[marxmail] Brazilian magazine interviews Ian Angus

A Portuguese translation of my book, *Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System*, was published in Brazil in 2023. I was subsequently interviewed by Claudia Antunes for the multilingual magazine SUMAÚMA, a radical environmental journal that takes its name from o

[marxmail] Ecosocialist Bookshelf. February 2025

Seven recent books on movement building, modern capitalism, evolution, ecology and colonialism. https://climateandcapitalism.com/2025/02/08/ecosocialist-bookshelf-february-2025/ Ian Angus Editor, Climate & Capitalism https://climateandcapitalism.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You

[marxmail] US government knowingly promotes deadly fertilizer

Poisoning the land: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continues to promote a commonly used commercial fertilizer despite being informed over 20 years ago that its key component contained high levels of so-called “forever chemicals” https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/12/28/us-government-k

[marxmail] Extreme heat killed over 1300 Hajj pilgrims in 2024

Heat tolerance limits for older adults were exceeded on all six days of this year's pilgrimage. Extreme heat killed over 1300 Hajj pilgrims in 2024. https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/12/19/extreme-heat-killed-over-1300-hajj-pilgrims-in-2024/ Ian Angus Editor, Climate & Capitalism https://cli

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

The European Commission’s Copernicus Climate Change Service says 2024 is the hottest year to date, and the first year to exceed 1.5ºC 16 of the past 17 months exceeded the Paris Agreement target https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/12/17/2024-hottest-year-to-date-and-first-year-over-1-5oc/ Ian

[marxmail] Arctic tundra now emitting more CO2 than it stores

After storing carbon dioxide in frozen soil for millennia, the Arctic tundra is being transformed by frequent wildfires into an overall source of carbon to the atmosphere, which is already absorbing record levels of heat-trapping fossil fuel pollution. https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/12/11/th

[marxmail] The record-breaking human costs of climate change

Lancet study: Climate extremes are increasingly claiming lives and livelihoods worldwide https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/12/10/the-record-breaking-human-costs-of-climate-change/ Ian Angus Editor, Climate & Capitalism https://climateandcapitalism.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Link

Re: [marxmail] Ecosocialist Bookshelf: The year's Top 10

Les: They are both excellent, but  they are very different books. Fossil Capital is about coal and steam power in the industrial revolution. Crude Capitalism is about the oil industry and geopolitics in the 20th century. I highly recommend both. So I guess it depends on what you are most intere

[marxmail] Ecosocialist Bookshelf: The year's Top 10

These are my 10 favorite books from the many excellent works from my Ecosocialist Bookshelf columns in the past 12 months. https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/12/06/this-years-best-books-for-reds-and-greens/ Ian Angus Editor, Climate & Capitalism https://climateandcapitalism.com -=-=-=-=-=-=

[marxmail] COP-out 29: The Baku Betrayal

The 2024 climate summit was a disaster for the developing world, a betrayal of both people and planet *COP-out 29: The Baku Betrayal* https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/11/27/cop-out-29-betrayal-in-baku/ Ian Angus Editor, Climate & Capitalism https://climateandcapitalism.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-