CLIMATE & CAPITALISM

JANUARY 6. 2025

Ecosocialist Bookshelf, January 2025

Capitalism’s ecology myths, petroleum lies, forests, cities, incipient fascism, agribusiness…

DECEMBER 28. 2024

US government knowingly promotes deadly fertilizer

EPA has known for 20 years that sewage sludge contains high levels of ‘forever chemicals’…

DECEMBER 19. 2024

Extreme heat killed over 1300 Hajj pilgrims in 2024

Heat tolerance limits for older adults were exceeded on all six days of the pilgrimage…

DECEMBER 17. 2024

2024: Hottest year to date, and first year over 1. 5ºC

16 of the past 17 months exceeded the Paris Agreement target…

DECEMBER 11. 2024

The Arctic tundra is now emitting more CO2 than it stores

Arctic Report Card: Wildfires change a major carbon sink into a greenhouse gas source…

DECEMBER 10. 2024

The record-breaking human costs of climate change

Lancet study: Climate extremes are increasingly claiming lives and livelihoods worldwide…

Combined wealth of 12 US billionaires passes 2 trillion dollars

Ultra-rich use their wealth and power to undermine democracy…

DECEMBER 6. 2024

This year’s best books for reds and greens

Gift ideas for the radical readers on your list…

NOVEMBER 27. 2024

COP-out 29: Betrayal in Baku

The 2024 climate summit was a disaster for the developing world, a betrayal of both people and planet…

Extreme heatwaves exceed forecasts, kill thousands

New research shows that climate models underestimate regional heating by large margins…

NOVEMBER 19. 2024

Warming weakens Atlantic circulation much faster than predicted

AMOC redistributes heat around the world; Slowdown will disrupt climate and ecosystems…

NOVEMBER 17. 2024

Extreme heat weakens land’s power to absorb carbon

Disturbing research suggests nature is losing the ability to absorb greenhouse gas emissions…

NOVEMBER 13. 2024

Fossil fuel CO2 emissions set new record

Much-hyped CO2 removal projects capture only one-millionth of new emissions…

NOVEMBER 7. 2024

How global heating caused an unprecedented US drought

Greenhouse gases are turning rare events into frequent crises…