Environment

Does a Bear Vote in the Woods?

Deanne Stillman / Truthdig Oct 28, 2010 Why Sarah Palin is no grizzly and how she and her sister travelers will wipe out the real thing. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

How Robots Clean Up an Oil Spill

Staff / Truthdig Oct 11, 2010 Those nerds at MIT have come up with something really amazing (not the first time). It's a swarm of autonomous robots that talk to each other as they make their way around a spill, gobbling up the oil. Why didn't we think of that? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Follow Wyoming on Fracking Regs

David Sirota / Truthdig Oct 8, 2010 Frank Sinatra once said that if he could make it in New York, he could make it anywhere. Thanks to new drilling rules, environmentalists can now say the same about Wyoming. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Little Missed Sunshine

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 15, 2010 When first lady Michelle Obama started an organic garden at the White House, she sparked a national discussion on food, obesity, health and sustainability. But the green action on the White House lawn hasn't made it to the White House roof, unfortunately. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Carbon Racket

Reese Erlich / Truthdig Sep 14, 2010 Proponents say cap and trade will save the world, but an innovative green project in Nepal exposes the carbon market's flaws. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Lessons From a Low-Impact Week

David Sirota / Truthdig Aug 27, 2010 After spending a week trying to reduce my individual environmental footprint, I can report that it was not easy and that I did not achieve perfection -- not even close. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

News at 11: How Climate Change Affects You

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Aug 11, 2010 Our daily weather reports, cheerfully presented with flashy graphics and state-of-the-art animation, appear to relay more and more information. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Lessons From the Oil Spill

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 10, 2010 Flying back to Washington from Pensacola, Fla., on June 15, President Obama and the man he put in charge of handling the Gulf oil spill, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, had a come-to-Jesus talk. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

We All Live on Turtle Island

Deanne Stillman / Truthdig Jul 23, 2010 When speaking of the natural world, for good reason we often turn to Native American myth. Turtle carries the world on its back is what many of these myths tell us; we are all citizens on turtle island. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Calling All Future-Eaters

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 19, 2010 We sit passive and dumb as corporations and the leaders of industrialized nations ensure that climate change will accelerate to levels that could mean the extinction of our species. Homo sapiens, as the biologist Tim Flannery points out, are the “future-eaters.”We sit passive and dumb as corporations and the leaders of industrialized nations ensure that climate change will accelerate to levels that could mean the extinction of our species. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Pollution and Occupation

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2010 We all know the violent side of occupation, but what about the environmental? It may sound ridiculous, but Israeli settlements are dumping untreated waste into a canal that runs into the West Bank while the Israeli government is banning attempts by Palestinians to divert or treat that waste. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Heat Wave Silences Climate Skeptics

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jul 9, 2010 It’s odd how little we’ve heard lately from the skeptics who deny that climate change is real. What’s the matter, people? Heat stroke? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )