Ian Angus's Blog, page 6

What’s stopping a transition to renewable energy?

Despite falling costs, energy companies aren't switching. For capitalism, the price is wrong.

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Earth’s water cycle is off balance for the first time in human history

‘We must reshape our shared relationship with water, across borders and cultures'

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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, February 2025

Seven recent books on movement building, modern capitalism, evolution, ecology and colonialism

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We’re taking a break

Climate & Capitalism will resume publishing in mid-to-late February.

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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, January 2025

Capitalist ecology myths, petroleum industry lies, forests, cities, incipient fascism, agribusiness, and disease

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US government knowingly promotes deadly fertilizer

EPA has known for 20 years that sewage sludge contains high levels of 'forever chemicals'

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Extreme heat killed over 1300 Hajj pilgrims in 2024

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

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2024: Hottest year to date, and first year over 1.5ºC

16 of the past 17 months exceeded the Paris Agreement target

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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

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The record-breaking human costs of climate change

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

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