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- 700 million years ago, the Earth froze. Now we know why.All-time low CO2 levels produced the longest and coldest ice age in in Earth’s history---READ-->>
- The COP Delusion: Decades of empty words and no action‘Business as usual’ overrides action to protect humanity’s future---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf: February 2024Important reading for reds and greens, including four new books on capitalism and the pandemic---READ-->>
- 50 updated replies to climate science deniersSkeptical Science refutes rampant misinformation about global warming---READ-->>
- Tanzania escalates violence to evict indigenous peopleTens of thousands are being driven off their land to make ‘conservation parks’ for tourists---READ-->>
- Left critics denounce COP28, but offer no alternativeAlan Thornett says abstaining from UN climate process is empty posturing: we can’t win if we aren’t involved---READ-->>
- Air pollution from Alberta tar sands is 6300% higher than reportedOrganic carbon emissions equal all other Canadian sources combined---READ-->>
- Alpine glaciers certain to shrink at least a third by 2050But if present trends continue, the ice volume will fall nearly 50%---READ-->>
- Davos and the melting world economyAs billionnaires meet in luxury, Oxfam publishes a staggering condemnation of capital’s failure to meet humanity’s needs---READ-->>
- ‘Developing countries’ are trapped in a new debt crisisWealth flowing from poorest nations to the richest. World Bank and IMF must go!---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, January 2024From killer insects to trash to degrowth, six new books for understanding and changing the world---READ-->>
- Do capitalists want to kill humanity … and themselves?What mad ideas lie behind capitalism’s drive towards planetary catastrophe?---READ-->>
- 2023 was hottest year on record, close to 1.5°CEvery single day was over a degree above the pre-industrial level---READ-->>
- PAUL BURKETT, REST IN POWERIn memory of Paul Burkett, Marxist scholar and jazz musician, 1956-2024---READ-->>
- An ecosocialist strategy to make 1.5° possibleDavid Schwartzman argues for an ‘Eco-Leninist’ movement against fossil fuels---READ-->>
- Introduction to the Brazilian edition of Facing the AnthropoceneImportant steps towards formally defining a new epoch in Earth System history---READ-->>
- Taking stock of COP28: Thirteen observationsFinal declaration of the debacle in Dubai mentioned fossil fuel, but promised nothing---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, December 2023Eight important new books for the rebels and revolutionaries on your list---READ-->>
- Ecological uprising evicts transnational mining companyPanamanian socialist describes “the biggest mobilizations we have ever seen in this country”---READ-->>
- COP28: Where fossil fuel industries go to gloatAnother summit that has all the hallmarks of gross failure---READ-->>