One Tax to Save Us All

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2009 As some politicians in the U.S. continue to get their gender-respective panties/underwear in a bunch over government spending to help people, "conservative" Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed to "save the human race" from global warming with a carbon tax to help cut fossil fuel usage in France. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Moon Landing [A Cartoon From United Arab Emirates]

Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE Jul 22, 2009 Dig deeper

G8 Leaders Agree to Limit Their Hot Air

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2009 G8 summit participants have all agreed to cut carbon emissions by 80 percent over the next four decades. Enough to keep Florida above water? The world leaders involved have to keep their promises first, as do successive governments over the next 41 years. Then there are the developing nations that could just absorb all that outsourced pollution. Nice start, though. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

You Want the Good News or the Bad News?

Mike Keefe, The Denver Post Apr 23, 2009 Dig deeper

House Flummoxed by Green Initiatives

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2009 The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives had hoped to set an environmental example, but going green is turning out to be a bit of a challenge for the cigar-chomping Washington types. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Global Warming Satellite Launch Is a Failure

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2009 NASA's first effort to loft a satellite to help scientists determine where carbon dioxide is produced and stored around the globe ended in failure when the $270 million spacecraft crashed near Antarctica. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Carbon Footprints

O'Farrell, The Illawarra Mercury, Australia Jul 21, 2008 Dig deeper

Relieve Your Carbon Guilt

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2007 Want to fight global warming but just can't live without air conditioning? The U.S. Forest Service has a solution. By purchasing "carbon offsets," individuals can now make up for their environmental damage in the American way: Just put it on the card, and let someone plant a tree for you. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Three Questions for Al Gore

Staff / Truthdig Jun 30, 2007 Popular Mechanics probes the former vice president about his newly green home, his new concert series and the future of ethanol. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Queen Gets Her Revenge

Staff / Truthdig May 9, 2007 Queen Elizabeth began a toast on Tuesday by teasing the president: "I wondered whether I should start this toast saying I was here in 1776, but I don't think I will." Though she has since departed our shores, the British monarch is not done teaching Americans a lesson -- her carbon footprint for the trip will be calculated and matched with a donation to an environmental charity. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Can Dr. Evil Save the World?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 24, 2006 The Pentagon's favored weaponeer, above, has a proposal to stop global warming -- without burning less oil, and for a tiny fraction of the cost of mainstream proposals And it's so crazy it just might work It also might destroy the planet in the process Interested? Read on . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The 800,000-Year Old Horror Story

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2006 The latest study of ice drilled from Antarctica reveals that carbon dioxide levels are substantially higher now than at any time in the last 800,000 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )