Author - Ian Angus

Anthropocene • Climate Change • Science

Millions of years of low CO2 … until now

October 4, 2019

In Facing the Anthropocene, I showed that CO2 levels are higher than they have been for 800,000...

Capitalism • Climate Justice • Ecosocialism

Socialism is the only realistic solution to climate change

October 1, 2019

Capitalism will not and cannot prevent climate disaster. A socialist response at governmental and...

Food and Farming • History • Latin America • Metabolic Rift • War, Imperialism

Capitalism ‘Solves’ the Nitrogen Crisis: A Brief History

September 30, 2019

Part Three of Ian Angus’s examination of the disruption of the global nitrogen cycle by an economic...

Books & Reports • History • Mining • War, Imperialism

Ecosocialist Bookshelf, Sept. 2019, Part 2

September 19, 2019

We seldom receive enough new books to justify two columns in one month, but our red and green...

China • Ecosocialism

China and the Prospects for a Global Ecological Civilization

September 17, 2019

As the world leader in renewable energy capacity and production, China has the potential to open up...

Climate Change • Greenhouse Gas • Marxist Ecology • Metabolic Rift • Science

Capitalism versus the Global Carbon Cycle

September 12, 2019

Carbon cycles regulate the Earth’s temperature and provide essential elements of life. Capitalist...