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- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, January 2025Capitalist ecology myths, petroleum industry lies, forests, cities, incipient fascism, agribusiness, and disease---READ-->>
- US government knowingly promotes deadly fertilizerEPA has known for 20 years that sewage sludge contains high levels of ‘forever chemicals’---READ-->>
- Extreme heat killed over 1300 Hajj pilgrims in 2024Heat tolerance limits for older adults were exceeded on all six days of the pilgrimage---READ-->>
- 2024: Hottest year to date, and first year over 1.5ºC16 of the past 17 months exceeded the Paris Agreement target---READ-->>
- The Arctic tundra is now emitting more CO2 than it storesArctic Report Card: Wildfires change a major carbon sink into a greenhouse gas source---READ-->>
- The record-breaking human costs of climate changeLancet study: Climate extremes are increasingly claiming lives and livelihoods worldwide---READ-->>
- Combined wealth of 12 US billionaires passes 2 trillion dollarsUltra-rich use their wealth and power to undermine democracy---READ-->>
- This year’s best books for reds and greensGift ideas for the radical readers on your list---READ-->>
- COP-out 29: The Baku BetrayalThe 2024 climate summit was a disaster for the developing world, a betrayal of both people and planet---READ-->>
- Extreme heatwaves exceed forecasts, kill thousandsNew research shows that climate models underestimate regional heating by large margins---READ-->>
- Atlantic circulation weakening much faster than predictedAMOC redistributes heat around the world; Slowdown will disrupt climate and ecosystems---READ-->>
- Extreme heat weakens land’s power to absorb carbonDisturbing research suggests nature is losing the ability to absorb greenhouse gas emissions---READ-->>
- CO2 from burning fossil fuels sets new global record‘No sign’ of transition; CO2 removal captures only one-millionth of new emissions---READ-->>
- Warming turns ordinary dry spells into unprecedented droughtsAs Earth warms, droughts are getting bigger, drier and more frequent---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, November 2024On capitalism and climate crisis, restoring forests, waters in revolt, and a dangerous billionaire---READ-->>
- The deadly environmental toll of superyachts and private jetsEvery week, the ultra-rich emit more greenhouse gas than the poorest people produce in a lifetime---READ-->>
- COP or CON? Big Conservation corrupts biodiversity protectionColonial, abusive and ineffective, but hugely profitable for certain actors---READ-->>
- Basic physics explains why storms are getting strongerClimate is not just changing, it HAS changed. Historical assumptions no longer hold.---READ-->>
- Ubiquitous plastic: A deadly threat to human healthEvery year, millions of tons enter our lungs, blood, and brains---READ-->>
- How climate change destroyed a tar sands boomtownFire Weather: A remarkable account of the reality of disaster in modern neoliberal society---READ-->>