Trailer: ‘Cape Spin! An American Power Struggle’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 10, 2012 "Cape Spin!" tells the story of how unlikely alliances (“Kennedys, Kochs and everyday folks”) teamed up to do battle over a proposed waterborne wind farm and what would be the largest clean energy project in America in one of the 1 percent's most treasured playgrounds: the sea surrounding Cape Cod. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Tried to Downplay Toll on Wildlife in Gulf

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 24, 2012 Photographs of a dead sperm whale and a cache of emails obtained by Greenpeace show how officials in the Obama administration attempted to suppress knowledge of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil blowout's impact on wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mad Cow: Consumer Reports Says Regulators Are Failing the Food Supply

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Consumer Reports senior scientist Dr. Michael Hanson tells us the United States lags far behind Europe and Asia in its regulation of the meat industry; Tupac and the LA Riots at 20; Rocky Anderson's alternative campaign for president; and Greenpeace protests Apple's dirty cloud. Dig deeper

Mad Cow: Consumer Reports Says Regulators Are Failing the Food Supply

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Consumer Reports senior scientist Dr Michael Hanson tells us the United States lags far behind Europe and Asia in its regulation of the meat industry; Tupac and the LA riots at 20; Rocky Anderson's alternative campaign for president; and Greenpeace protests Apple's dirty cloudThis week on Truthdig Radio: Consumer Reports senior scientist Dr Michael Hanson on mad cow disease; Tupac and the L. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Listen to the People, Not the Polluters

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Dec 7, 2011 High above the pavement, overlooking Durban's famous South Beach and the pounding surf of the Indian Ocean, and just blocks from the United Nations Climate Change Conference, where up to 20,000 people gathered, seven activists fought against the wind to unfurl a banner that read "Listen to the People, Not the Polluters."There is a growing consensus here in Durban that the United States is the main impediment to progress at these crucial talks. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Justice Dept. Hand-Slaps FBI for Spying on Greenpeace and Friends

Staff / Truthdig Sep 20, 2010 The supervising bureaucrats at the Justice Department acknowledged that the FBI should not have been spying on activists, although they decided that the bureau was not targeting anti-war and environmental groups for political reasons. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Whale Warriors Lose Multimillion-Dollar Vessel in Clash With Japanese (Update: Video)

Staff / Truthdig Jan 7, 2010 If you've seen the TV series "Whale Wars," you know all about the Sea Shepherds, those activists who try to obstruct Japanese whalers, to the chagrin of whale eaters and Greenpeace alike. The group just lost a very expensive carbon fiber and Kevlar speedboat in the craft's maiden confrontation with a Japanese whaling vessel. (Video after the jump) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Japan Hunts Humpbacks

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2007 Under the pretense of scientific research, a fleet of Japanese whaling ships is hunting the humpback whale for the first time in decades. The whaling mission plans on killing roughly 1,000 animals in all, including 50 or so humpbacks. While Japanese officials claim the purpose of the mission is to study whale organs, the meat from the animals will be sold commercially. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Skinny on Climate Change

Staff / Truthdig Aug 20, 2007 By way of pointing out the vulnerability of both the human body and the global climate, artist Spencer Tunick photographed around 600 eco-conscious men and women in the altogether, posing atop a diminishing glacier in the Swiss Alps for Greenpeace. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greenpeace Founder Does Nuclear U-Turn

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2006 The man who helped found the environmental aid organization argues that nuclear power--once his sworn enemy--is now the planet's only hope for slowing global warming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )