Ian Angus's Blog, page 17

Waterborne poison from metal mines affects over 23 million people

Huge areas contaminated by lead, zinc, copper, arsenic and other toxic wastes

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Degrowth and ecosocialism – a reply

The critical issue is not today's elections, but preparing for tomorrow's mass movements

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The Earth System has passed six of nine planetary boundaries

Dwindling resilience brings the planet ever closer to catastrophic tipping points

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Would degrowth socialism mean forced austerity?

Socialism means qualitatively better lives, not bigger piles of the same stuff capitalism makes

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Planet Wreckers: Just 20 countries risk locking in global climate chaos

To prevent catastrophe, these countries must stop new extraction projects now

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Record heatwaves are worsening air quality, harming human health

Climate change and air pollution cannot be treated separately

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‘There is nothing green about economic growth in high-income countries’

Lancet study finds 'green growth' policies fall far short of what's needed to prevent dangerous change

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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, September 2023

Water, farming, nuclear tests, copper mining, new biology, and sugar. Six books to help understand and change the world

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‘A powerful moral and social message that is still relevant today’

British newspaper reviews 'The War Against the Commons'

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High emissions will subject over 1 billion cows to lethal heat stress

Expanded cattle farming is creating deadly conditions for the animals

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