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Rush for ‘green energy’ minerals harms the world’s most vulnerable

29/04/26
Mining operations shift environmental harm from the richest communities to the poorest

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Ecosocialist Bookshelf: April 2026

28/04/26
Seven new books on food, climate, health, rivers, communities, deniers, and energy

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Metabolic Rifts: ‘Engaging with science to understand history and the world’

27/04/26
A tool for understanding the relationship between capitalism and nature and how to change it

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Video: ‘Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System’

25/04/26
Ian Angus introduces his new book, joined by Helena Sheehan, Inea Lehner, and David McNally, and Jess Spear

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Metabolic Rifts – Online Forum, Saturday April 25

21/04/26
Join Ian Angus, Helena Sheehan, Inea Lehner and Jess Spear to discuss this important new book

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The world just had its second-warmest March on record

09/04/26
Only March 2025 was warmer. Arctic sea ice had its lowest seasonal maximum and lowest March extent on record.

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Online discussion of ‘Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System’

08/04/26
Author Ian Angus and others introduce and discuss this important new book

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By 2100, combined hot and dry extremes may be 5 times more frequent

07/04/26
Nearly 30% of the global population will face extremes more dangerous than heat or drought alone

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Air pollution kills 7.9 million a year

06/04/26
New report analyses the second leading cause of premature death

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Metabolic Rifts: Michael Roberts interviews Ian Angus

30/03/26
A video conversation: What's driving the global environmental crisis? Can it be stopped in time?

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Tens of millions in rural Africa will face deadly heat by 2100

29/03/26
Study shows heatwaves are much more damaging in rural areas than in cities

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The far right as a global phenomenon: the ecosocialist alternative

28/03/26
Mass movements are needed to block the rise of authoritarian and ecocidal governments

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Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System

25/03/26
"A stunning investigation of our ecological crisis ... an urgent and indispensable book.”

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Scientists find significant increase in rate of global warming

10/03/26
Recent rate of heating now higher than in any previous decade

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Global Water Bankruptcy in the Anthropocene

10/03/26
Irreversible rifts in the global water cycle are driving shortages and droughts worldwide

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Climate & Capitalism is taking a break

16/02/26
We will resume regular posting in mid or late March. Thank you for understanding.

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Lessons for the climate movement from COVID-19

11/04/20

The Cost of This Pandemic Must Not Bankrupt the People

10/04/20

Virus lays bare the frailty of the social contract 

10/04/20

Thanks to musician John Prine - critic of King Coal in Kentucky; victim of Coronavirus

10/04/20

Total system failure will give rise to new economy

10/04/20

COVID-19 and the Failures of Capitalism

10/04/20

The Coronavirus and the Crisis This Time

10/04/20

Will coronavirus signal the end of capitalism?

09/04/20

Coronavirus is not some great leveller: it is exacerbating inequality right now

09/04/20

Let’s Nuke the Virus

09/04/20

Big Oil is using the coronavirus pandemic to push through the Keystone XL pipeline

09/04/20

Kenney’s billions for Keystone XL is ballast for a sinking ship

09/04/20

COVID-19: Seeds of Revolution Grown on Capitalism’s Corpse?

09/04/20

We should have ended homelessness. The least we can do now is protect homeless people from COVID-19.

04/04/20

BC Hydro suspends Site C shuttle, six people in isolation at work camp

04/04/20

COVID-19 through a Marxist lens - Capitalism Is The Disease: Mike Davis on the Coronavirus Crisis

03/04/20

Cold Turkey Kenney: Oil-Addiction, Withdrawal and Alternatives in Alberta

03/04/20

A Zombie Love Story

03/04/20

Kamloops councillor wants pipeline expansion postponed; TMX cites health and safety measures

03/04/20

Why coronavirus could spark a capitalist supernova

03/04/20
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