegal fishing, logging, and coca growing
Reading Matter That Matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, May 2023
Seven books to help reds and greens understand and change the world
WMO Report
Land, sea and air: Climate change driving planetary crises
Scientists document rising heat, shrinking glaciers, rising oceans and widespread human suffering in 2022
Metabolic Rifts
Insect Apocalypse in the Anthropocene, Part 4
How genetic engineering and weed killers accelerate capitalism's assault on insect life
Reading Matters
Environment, class, and the fate of civilizations
Book Review: A truly global history, marred by an oversimplified view of capitalism
Reading for a change
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, April 2023
Our monthly selection of new books for people who want to protect the world and transform society
Smoke & Mirrors
IPCC report fails on equity and urgency
Catastrophic climate change can't be prevented without fundamental economic and social changes
AGU Report
Greenland ice sheet nears point of no return
“Once we start sliding, we will fall off this cliff and cannot climb back up”
Earth4All Report
In a more equal world, population could peak by 2040
Report explodes myth that population growth is driving global environmental crisis
Read Read Read
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, March 2023
Eight new books on science, society and socialism. Important reading for reds and greens
Metabolic Rift
Insect Apocalypse in the Anthropocene, Part 3
A new generation of superkillers is destroying billions of essential insects worldwide
Reading matters
Greta Thunberg’s Climate Book
In review: A go-to source for understanding these different, closely interconnected crises.
Metabolic Rift
Insect Apocalypse in the Anthropocene, Part 2
The world’s insects are among the principal victims of capitalist agricultural concentration
30 years of stagnation
Nuclear flatlines while renewables soar
Only acceleration of China’s program save the global nuclear power industry
The first factories
A Neglected Chapter in the History of Capitalism
Uncovering an early industry that employed more workers than any field other than farming