Environment

Frack Fight

By Ellen Cantarow, TomDispatch Nov 20, 2012 In small hamlets in upstate New York, a loose network of activists is waging a guerrilla campaign not with improvised explosive devices or rocket-propelled grenades, but with zoning ordinances and petitions. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein on the Link Between Climate Change and Capitalism

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 19, 2012 In an appearance on "Moyers & Company" over the weekend, Naomi Klein told Bill Moyers that the recent devastation left by Superstorm Sandy could be the catalyst for economic and political change in this country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The World Bank’s Dire Report and Warning on Climate Change

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 19, 2012 The entire planet will be hurt by climate change, but a bleak new report says some of the poorest countries will feel its effects the most. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Public Cost of BP’s ‘Pathetic’ Fine

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 17, 2012 BP’s record settlement of $4.5 billion for damages caused by the explosion and spill of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010 is the largest criminal fine in U.S. history, but at a fifth of the company's 2011 profits, to be paid over a span of five years, it amounts to a "pathetic" slap on the wrist, says Public Citizen’s Tyler Slocum. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Germany Is Getting to 100 Percent Renewable Energy

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Nov 15, 2012 There is no debate on climate change in Germany, where architects of the clean energy movement estimate that from 80 percent to 100 percent of the country's electricity will come from renewable sources by 2050. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Global Warming Likely to Match Our Worst Fears, Study Finds

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 13, 2012 Newer, more complete scientific models suggest that the worst predictions of man-made global warming -- an average global temperature increase of 8 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100 -- may be the most accurate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Mandate of Hell: How Not to Change the World

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Nov 13, 2012 The United States is slowly hollowing out. The global economy is up for grabs. And the planet’s average temperature rise could mean an almost unimaginable disaster for humanity. But not a single one of these matters came up in any meaningful way in the election campaign. In other words, election 2012 boiled down to little more than a massive and dangerous case of Washington-style denial. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Hurricane Sandy and Disaster Capitalism

By Naomi Klein Nov 13, 2012 Less than three days after Sandy made landfall on the East Coast of the United States, Iain Murray of the Competitive Enterprise Institute blamed New Yorkers’ resistance to big-box stores for the misery they were about to endure. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

American Opinion on Climate Change Follows Rising Waters

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 11, 2012 A Rasmussen poll released Friday shows 68 percent of Americans see global warming as a “serious problem,” up from 46 percent in 2009. In 2010, Gallup reported 48 percent of Americans thought the dangers of global warming were exaggerated. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Memo to the Military: Give a Damn About the Warming Planet

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 11, 2012 Global warming could be American imperialism’s undoing if Pentagon officials don’t prepare accordingly, a group of experts effectively reported in a study warning against such “climate surprises” as natural disasters, sea-level rise, drought and epidemics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Trailer: ‘Cape Spin! An American Power Struggle’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 10, 2012 "Cape Spin!" tells the story of how unlikely alliances (“Kennedys, Kochs and everyday folks”) teamed up to do battle over a proposed waterborne wind farm and what would be the largest clean energy project in America in one of the 1 percent's most treasured playgrounds: the sea surrounding Cape Cod. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

It’s Gas Rationing in NYC for the Foreseeable Future

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 9, 2012 To deal with fuel shortages in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has decreed that car owners in New York City will be allowed to buy gas only every other day, starting at 6 a.m. on Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )