New Energy Policy Needed as Nuclear Giants Take a Hit

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network May 29, 2015 Plans for a worldwide fleet of huge new nuclear reactors have collapsed, with the cancellation of a major project and no new orders being placed. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Climate Talks Take a Rocky Road to Paris

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Dec 15, 2014 The U.N. climate talks in Lima have ended with the setting of deadlines for the world to come up with plans to curb emissions and adapt to climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Help Needed Now for Climate Refugees

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Jun 12, 2014 A United Nations University report urges governments worldwide to draw up plans urgently to avoid conflict and insecurity by helping populations that are being forced to move because of climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Shortly After Mother’s Day, U.N. Says U.S. ‘Losing Out’ Over Paid Maternity Leave

Staff / Truthdig May 13, 2014 The United States is one of just three countries not to guarantee any paid maternity leave, a policy that costs the nation dearly. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Companies Doze as Climate Change Threatens

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network May 8, 2014 The advances of science and the rapid changes in the economy are leaving the U.S. corporate world far behind, say researchers, who warn that the sector must change urgently. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Energy Revolution Is In Reverse

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Apr 18, 2014 The world should be moving to a clean energy future, the IPCC says. The recent record of global greenhouse emissions show it's heading in entirely the wrong direction. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Forget the Cost — Tackle Climate Anyway’

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Apr 4, 2014 If we want to be sure the world will remain habitable we should stop trying to work out the cost and just take action anyway, two researchers say -- and in any case, the cost is unknowable. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

War With Iran: Nothing Is What It Seems

William Pfaff / Truthdig Apr 3, 2013 The war being promoted in the United States against Iran is (or would be) a war of aggression disguised, by but also to the leaders themselves, as a preventive war necessitated by threat.When are goals ever truly realized in international affairs? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Israel-Born Daughter of Foreign Worker Faces Deportation

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2011 The Israeli Interior Ministry announced Tuesday that it will deport the 4-year-old daughter of a foreign worker despite the fact that the girl was born and attended school in Israel. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Policy Bracket

Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Washington Examiner Mar 19, 2011 Dig deeper

Gorbachev’s ‘New Policy Forum’ Hints at the Future

William Pfaff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2010 No one attending the New Policy Forum in Sofia was very interested in Washington's present military and geostrategic preoccupations. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Magic Mushrooms

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 8, 2010 Dig deeper