Investigators and Activists Target Keystone XL Pipeline

Staff / Truthdig Nov 8, 2011 Friday, just two days before thousands of protesters encircled the White House, the State Department inspector general's office said it would launch an investigation into the vetting process for a controversial oil pipeline that would snake its way from Canada to the Gulf Coast. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Extinction: Another One Bites the Dust

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2011 A subspecies of rhino native to Southeast Asia has been wiped out. There are now just 50 members of its parent species, the Javan rhino, left in the world. It's a reminder that the danger in endangered is real, and we can't just sit back and hope conservationists can keep human beings from annihilating Earth's biodiversity. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Global Warming Just Got Hotter

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Oct 25, 2011 For the clueless or cynical die-hards who deny global warming, it's getting awfully cold out there. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why an Unusually Melty Arctic Means Trouble

Staff / Truthdig Oct 5, 2011 Dr. Tom Wagner of NASA is remarkably cheerful as he explains how the historic melting of sea ice in the Arctic threatens to exacerbate climate change across the globe. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Big Winter for Arctic Ozone Hole

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2011 Unusual weather ripped a sizable hole in the ozone layer above the Arctic last winter, exposing people in northern Russia, parts of Greenland and Norway to high levels of UV radiation. Human activity did not cause the hole's sudden appearance, scientists said in a report released Monday. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Disasters Merging

Nomi Prins / Truthdig Sep 23, 2011 Catastrophic convergence, the “collision of political, economic, and environmental disasters,” is the theme of Christian Parenti's epic new book, “Tropic of Chaos.” “Tropic of Chaos” paints a grim picture of what happens when political, economic and environmental disasters meet. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Congress Trainer

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Climate Change and America’s Deadly National Parks

Staff / Truthdig Sep 19, 2011 After learning that tourist deaths in Yosemite National Park increased this season compared with a typical year, Mother Jones reporter Kiera Butler asks whether the events that are rearranging the Earth's climate might be the culprit. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

24 Hours of Inconvenient Truths

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2011 With the proportion of Americans concerned about climate change dropping from 62 percent four years ago to 48 today, Al Gore is poised to turn the tide in a daylong lecture on the subject, with an hour devoted to every time zone in the world. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

D.C. Protests That Make Big Oil Quake

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Aug 24, 2011 The White House was rocked Tuesday, not only by a 58-magnitude earthquake, but by the protests mounting outside its gatesThe White House was rocked Tuesday, not only by 5. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

It’s My Planet and I’ll Fry If I Want To

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Activist Spells Out Our Great Shame

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2011 Gus Speth, environmental lawyer, former Clinton adviser and founder of the Washington, D.C.-based World Resources Institute, who was arrested Sunday at the White House while protesting a proposed oil pipeline, has some bad news for American optimists. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )