People running big corporations—indeed, those running businesses of all sizes—seek to maximize profits not because they are misguided, but because that’s their job in a capitalist economy.
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Movement building
The fires this time: Implications for ecosocialist strategy
A call for public discussion of the role of deindustrialization in building an alternative to the catastrophic course of 21st century capitalism.
Review
An unstoppable drive to Hothouse Earth?
Can the global climate be stabilized before runaway change creates conditions that are too hot for human civilization and deadly for most species?
Dry Deniers
Australia: Worst drought ever, but don’t mention climate change!
“At the federal level there is a climate information vacuum of truth and at the state level there is no action."
No way out
Eternity, nature, society and the absurd fantasies of the rich
The wealthier they are, the more they fear that others will try to take their wealth. No wonder the super-rich are building bunkers to escape the apocalypse.
We're back!
Packed NYC meeting celebrates relaunch of Science for the People
Reborn organization and magazine will combine writing on scientific issues, building a network of radical scientists, and acting for social justice
Crisis deepens
State of the Climate Report: It’s hot and getting hotter
It’s official: 2017 was the third-warmest year on record, and the hottest non-El Niño year. Greenhouse gases hit record highs and sea levels kept on rising
Book review
Invasive species and ‘rewilding’ – Is doing nothing a solution?
In 'The New Wild,' Fred Pearce argues nature will restore itself if we just leave it alone. Is passive acceptance really the best response to biodiversity loss?
Pseudo-Solutions
An engineer, an economist, and an ecomodernist walk into a bar and order a free lunch . . .
Stan Cox says ecomodernists are far better at inventing technological fantasies than at finding ways to solve environmental crises
Time is running out
Scientists urge immediate action to prevent global biodiversity collapse
“Fifty years ago biologists expected to be the first to find a species, now they hope not to be the last.”