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Posts relating to environmental issues

Fourth flood warning in 10 days as flood defence schemes flounder

By Jonathan Diebold The disaster movie 2012 shows a world ravaged by extreme weather events, apparently predicted hundreds of years prior by the Mayan civilisation. But it doesn’t take an ancient Mesoamerican prophecy to predict the floods which have afflicted Ireland recently,

Feb 6, 2026

Environment·World News

Latin America: Rise in violence on the front lines of environmental struggle

By Pedro Meade and Ana Vitoria, Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (our sister organisation in Brazil) As we are seeing, climate crises are intensifying. Wildfires of unprecedented proportions are raging in Canada, there are historic droughts in Argentina, and increasingly severe storms are

Aug 6, 2023

Environment·World News

Climate change shows that now more than ever — capitalism must go

Isidora Durán Stewart Capitalism’s total inaction on the climate crisis is leading to devastating effects globally. This summer saw many parts of the world plunge into an extreme heatwave, with preliminary data showing that the first week of July 2023 was the

Aug 5, 2023

Environment·Featured Articles·World News

In hot water: The devastating impact of rising ocean temperatures

By Oisin Hill “The ocean is hotter than ever, what happens next?,” begins a news article published in May of this year by Nature, the world’s leading scientific journal. 2023 has seen the ocean’s surface temperature rise to its highest since records

Jul 25, 2023

Environment·World News

Environment: War causes untold damage to the environment

By Walter Chambers, International Socialist Alternative The immediate and horrific humanitarian costs of the war in Ukraine are measured in the number of fatalities and wounded caused by the fighting and continuous bomb attacks on Ukraine’s cities, as well as in the

Jul 2, 2023

Environment·News & Analysis

Climate failure: Government set to miss emissions target by “significant margin”

By James Fleming The Irish government will miss its 2030 emissions target “by a significant margin”, according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) projections. Ireland had a target to reduce emissions by 51%, but it will achieve only 29% at best – if

Jun 17, 2023

Environment·World News

Climate crisis: Out of the frying pan into the fire – El Niño is on its way

By Keishia Taylor A new report warns that the fast-approaching El Niño will bring unprecedented scorching temperatures globally. The next five years will almost certainly be the warmest five-year period ever recorded, according to the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The El

Jun 3, 2023

Campaigns & Issues·Environment

What way forward in the fight against capitalist climate destruction

By Connor Rosoman & Philipp Chmel, International Socialist Alternative In the light of exacerbating climate crisis and absolute inaction of capitalist governments, the climate movement is testing out and adapting its tactics and strategies across the globe including with school occupations, blockades,

May 25, 2023

Environment·Theory & History

Review: Marx in the Anthropocene by Kohei Saito

Review: Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism By Kohei SaitoCambridge University Press, 2023 Reviewed by Chris Stewart A new book by Japanese Marxist Kohei Saito has been an unlikely bestseller in Japan, selling more than half a million copies

Apr 19, 2023

Environment·News & Analysis

Government opposition to free public transport is pathetic and shameful

By Finghin Kelly Green Party Transport Minister, Eamon Ryan, this week presented to Cabinet the findings of a report by the consultants Ernst and Young (EY) which was commissioned by the NTA. The report amazingly recommended against the extension of free public

Mar 10, 2023

Environment·News & Analysis

Ireland’s for-profit forestry is a scandal

By Ben Samson Using two satellites named Tom and Jerry to measure the mass of Europe’s shrinking groundwater reserves, researchers from Austria’s Graz University of Technology have reported that the continent is on the verge of a catastrophic drought. This is in

Feb 1, 2023

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Fourth flood warning in 10 days as flood defence schemes flounder

Latin America: Rise in violence on the front lines of environmental struggle

Climate change shows that now more than ever — capitalism must go

In hot water: The devastating impact of rising ocean temperatures

Environment: War causes untold damage to the environment

Climate failure: Government set to miss emissions target by “significant margin”

Climate crisis: Out of the frying pan into the fire – El Niño is on its way

What way forward in the fight against capitalist climate destruction

Review: Marx in the Anthropocene by Kohei Saito

Government opposition to free public transport is pathetic and shameful

Ireland’s for-profit forestry is a scandal

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of the Socialist Party

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden