A Carbon Tsunami in Doha

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Dec 6, 2012 The 18th U.N. climate-change summit is taking place in the small but immensely wealthy Gulf emirate of Qatar, the largest per capita emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How Can Cities Save Themselves? (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 5, 2012 A new report by a trio of British research and development groups surveys some of the world’s fastest-growing cities with an eye to the vulnerabilities they will face as global warming raises the sea level and temperatures. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

GOP’s ‘Doomsday Plan,’ Cory Booker’s Food Stamp Challenge, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 4, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including the climate change deal President Obama is quietly putting together behind the scenes and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's latest confrontation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

An Open Letter to America’s Climate Envoy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 2, 2012 For activists, negotiators and journalists interested in a prosperous human future, the U.N. climate negotiations held each year are grueling, emotionally draining events. In a letter to Todd Stern, Obama’s representative at talks going on now in Doha, Qatar, Nikki Hodgson of the Adopt a Negotiator Project captures the mood well. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Climate Curbing Pledges Inadequate, Study Says

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 30, 2012 Despite climate negotiator Jonathan Pershing’s insistence that the U.S. deserves credit for its "enormous" efforts to stall global warming and help poor countries prepare for it, a scientific scorecard showed that the opposite is true. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Brief History of Climate Science

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 24, 2012 In 300 B.C., a student of Aristotle observed that humans could change regional temperatures by draining marshes and clearing forests. More than 2,000 years later, a Swede quantified carbon’s role in keeping the planet warm. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan: Recognition of Futility or Retreat From the Coming Storm?

William Pfaff / Truthdig Feb 29, 2012 No one yet in Washington seems fully to appreciate or acknowledge the failure, but failure it is. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Arab League Lands in Syria

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2011 Delegates from the Arab League arrived in Syria on Monday in yet another attempt to resolve the crisis that's only intensified since the Syrian government made the evidently hollow gesture last week of agreeing to stop military-enabled assaults on its own people and allow observation from outside its borders. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Durban Deal Is No Deal

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2011 Another round of climate negotiations, another vague promise to commit to something in the distant future and another slow-motion step toward disaster for the world’s poor and vulnerable. The Durban deal puts the U.N.’s 194 nations on track to begin negotiating a legally binding pact by 2015, six years after we were told to expect such a treaty in Copenhagen. (more)Another round of climate negotiations, another slow-motion step toward disaster. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Syria Strikes Compromise With Help From Arab League

Staff / Truthdig Nov 3, 2011 Remember the conflict in Syria? You know, the one involving President Bashar al-Assad and the protesters in his country clamoring for regime change? It's still happening Some 3,000 Syrians have lost their lives in the struggle, and (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Infants More Likely to Survive in 40 Countries Other Than U.S.

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2011 The World Health Organization reported that babies born in the U.S. are more likely to die in their first month of life than are babies born in 40 other countries, including South Korea, Cuba, Malaysia, Lithuania, Poland and Israel. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sudan’s President Shows Up at Arab Summit

Staff / Truthdig Mar 30, 2009 Despite the arrest warrant recently issued for him by the International Criminal Court, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has made a defiant move by showing up in Qatar to attend the 21st Arab League summit meeting, at which United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was also slated to appear. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )