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Amazonian community’s lands destroyed for ‘sustainable’ palm oil
With 7,000 hectares of forests destroyed, community leaders and members have faced multiple attempts on their lives, threats and intimidation.
Major step towards formalizing the Anthropocene
BULLETIN: Overwhelming majority of working group votes: A new epoch in Earth history began in the mid-20th century
Fine dust and fossil capital in Korea
There is a good reason why there are blue skies in much of the United States while those of us living in Northeast Asia are choking — most of their factories have moved over here.
Fossil capitalism, ecosocialism, and the Anthropocene crisis
Ian Angus speaking in Ottawa following a tour of the National Gallery of Canada exhibit on the Anthropocene
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, May 2019
Two views of food and farming. The origin of climate science denial. The high cost of living well. And a socialist who mostly disagrees with ecosocialism
Labor unions and green transitions in the USA
New report investigates how US unions are addressing climate change — and why and how their positions vary.
Overwhelming evidence shows global biodiversity in crisis
One million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction, many within decades, more than ever before in human history.
Ecosocialists debate the Green New Deal (continued)
Continuing our discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of the Green New Deal proposal, and how the left should respond.
Nitrogen glut: Too much of a good thing is deadly for the biosphere
Part Two of Ian Angus's examination of the disruption of the global nitrogen cycle by an economic system that values profits more than life itself.