All-time low CO2 levels produced the longest and coldest ice age in in Earth's history
Earth's Thermostat
OPINION
The COP Delusion: Decades of empty words and no action
'Business as usual' overrides action to protect humanity's future
Reading Matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf: February 2024
Important reading for reds and greens, including four new books on capitalism and the pandemic
Block those myths!
50 updated replies to climate science deniers
Skeptical Science refutes rampant misinformation about global warming
War Against the Commons
Tanzania escalates violence to evict indigenous people
Tens of thousands are being driven off their land to make 'conservation parks' for tourists
Opinion
Left critics denounce COP28, but offer no alternative
Alan Thornett says abstaining from UN climate process is empty posturing: we can't win if we aren't involved
Social Murder
Air pollution from Alberta tar sands is 6300% higher than reported
Organic carbon emissions equal all other Canadian sources combined
Water Crisis
Alpine glaciers certain to shrink at least a third by 2050
But if present trends continue, the ice volume will fall nearly 50%
Inequality Kills
Davos and the melting world economy
As billionnaires meet in luxury, Oxfam publishes a staggering condemnation of capital's failure to meet humanity's needs
Capital Kills
‘Developing countries’ are trapped in a new debt crisis
Wealth flowing from poorest nations to the richest. World Bank and IMF must go!
New Year Reading
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, January 2024
From killer insects to trash to degrowth, six new books for understanding and changing the world
Deadly Narratives
Do capitalists want to kill humanity … and themselves?
What mad ideas lie behind capitalism's drive towards planetary catastrophe?
C3S Report
2023 was hottest year on record, close to 1.5°C
Every single day was over a degree above the pre-industrial level
A Great Loss for Ecosocialism
PAUL BURKETT, REST IN POWER
In memory of Paul Burkett, Marxist scholar and jazz musician, 1956-2024
Opinion
An ecosocialist strategy to make 1.5° possible
David Schwartzman argues for an 'Eco-Leninist' movement against fossil fuels
Translation
Introduction to the Brazilian edition of Facing the Anthropocene
Important steps towards formally defining a new epoch in Earth System history
COPout 28
Taking stock of COP28: Thirteen observations
Final declaration of the debacle in Dubai mentioned fossil fuel, but promised nothing
READING MATTERS
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, December 2023
Eight important new books for the rebels and revolutionaries on your list
Panama
Ecological uprising evicts transnational mining company
Panamanian socialist describes “the biggest mobilizations we have ever seen in this country"
Dubai
COP28: Where fossil fuel industries go to gloat
Another summit that has all the hallmarks of gross failure