Opponents of the Morales government deliberately misrepresent its strong environmental track record, to advance their own political goals
Archive | July, 2015
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, July 2015
The socialist imperative … Debriefing Elsipitog … The Mayan forest garden … Lifeblood … Endgame … Waking the giant … We have never been neoliberal
James Hansen: Sea level disaster ahead, but when?
It’s time to stop waffling and say that the evidence is pretty strong … multi-meter sea level rise is an issue for today, not for the next millennium
The Hurricane Katrina Pain Index: 10 Years Later
A decade after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, despite billions of dollars in ‘aid,’ the poor and people of color are still paying the price
Green consumerism is no solution
The entire premise that justice and sustainability can be purchased in the marketplace is patently absurd.
Follow-up: Did early humans cause extinction of mammoths?
New research identifies periods of short, rapid warming as a key factor in the Ice Age extinction of megafauna.
Ecological crisis and the tragedy of the commodity
Forget the ‘tragedy of the commons.’ The real cause of environmental crises is a system that commodifies nature and values profit above life itself
First Nations: Enbridge pipeline claim is ‘out of touch with reality’
B.C. Chiefs react with anger and disbelief to Enbridge claim that most impacted Aboriginal groups support its Northern Gateway pipeline and tanker plan
U.S. veterans: Dismantle the anti-climate, pro-war economy
Former soldiers challenge the war on our planet at Minnesota conference addressed by leading climate scientist James Hansen
Science confirms: 2014 was the hottest year on record
Peer-reviewed study of multiple independent datasets shows land and ocean temperature, sea levels and greenhouse gases all set new records
No, We are not headed for a little ice age
Recent headlines from supposedly serious newspapers and websites: Solar Cycle Study Says Earth Will Experience ‘Mini Ice Age’ in 15 Years. ‘Mini ice age’ coming in next fifteen years, new model of the Sun’s cycle shows Scientists warn mini ice age could be 15 years away Sounds scary, but don’t rush out and buy a […]
NASA: More emissions = More megadroughts
Rising greenhouse gas emissions mean U.S. droughts during the last half of this century could be drier and longer than any in the last 1,000 years
An ecosocialist at the ‘Our Common Future’ conference
Report from Paris: Thousands of scientists meet to review what we now know about climate change science and what can be done to prevent catastrophe
Ecosocialist resources, July 2015
Ecosocialist Resources, published monthly (more or less) in Climate & Capitalism, links to articles, reports, talks and videos that are relevant to our mission
U.S. government underestimates flood risks by up to five feet
High-water marks in the midwest U.S. are inching higher as global warming makes megafloods more common
Will climate chaos reign in the Anthropocene?
“Far from being self-stabilizing, the Earth’s climate system is an ornery beast which overreacts even to small nudges.”