Cap and Trade Can’t Be the Answer to Climate Change

Lisa Song / ProPublica Nov 15, 2019 A new report find that it's as susceptible to lobbying as any other legislation, with pollution up in California since it took effect. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

How Mining Corporations Plunder the Global South

By Nate Singham / Independent Media Institute Jun 7, 2019 The process of corporate plunder in the global mining industry is severely aggravating social and economic inequalities across the planet. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Financial Secret Behind Germany’s Green Energy Revolution

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Jan 24, 2019 It leads the way among several countries running circles around the U.S. in infrastructure development, which all have one thing in common. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

World Bank Expects 140 Million Climate Refugees by 2050

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Mar 21, 2018 The estimate is a conservative one, based on just three regions of the developing world, and considers only people migrating within their own countries, not those seeking a new life abroad. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Palestinian Prime Minister Escapes Injury in Gaza Bombing

FARES AKRAM / The Associated Press Mar 13, 2018 The incident throws an already troubled reconciliation process between the Fatah party and Hamas into deeper turmoil. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Capitalism: The Nightmare

Paul Street / Truthdig Sep 20, 2017 As American activist Joel Kovel wrote six years ago, "The future will be eco-socialist, because without eco-socialism there will be no future." Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Female Equality Is Key to a Sustainable Future

H. Patricia Hynes / Truthdig Aug 29, 2017 Missing from many conversations about the impact of global warming is an understanding of how women in particular are affected. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The World Bank and the IMF Are Enabling the Next Crisis

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 10, 2016 A fresh global economic disaster is brewing, and the authors of world financial policy don't acknowledge their role in creating it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Six Signs That the Big Global Switch to Solar Has Already Begun

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 3, 2016 Among several indications of the rise of solar energy, a plane recently flew around the world using nothing but solar power. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Demand for Loans From the World Bank Nears Crisis Levels

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 13, 2016 Developing countries are continuing to struggle with the weak global economy. The bank said it expected to lend more than $150 billion in the four years from 2013 -- a period when global economic activity repeatedly failed to match expectations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Climate Interruptus

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Nov 13, 2015 Little Green Man is back! This time, he and his earth-bound twin are discussing the latest news on the global warming front. Hint: it ain’t good. Dig deeper

On Green Energy, Ethiopia Leaves U.S. in the Dust

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jul 28, 2015 During President Obama's visit, the American press has focused on poverty, terrorism and other ills in the African country. But Ethiopia is getting something right that we are getting badly wrong. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )