Ecosocialist Bookshelf, August 2016

(Before It's News)

Cross-posted from Climate and Capitalism, an online journal focusing on capitalism, climate change, and the ecosocialist alternative.

Five new books for green lefts and left greens. Cuban science fiction … the birth of the Anthropocene … agribusiness and disease … surviving catastrophe … rising seas … private plunder of public assets.

• Fastest-Growing Source Of Electricity ‘Not Working So Good,’ Trump Claims
• LED Lighting Miracle: ‘One Of The Fastest Technology Shifts In Human History’
• Expert to Rio athletes: ‘Don’t put your head under water’ – ‘The Guanabara Bay has been transformed into a latrine’
• Will Rio’s Mayor Be Remembered For His Climate Achievements Or His City’s Polluted Olympics?
• Monsanto Pulls Desperate Farmers’ Strings and They Spray Dicamba
• Norfolk, Virginia prepares for sea-level rise and more – ‘Here in Norfolk, we’re sort of the canary in the coal mine’
• A Clean Power Plan Is Already Working For The Northeast
• Five reasons why CEOs of fossil fuel giants must answer to the Filipino people
• Anti-Public Utility Regulation, Pro Business (political vs. free-market capitalism)
• The Impact of Climate Change on Investment