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- The top 15 C&C articles in 2018 … and the all-time top 5The 137 articles we published in Climate & Capitalism this year were read by more people than ever before. These were the most popular …---READ-->>
- Why Ecosocialism? A discussion of the case for a red-green futureMichael Löwy initiates a wide-ranging debate on the great transition from capitalist destruction to a just and sustainable future---READ-->>
- New study: Greenhouse gas is more dangerous than regulators thoughtNew evidence not only strengthens the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding, it shows that greenhouse gas impacts could be much worse than expected---READ-->>
- A lesson from the yellow vests: Carbon taxes burn workersJonathan Neale says climate activists must reject climate taxes: they harm the poor, and do little to actually slow climate change---READ-->>
- Left-wing Quebec party will focus on climate changeQuébec solidaire, which won 16% of the popular vote in October, will make climate change its main political campaign in the coming year---READ-->>
- Exploring the deep biosphere: Organisms abound in regions thought devoid of life70% of all bacteria live deep in the earth, constituting a reserve of carbon and biodiversity that vastly outnumbers and outweighs all humans combined---READ-->>
- Greenland melting is faster than ever … and it is speeding up“The melting and sea level rise we’ve observed already will be dwarfed as climate continues to warm”---READ-->>
- Global warming illustrated: 800,000 years of CO2 in one graphThis year’s increase in carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry is the largest in seven years. CO2 in the atmosphere has hit a new high.---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, December 2018Five important new books for reds and greens. Dust Bowls of Empire. Oil, Power and War. The Big Muddy. Never Home Alone. The Neoliberal Diet.---READ-->>
- Climate change health impacts: ‘compounded and overwhelming’Lancet climate change report shows worsening health risks from heat and heatwaves, infectious diseases, and food security---READ-->>
- ‘Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism’ wins the 2018 Deutscher PrizeKohei Saito honored for his brilliant study of Marx’s views on the relationship between society and nature---READ-->>
- The climate report that Trump tried to burySummary of major U.S. government report that warns of major threats to human health and safety, quality of life, and economic growth---READ-->>
- Herbicides undermine antibiotics, threaten medical careStudy says bacteria develop antibiotic resistance up to 100,000 times faster when exposed to the world’s most widely used herbicides, Roundup and Kamba---READ-->>
- New maps of land destruction show why caravans flee Central AmericaDetailed maps show worldwide land degradation, including the deforestation that is now forcing migrants to leave Guatemala and Honduras---READ-->>
- Can the working class change the world?A superb popular account of what’s wrong with capitalism and what working people must do to get rid of it. Highly recommended!---READ-->>
- Marxist ecosocialism and the value debateMany socialists have contributed to the debate on Marxism, nature, and value, strengthening our common understanding of the enemy we face and the movement we must build.---READ-->>
- It’s time to break up capitalism’s love affair with plasticA valuable invention is massively misused in the service of profit, producing unprecedented waste and pollution. How can we stop the plastic plague?---READ-->>
- Modern slave ships overfish the oceans‘Seafood caught illegally or under conditions of modern slavery is laundered by mixing it with legally caught fish before it enters the supply chain.’---READ-->>
- Fossil fuel production and use exploded in the 20th century. Can we stop the flow in the 21st?In ‘Burning Up’ Simon Pirani shows why fossil fuel consumption has grown so fast, and why only radical social change can prevent climate disaster now---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, November 2018A bumper crop! Eight new books on biofuels, nutrition fraud, imperialism, post-capitalism, indigenous sovereignty, coral reefs, moral economists, and chicken---READ-->>