Ian Angus's Blog, page 3

Wildfire smoke impact far greater than estimates: thousands killed

Study shows US death toll could reach 70,000 a year by 2050

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Global water cycle: increasingly erratic and extreme

Swinging between deluge and drought, two-thirds of river networks have too much or too little water

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Who is responsible for heat that kills?

New study identifies corporate culprits in deaths from rise in extreme heat waves

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60% of Earth’s land area is now out of the safe operating zone

Structural changes have pushed a majority of land ecosystems into precarious conditions

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Protecting communities from carbon markets

Carbon markets and offsets have failed to actually reduce emissions after decades of trying

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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, September 2025

Seven new books for reds and greens: slavery, antiscience, extraction, disruption, oil power, language, & planning

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Worldwide, 2.1 billion people still lack safe drinking water

Universal access to safe water and sanitation is increasingly out of reach

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Ecosocialist Bookshelf August 2025

Six important books on slavery, capitalist diseases, climate action, scientists resisting, economic planning, and technofossils.

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Microsoft versus the planet

Ex-employees highlight how Microsoft’s work for the fossil fuel industry is exacerbating the climate crisis.

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For an ‘ecommunist’ alternative to degrowth and luxury communism

If the working class does not tackle capitalism, then reactionary solutions will be imposed

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