Robert Kennedy Jr.’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’ Moment

Staff / Truthdig Jun 6, 2011 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. beamed from the big screen this weekend, featured prominently in documentary filmmaker Bill Haney's latest film, "The Last Mountain," which opened Friday to positive reviews in New York and Washington, D.C. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Attack of the GOP Budget Rider Leeches

By Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons Apr 11, 2011 Dig deeper

Fight for a World Without Coal

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 14, 2011 The writer and philosopher Wendell Berry, armed with little more than a copy of William Shakespeare’s "The Tempest" and his conscience, has been camped out for three days with a handful of other activists in the governor’s outer office in Frankfort, Ky.If a 76-year-old philosopher armed only with his conscience can fight using civil disobedience for our common survival, then so can you. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

21 Die in Colombia Mine Explosion

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2011 A blast at a coal mine in Colombia has killed 21 workers, less than four years after an explosion took the lives of 30 at the same La Preciosa mine in the northeast of the country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Climate Benefits of Natural Gas May Be Overstated

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2011 The United States is poised to bet its energy future on natural gas as a clean, plentiful fuel that can supplant coal and oil. But new research by the Environmental Protection Agency is casting doubt on the assumption that gas offers a quick and easy solution to climate change. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Passionless Party

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jul 1, 2010 You know the Democrats have a problem when party insiders think John Kerry is too intense. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Massey Disaster Not Just Tragic, but Criminal

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Apr 14, 2010 Massey Energy runs the Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, W.Va., where 29 miners were killed last week. The loss of life is tragic, but the UBB explosion is more than tragic; it is criminal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Clean Coal, ‘Dirty Business’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2010 A new documentary investigates the "true social and environmental costs of coal power" and debunks the myth of clean coal. America and China both use much of the world's energy and have much of its coal. This fight is only going to heat up. Check out extensive clips after the jump. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

China Seizes Lead in Alternative Energy

Staff / Truthdig Jan 31, 2010 The Chinese have leapt past Western competitors in the race for alternative energy, becoming the world's largest makers of wind turbines and solar panels. And they're not done yet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Refuse Allegiance to Coal

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 23, 2009 There are some 614 coal-fired power plants in the United States, and it is up to us to shut them down No one in the White House will do it No one in Congress will do it And no one at the coming UN climate change conference in Copenhagen will do it. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Clean Coal or Dry Hole?

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jun 5, 2009 Obama should be applauded for taking climate change seriously, but one of his administration's centerpiece initiatives may be digging a very expensive dry hole -- literally. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Al Gore Back With a Plan

Staff / Truthdig Nov 9, 2008 Former Vice President and presidential hopeful Al Gore seized upon the "change" theme that Barack Obama so successfully rode to victory in this year's election to remind readers of Sunday's New York Times that there's one kind of change we don't need: climate change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )