Ian Angus's Blog, page 13

Air pollution from Alberta tar sands is 6300% higher than reported

Organic carbon emissions equal all other Canadian sources combined

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Alpine glaciers certain to shrink at least a third by 2050

But if present trends continue, the ice volume will fall nearly 50%

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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

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‘Developing countries’ are trapped in a new debt crisis

Wealth flowing from poorest nations to the richest. World Bank and IMF must go!

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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, January 2024

From killer insects to trash to degrowth, six new books for understanding and changing the world

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Do capitalists want to kill humanity … and themselves?

What mad ideas lie behind capitalism's drive towards planetary catastrophe?

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2023 was hottest year on record, close to 1.5°C

Every day was over a degree above the pre-industrial level

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PAUL BURKETT, REST IN POWER

In memory of Paul Burkett, Marxist scholar and jazz musician, 1956-2024

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An ecosocialist strategy to make 1.5° possible

David Schwartzman argues for an 'Eco-Leninist' movement against fossil fuels

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Introduction to the Brazilian edition of Facing the Anthropocene

Important steps towards formally defining a new epoch in Earth System history

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