3 Degrees

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jul 13, 2009 Dig deeper

Kucinich Says Climate Bill Might Make Things Worse

Staff / Truthdig Jun 28, 2009 Rep. Dennis Kucinich explains why he voted against the climate bill that narrowly passed the House Friday: "It sets targets that are too weak, especially in the short term, and sets about meeting those targets through Enron-style accounting methods. It gives new life to one of the primary sources of the problem that should be on its way out -- coal -- by giving it record subsidies." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Bill Maher Is Hoping for a Little More Audacity

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2009 The "Real Time" host has some harsh words for the president, who, he says, is caving to insurance companies, banks and polluters: "This is not getting the job done. And this is not what I voted for." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Al Gore Puts On His Capitalist Cap

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2009 The former vice president has thrown plenty of his own money at the climate crisis, but now the Nobel Prize-winning environmental activist is hoping to profit from his policy ideas. "An environmental start-up backed by Al Gore's venture capital firm aims to take advantage of coming U.S. climate change legislation by helping companies like Coca Cola and even cities cut pollution," reports Reuters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Considering Radical Solutions to Climate Crisis

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2009 The president's new science adviser tells ABC News, "We don't have the luxury of ruling any approach off the table" in the fight against global climate change Geoengineering, once the province of science fiction and climate eccentrics, may now be necessary One approach involves blasting sulfur into the upper atmosphere to reflect the sun's rays. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arctic Has Lost Enough Ice to Cover Texas

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2009 Although this wasn't the worst winter on record for retention of Arctic sea ice, a report from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center says that the region is now missing a Texas-sized chunk of the stuff that keeps polar bears alive and cities above sea level. More alarming, the ice that is there is younger, thinner and more fragile than in years past. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turning Off the Lights Gives Activists a Charge

Staff / Truthdig Mar 30, 2009 In just three years, Earth Hour has spread from Australia to more than 4,000 cities around the world, and environmentalists are thrilled with the results. Participants in 88 countries killed the lights for an hour on Saturday to call attention to the dangers of climate change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Report

Cameron Cardow / Truthdig Oct 30, 2007 Dig deeper

Bill Maher on the Politics of Fear

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2007 The "Real Time" host makes the case for prioritizing our fear: "What's really scary this Halloween is that the same group of idea-free losers who won the last presidential election could win the next one by making us afraid of the wrong things, which is why this Halloween, I'm going as something truly horrifying: a melting polar ice cap." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

White House ‘Eviscerated’ Climate Report

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2007 When Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control, went before Congress to testify on the effects of global warming on Americans' health, she was about 10 pages lighter than planned. According to a source within the CDC, the White House "eviscerated" Gerberding's prepared remarks, slashing 10 of the original 14 pages. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hold Politicians’ Feet to the Fire

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 24, 2007 Fires rage through Southern California. Massive rainstorms drench New Orleans. The Southeast is in the midst of what could be the worst drought on record there. Atlanta could run out of water. What links these crises? Global warming. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Drowning in Denial

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Oct 18, 2007 Dig deeper