Part Four of Ian Angus’s examination of the disruption of the global nitrogen cycle by an economic system that values profits more than life itself.
Metabolic Rifts
Metabolic rifts
When will the world’s wells run out of water?
Within three decades, almost 80% of the lands that depend on groundwater will start to reach their natural irrigation limits as the wells run dry.
Movement Building
Hands off Greta Thunberg!
Defenders of capitalism, joined by some on the left, are attacking the young woman who has become the symbol of a mass movement. Our place is by her side.
Reading Matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, October 2019
New books for reds and greens. Climate Change Guide; After Geoengineering; Environment & Health; Canada’s Climate Failure; Whose Water is it? Air Travel.
New study
Millions of years of low CO2 … until now
In Facing the Anthropocene, I showed that CO2 levels are higher than they have been for 800,000 years. New research extends that to 2.6 million years
There is no third way
Socialism is the only realistic solution to climate change
Capitalism will not and cannot prevent climate disaster. A socialist response at governmental and societal level is an historic necessity.
Metabolic Rifts
Capitalism ‘Solves’ the Nitrogen Crisis: A Brief History
Part Three of Ian Angus’s examination of the disruption of the global nitrogen cycle by an economic system that values profits more than life itself.
Reading matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, Sept. 2019, Part 2
We seldom receive enough new books to justify two columns in one month, but our red and green bookshelf is overflowing …
Is transition possible?
China and the Prospects for a Global Ecological Civilization
As the world leader in renewable energy capacity and production, China has the potential to open up a path for global ecosocialist transition, if …
Metabolic Rifts
Capitalism versus the Global Carbon Cycle
Carbon cycles regulate the Earth’s temperature and provide essential elements of life. Capitalist industry and agriculture are disrupting those vital life support systems
Reading Matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, September 2019
Five books for reds and greens …. Waste … Solar Power … Sustainable Food Systems … Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society … America’s Overripe Economy.
Question ...
Again: Does Anthropocene Science Blame All Humanity?
New scientific papers explode the myth that refuses to die.