Environment

Small Miracle: House Votes Against Oil Subsidy

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2006 In this time of record profits for oil companies, the House approved a measure to withdraw a $7-billion subsidy over the next five years. Unbelievably, 165 Republicans wanted to let the oil companies keep the public's money. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Big Oil Launches Attack on Al Gore

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2006 A think tank bankrolled in part by oil companies has launched a disinformation campaign against Gore's "global warming alarmism" in his movie "An Inconvenient Truth." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kick the Oil Habit

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2006 Check out this sobering video, which spells out the moral imperative we face to wean ourselves from dependence on oil. Robert Redford will be talking about this new campaign on Larry King tonight (May 17.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: 162 Million Africans at Direct Risk From Global Warming

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2006 A charity group warns that over 100 million people in sub-Saharan Africa could die by the end of the century if global warming continues its march unabated. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gore Revs Up Global Warming Campaign

Staff / Truthdig Apr 19, 2006 The former vice president is going high profile with his climate-change film "An Inconvenient Truth." Speculation is rife that he is using the issue as a stalking horse for the White House in 2008. Check out an early review of the movie. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greenpeace Founder Does Nuclear U-Turn

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2006 The man who helped found the environmental aid organization argues that nuclear power--once his sworn enemy--is now the planet's only hope for slowing global warming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Climate Researchers Feeling Heat From White House

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2006 Bush & Co have apparently been muzzling climate scientists from speaking forthrightly to the public about global warming Shocker, right? Perhaps they thought last week's head fake on giving more free rein to NASA scientists would throw reporters off the scent . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Barack Obama Slams Bush’s Oil Policy

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2006 The Illinois senator says Bush's "plan" to reduce dependence on oil is "like admitting alcoholism and then skipping the 12-step program." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Global Warming: What, Me Worry?

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Apr 4, 2006 "On the premise that spring is too beautiful for a depressing topic like Iraq, I thought I'd take up a fun subject -- global warming." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Global Warming and Its Discontents

Staff / Truthdig Mar 28, 2006 As George Will tries to refute the mountains of evidence pertaining to the threat of global warming, New Yorker reporter Elizabeth Kolbert discusses her new book on the subject. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Time: Earth Is at the Tipping Point

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2006 Time magazine's special report on global warming is so worrisome that even a Bush administration scientist might take notice. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ozone Pollution Is More Harmful Than Realized

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2006 Ozone, which had been considered a minor player in global climate change, is actually a major factor in the dramatic warming of the Arctic zone, according to NASA. Worse, scientists are reporting that climate change is "irreversible," as Arctic sea ice has failed to re-form for the second year in a row. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )