Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus introduces six new books on revolution, climate denial, invasive species, planetary history, ecocivilisation and the war makers.
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The Future Belongs To Those Who Fight: Climate Revolution for Beginners
By Todd Dufresne
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Capitalism, the essential driver of carbon emissions, is reaching its inevitably brutal endgame. We need to prepare for climate revolution. A manifesto against well-mannered nihilism that dares to imagine a new world built on empathy, justice, and reason.
Eco-Civilization: Making a World That Works for All
By Jeremy Lent
Penguin Random House
Humanity faces an imminent choice: continue with a system built on extraction and endless growth or remake civilization. Lent offers his view of a regenerated Earth that he believes is not only desirable, but entirely feasible.
Ecological Explosions: The History of Biological Invasions and Invasion Science
By Daniel Simberloff
University of Chicago Press
An invasive species expert examines the development of invasion science, from early research to the field’s future. He explores asks how ecosystems might adapt to a rapidly globalizing world and ever-increasing numbers of introduced species—including the joro spider, lionfish, spotted lanternfly, common reed, and Asian carp.
Climate Denial In American Politics
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By Gerald Kutney
Routledge
Climate denial in the White House and Congress and the “climate brawls” on social media. A comprehensive survey and analysis of the sordid history of the propaganda that has promoted climate denial and corrupted politics in America.
A Little History Of The Earth
By Jamie Woodward
Yale University Press
From the formation of the Solar System, the evolution of our atmosphere and oceans, and the first signs of life, through to dinosaurs, mammals, and humans. A fast-paced, informative and lively account of how our planet came to be.
The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home
By William D Hartung and Ben Freeman
Bold Type Books
A hard-hitting investigation into how the Pentagon’s runaway spending embroils America in foreign wars, squanders its wealth, and enriches a privileged elite. Policy experts Hartung and Freeman show who is pulling the strings and pushing for war, and offers a blueprint for shutting down the war machine.
[Reprinted from Climate and Capitalism.]