Staff / TruthdigMar 29, 2017
To begin to solve the health care crisis, we need a system based on health and the money to pay for it. House Resolution 676 is the model for that system. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By Kieran Cooke, Climate News NetworkSep 24, 2015
As momentum builds for a new deal on climate change, investors are becoming increasingly nervous about having their cash in fossil fuels. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Alex Kirby, Climate News NetworkJul 5, 2015
The head of the global Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says wealthy countries should help poorer nations that cannot afford to replace coal with low-carbon alternatives. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Roisin Davis / TruthdigMay 22, 2015
A new report finds that the gap between rich and poor in the developed world is at its highest level in 30 years in most countries -- and that the U.S. and Israel are leading the trend. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Tim Radford, Climate News NetworkJan 16, 2015
The world risks being destabilised by human activity, scientists report, most of it the work of a wealthy minority of us. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By Kieran Cooke, Climate News NetworkOct 12, 2013
The fossil fuel industry and its subsidies are targeted as world finance fires warning shots suggesting that sustainable energy and tackling climate change must be key priorities. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigOct 9, 2013
The head of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development is set to address an event co-organized by the London School of Economics, where he is expected to harshly criticize the global disregard of the impending disaster of climate change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Richard Reeves / TruthdigAug 3, 2013
I was drawn into my pile of OECD documents and charts by a column last week by Eduardo Porter of The New York Times under the headline: "Inequality in America: The Data Is Sobering." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 29, 2012
Following Ireland’s recent slide into recession territory, the OECD, a Paris-based economic think tank, reports that the U.K.’s economic doldrums have returned. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 16, 2012
A new report predicts urban air pollution will become the No. 1 cause of premature death in the coming decades, beating out poor sanitation and dirty drinking water to take more than 3.5 million lives per year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 29, 2011
The 1 percenters targeted by those leading the Wall Street occupation had a profitable run between 1979 and 2007. Their average after-tax income grew 275 percent in that period, while income for the 60 percent of the population in the middle of the earning scale grew by just under 40 percent. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 22, 2011
Gus Speth, environmental lawyer, former Clinton adviser and founder of the Washington, D.C.-based World Resources Institute, who was arrested Sunday at the White House while protesting a proposed oil pipeline, has some bad news for American optimists. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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