OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #252, October 13, 2025.

 

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #252, October 13, 2025.    Compiled by Dick Bennett.

Inside Climate News Weekly.

Protecting Waterways and Wetlands.

Climate and Capitalism.
Ecological Marxism in the Anthropocene. 

 

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PROTECTING WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS
Waterkeeper Alliance and Currents (August 2025).

Waterkeeper Alliance and partners submitted comments strongly condemning the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal to reissue its Nationwide Permit program. These proposed changes would allow the destruction of tens of thousands of acres of waterways and wetlands across the United States without any meaningful review by the government or notice to the public, in gross violation of federal law. In 2021, the groups filed a lawsuit challenging the Corps’ Nationwide Permit 12 for oil and gas pipelines and continue to oppose the reissued permit, which allows pipelines—often hundreds or even thousands of miles long—to cross waterways and threaten wildlife without comprehensive environmental review.. . .

Inside Climate News Weekly (10-13-25) protecting wetlands.
Vilified in the past as wastelands, the watery ecosystems are in fact a linchpin of planetary stability, with their moist soils sequestering more carbon dioxide per unit than forests. With unmatched efficiency, they act as Earth’s kidneys, filtering pollution and recharging drinking water sources while preventing storm damage and flooding. For scores of communities, wetlands are a cradle of culture, a source of sustenance and a home. . . .

 

Climate & Capitalism <feedblitz@mail.feedblitz.com> 10-7-25 Has the Anthropocene Been Cancelled? Ian Angus anaylses the controversial decision not to recognize a radical change in the Earth System.   Source other recent articles ...  'Carbon markets dispossess our territories and criminalize our ways' Climate change adds 40 days to worldwide wildfire season Fossil fuel production plans contradict climate promises Wildfire smoke impact far greater than estimates: thousands killed

Ecological Marxism in the Anthropocene.  Monthly Review (October 2025).
John Bellamy Foster interviews Xu Tao and Lv Jiayi on the history of ecological Marxism.    They explore origins of the term Anthropocene and its predecessors, the concept of degrowth, the continuing influence of metabolic rift theory, and the cutting-edge issues facing young scholars of degrowth today.

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END OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #252, October 13, 2025.