Environment

Part three of a Socialism 101 series by Speak Out Socialists

12-month average global temperatures have exceeded 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial averages in 2024. Capitalism is competely failing to prevent climate catastrophe. …

People and ecosystems in almost every region in the world are threatened by rising aridification, …

A cyclone hit Mayotte, a French island colony in the Indian Ocean. French imperialism bears responsibility for the level of human suffering. …

Negotiations at the COP29 climate conference did not even attempt to halt climate change. We cannot rely on governments and corporations to do anything about the problem. …

At the UN Climate Change Conference, COP29, participants representing politicians and corporations proposed “solutions” to climate change that are just new ways to profit. …

Rivers are drying up due to climate change. In the United States, the Democrats have decided that making climate change even worse is a good idea. …

The massive destruction from Hurricane Helene has been followed by slow government response. …

Capitalism-induced climate change has increased the destruction from hurricanes such as Helene. …

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The Pantanal is burning; droughts and deforestation in recent years, along with climate change, have contributed to the size of the fires. …

Data centers are using huge amounts of electricity and producing carbon emissions. …

Bird flu has the potential to become the next pandemic, and capitalism makes it more likely. …

The strength of hurricane Beryl is a symptom of the global warming that is being caused by the capitalist economic system. …

Baltimore has cleaned up its harbor somewhat, but there is still more work to be done. Let’s not forget that we want clean water for us, and not as resource to be used for profit. …

On June 25, the National Transportation Safety Board released their latest report on the East Palestine, OH …

Norfolk Southern, the rail company responsible for the massive train derailment in East Palestine in …

Funding from the 2021 infrastructure bill has funded mostly highways instead of public transit, which means that it will result in more carbon emissions. …

Since late 2023, millions of people in southern Africa have been facing an extreme drought, …

If there is a political arena where the hopes of reformism are wearing thin and being proven futile, it is among environmental activists. A revolutionary perspective is desperately needed in the climate movement, now more than ever. …

Plastic waste is now all around us in the form of small particles in our …

A year after the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio that caused massive evacuations and immeasurable …

Bank of America has backtracked on a statement that it would stop funding fossil fuel projects. …

Biden and Xi met at APEC, but their meeting was more for optics than action. …

Extreme heat is making sports, especially football, more dangerous. …

The State of California has filed a lawsuit against several fossil fuel companies for their contribution to …

More than 11,000 people have been killed in floods caused by Storm Daniel in Libya. …

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The speed and severity of the disruption of the Earth’s ecosystems and the overall climate …

A pink sun looming through the thick, burnt orange sky was a sight seen in …

There are already millions around the world out in the streets demanding an end to …

In 2019, millions of people flooded the streets in over 125 countries, united in our …

According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, there are at least 20 million people who …

The past few years have seen a huge increase in climate disasters. Wildfires across the …

A recent report by the New York Times analyzed the conditions of tens of thousands …

Following his big 2020 campaign promises to protect the environment, Biden has done the opposite. …

Hospitals have faced a surge in people needing treatment during the recent heat waves. …

Fossil fuel lobbyists also work for climate nonprofits! …

A review of David Wallace-Wells’s The Uninhabitable Earth, a book about the terrible effects of climate change. …

As the climate heats up, mosquitoes have more time to live and breed and expand …

This week a lawsuit against the state of Montana was filed by 16 young people …

War and oil extraction have devastated the environment of Iraq. …

A new United Nations climate assessment report builds on previous reports to paint a picture …

Temperatures hit all-time recorded highs in early May in Vietnam and Laos. Bangkok, the capital …

SpaceX’s Starship launch threw debris into local communities and wildlife habitats. …

Over the weekend news broke that the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration will, for the first …

Across the Patapsco River from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor tourist district lie the former neighborhoods of …

Desde 1970, el Día de la Tierra ha sido el día en que millones de …