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  •  | Climeworks CO2 capture plant under construction in Iceland | MR Online

    Can carbon dioxide removal save the climate?

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on June 29, 2025 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    The concentration of carbon dioxide in the world’s atmosphere is now very close to 429 parts per million.

  •  | Heat | MR Online

    Global heating isn’t just getting worse. It is getting worse faster.

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on June 19, 2025 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    Surplus heat is accumulating in the Earth system at an accelerating rate.

  •  | How hot will the Earth get | MR Online

    1.5 is dead: How hot will the Earth get?

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on June 5, 2025 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    ​It may be ‘technically possible,’ ​to keep ​g​lobal heating below 1.5 degrees, but it isn’t going to happen..

  •  | The private jets of 23 super rich individuals emitted an average of 2074 tonnes of carbon a year This is equivalent to 2000 years worth emissions for someone in the global poorest 50 On average these super rich individuals took 184 flights in 2023 spending 425 hours in the air Oxfam | MR Online

    The deadly environmental toll of super-yachts and private jets

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on October 28, 2024 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    Every week, the ultra-rich emit more greenhouse gas than the poorest people produce in a lifetime.

  •  | Effects | Facts  Climate Change  Vital Signs of the Planet | MR Online

    Climate crisis enters ‘critical and unpredictable new phase’

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on October 9, 2024 by The 2024 State of the Climate Report (more by Climate & Capitalism)  | (Posted Oct 12, 2024)

    Scientists warn: ‘The future of humanity hangs in the balance.’

  •  | Deadly Heat | MR Online

    Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues (Part 8): Deadly heat

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on July 27, 2024 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    ‘Climate change has already caused mass death on a pandemic-like scale’

  •  | Vendors in wet markets sell a wide range of vegetables fruit and meats | MR Online

    Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues. Part 7: Wildlife farms and wet markets

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on July 14, 2024 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    Commercial farming of wild animals as luxury food for the rich triggered a global pandemic.

  •  | A confined pig breeding facility operated by Jiangxi Zhengbang Breeding Company in Jiangxi Province | MR Online

    Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues (Part 6): China’s livestock revolution

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on June 26, 2024 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    The near-universal adoption of mass production in confined facilities makes pandemics all but inevitable.

  •  | Chickens | MR Online

    Capitalism’s new age of plagues (Part 5): The pandemic machines

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on May 15, 2024 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    In March, Cal-Maine Foods, the largest U.S. egg producer, reported that chickens in one of its Texas egg factories had contracted Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Type A–better known as Bird Flu. To stop the disease from spreading, the corporation slaughtered 1.6 million birds.

  •  | In 2023 alone 37 million hectares of primary tropical forest was destroyed  the equivalent of 10 soccer fields every minute of every day | MR Online

    Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues (Part 4)

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on April 19, 2024 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    Agribusiness assaults on tropical forests are driving the emergence of new diseases and epidemics.

  •  | Demonstration organized by the far right Alternative for Germany AfD party | MR Online

    The Left, the far-Right and climate chaos

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on March 27, 2024 by João Camargo and Leonor Canadas (more by Climate & Capitalism)  | (Posted Apr 02, 2024)

    Electoral politics and compromises won’t save the climate or stop the far right.

  •  | Map | MR Online

    Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues (Part 3)

    Ian Angus

    Covid-19 was the least unexpected pandemic in history. Why were governments not prepared?

  •  | Top geology body denies appeal rejects Anthropocene proposal | MR Online

    Top geology body denies appeal, rejects Anthropocene proposal

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on March 21, 2024 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    Ruling ends formal discussion in official geological organization.

  •  | Closeup of coronavirus through microscope Image courtesy of Peoples History of the Coronavirus PandemicNational Institutes of Health Rocky Mountain Laboratories | MR Online

    Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues (Part 2)

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on March 14, 2024 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    Relentless evolution creates ‘resilient, dangerous foes’ in the Anthropocene.

  •  | Capitalisms New Age of Plagues | MR Online

    Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues (Part 1)

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on March 5, 2024 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    In our time, pandemics will occur more often, spread more rapidly, and kill more people.

  •  | Anti Anthropocene vote is null and void | MR Online

    Anti-Anthropocene vote is ‘null and void’

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on March 7, 2024 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    Commission chairs say organizers of ballot violated statutes and ignored scientific evidence.

  •  | earth heart | MR Online

    Nature’s heartbeat, visualized

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on February 18, 2024 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    A stunning animation displays the pulse of the Earth System’s metabolism.

  •  | PAUL BURKETT REST IN POWER | MR Online

    Paul Burkett, rest in power

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on January 8, 2024 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    In memory of Paul Burkett, Marxist scholar and jazz musician, 1956-2024.

  •  | Crawford Lake Ontario location of the Anthropocene Golden Spike | MR Online

    Introduction to the Brazilian edition of ‘Facing the Anthropocene’

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on December 31, 2023 (more by Climate & Capitalism)  |

    Important steps towards formally defining a new epoch in Earth System history.

  •  | Green Growth | MR Online

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

    Originally published: Climate & Capitalism on September 5, 2023 by Climate & Capitalism (more by Climate & Capitalism)  | (Posted Sep 13, 2023)

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

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