Environment

Save the Trees, Save the Planet

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jun 24, 2010 What would the wealthy nations of the West (and their rising rivals in the East) do if they actually wanted to prevent catastrophic warming? Here in Africa, the obvious answer is that they would find the ways and means to discourage deforestation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Green ‘New Deal’ Now

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jun 17, 2010 Clearly the president understands what is at stake. And he apparently senses renewed opportunity in the wake of the Gulf catastrophe, which illustrates the problems of oil dependency with harrowing urgency. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rape and Spillage

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 16, 2010 What's with the president's war analogy on the oil spill? It's as if some alien force, "The Invasion of the Slippery Sludge," suddenly attacked us What nonsense . Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Flash Floods Kill At Least 16 in Arkansas

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2010 At least 16 people were reported killed by flash floods in western Arkansas on Friday after buildup from heavy rainfall caused flood waters to sweep through campgrounds (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Putting the ‘I’ in Environment

David Sirota / Truthdig Jun 11, 2010 While British Petroleum and federal regulators are certainly at fault for their reckless behavior, every American who uses oil -- which is to say every American -- is incriminated in this ecological holocaust. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

BP Knew: Years of Internal Probes Warned That Neglect Could Lead to Accidents

Staff / Truthdig Jun 8, 2010 A series of internal investigations over the past decade warned senior BP managers that the company repeatedly disregarded safety and environmental rules and risked a serious accident if it did not change its ways. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Obama Holds Forth About Risky Oil Spill Business

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2010 President Barack Obama wants Americans to know he's officially on BP's case about this oil spill business, but also that "we have to acknowledge that there are inherent risks to drilling four miles beneath the surface of the Earth." Indeed there are. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In Memory of All That Is Lost

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jun 2, 2010 The anger is palpable across the Mississippi Delta. As the Deepwater Horizon oil geyser, almost a mile underwater, continues unabated, the brunt of this, the largest environmental catastrophe in United States history, is rolling onto the coast, impacting the ecology, the economy and entire ways of life. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Defending Our Natural Resources From Presidents and Profits

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig May 28, 2010 Barack Obama is, in many admirable ways, our most progressive president in decades. But as an environmentalist, let's face it, he's no Richard Nixon. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama: This Whole Oil Spill Situation Is Really Bad, People

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2010 OK, so he actually called it an "unparalleled disaster," but you get the idea: President Barack Obama took a moment Thursday morning to announce that the federal government had been on British Petroleum's gulf oil spill from the very start and to declare unequivocally (continued) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Muddle Oozing From the Gulf

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig May 27, 2010 So who is in charge of stopping the oil spill, BP or the federal government? The answer to this question seems as murky as the water around the exploded oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

EPA Weighs Sanctions Against BP

By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica May 25, 2010 Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are considering whether to bar BP from receiving government contracts, a move that would ultimately cost the company billions in revenue and could end its drilling in federally controlled oil fields.Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are considering whether to bar BP from receiving government contracts. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )