UN report predicts crippling heat waves, polluted air, species extinctions, economic crises
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Deadly Extraction
Rush for ‘green energy’ minerals harms the world’s most vulnerable
Mining operations shift environmental harm from the richest communities to the poorest
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf: April 2026
Seven new books on food, climate, health, rivers, communities, deniers, and energy
Book Review
Metabolic Rifts: ‘Engaging with science to understand history and the world’
A tool for understanding the relationship between capitalism and nature and how to change it
Ecosocialist Forum
Video: ‘Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System’
Ian Angus introduces his new book, joined by Helena Sheehan, Inea Lehner, and David McNally, and Jess Spear
Global Boiling
The world just had its second-warmest March on record
Only March 2025 was warmer. Arctic sea ice had its lowest seasonal maximum and lowest March extent on record.
Ecosocialist Forum
Online discussion of ‘Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System’
Author Ian Angus and others introduce and discuss this important new book
Poorest hit hardest
By 2100, combined hot and dry extremes may be 5 times more frequent
Nearly 30% of the global population will face extremes more dangerous than heat or drought alone
Social murder
Air pollution kills 7.9 million a year
New report analyses the second leading cause of premature death
Marxist Ecology
Metabolic Rifts: Michael Roberts interviews Ian Angus
A video conversation: What's driving the global environmental crisis? Can it be stopped in time?