Michael Kwet / TruthdigNov 29, 2024
AI and data center energy consumption has been overhyped. Greening the digital society requires confronting deeper structural problems. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Seth Millstein / Sentient MediaFeb 6, 2024
In order to bring about a post-factory transition for meat production and consumption, we need to better understand the challenges we currently face. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
By Chip Ward / TomDispatchSep 23, 2016
That classic American narrative is back big time, only the Indians are now the good guys and the cowboys are on a warpath, trying to grab 640 million acres of public lands that they can plunder as if it were yesteryear. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
By Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkAug 26, 2016
Scientists find that impacts of population growth on the planet’s biodiversity aren’t generally as bad as has been feared -- but are intensifying rapidly in species-rich areas.Scientists find that impacts of population growth on the planet’s biodiversity aren’t generally as bad as has been feared—but are intensifying rapidly in species-rich areas. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Carlos LozadaApr 8, 2016
"Instead of warriors or workers, we are more than ever before consumers," a new book declares. "In the rich world -- and in the developing world increasingly, too -- identities, politics, the economy and the environment are crucially shaped by what and how we consume." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By Alex Kirby / Climate News NetworkJan 25, 2016
A new global group says food that fails to reach consumers or is dumped as waste could instead save lives and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 31, 2013
The amount of fresh water needed to produce energy for the world is set to double within the next 25 years as civilization’s reliance on coal and biofuels increases, the International Energy Agency projects. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 28, 2012
The marginally growing U.S. economy reduced speed in the second quarter of the year after months of lackluster job creation, threatening the financial well-being of ordinary Americans and deepening the challenge for President Obama’s re-election campaign. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 3, 2011
Back in June, the Federal Reserve predicted a sunnier economic future for the U.S. than it did Wednesday, when the Fed released revised figures for both growth (it'll happen more slowly) and unemployment (it'll continue to hover around 9 percent) through 2012. But the news wasn't all gloomy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 5, 2010
In the face of the stereotypical image of Americans as free-spending consumers, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has told his international finance colleagues that G20 countries should not rely on American buyers for their products as they travel the road to economy recovery. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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