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Warning Against Attack on Syria, Carter Hopes Trump Realizes Nuclear War ‘Catastrophe for All Human Beings’
Warning Against Attack on Syria, Carter Hopes Trump Realizes Nuclear War ‘Catastrophe for All Human Beings’ Former president notes that even bombing campaign that doesn’t escalate into nuclear exchange poses serious dangers Former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter received the 2017 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage. (Photo: Georgia Institute […]
Climate Bellwether? With Cape Town Almost Out of Water, “Day Zero” Looms
Climate Bellwether? With Cape Town Almost Out of Water, “Day Zero” Looms In less than three months, residents in South African city could be lining up for rationed water under armed guards. “Is this the new normal?” Tree trunks stand in the critically low Theewaterskloof Dam in Villiersdorp, South Africa, Jan. 23, 2018. (Photo: Reuters) […]
Climate Crisis and Managed Deindustrialization: Debating Alternatives to Ecological Collapse
Climate Crisis and Managed Deindustrialization: Debating Alternatives to Ecological Collapse If we don’t change the conversation, if we don’t deal with the systemic problems of capitalism and come up with a viable alternative, our goose is cooked. Demanding an end to coal and all forms of dirty energy extraction, over 4,000 activists descended on the […]
Time Is Running Out for the Planet
Time Is Running Out for the Planet Bill Moyers talks with Bill McKibben about his new novel Radio Free Vermont and the nonfiction ways to fight the system. Environmental activists in kayaks protest the arrival of the Polar Pioneer, an oil drilling rig owned by Shell Oil, in Seattle. The rig is part of a […]
On The Road To Extinction, Maybe It’s Not All About Us
On The Road To Extinction, Maybe It’s Not All About Us The devastating consequences of human superiority over nature. “We can’t prevent the suffering and dying of wild life, and the Earth herself, when confronted by the unleashed forces of fire and water, but we can include them in our assessment of the cost. We […]
Wilder Fires and Rising Waters, Climate Impacts Coming to America’s Door
Wilder Fires and Rising Waters, Climate Impacts Coming to America’s Door Pair of new studies show how American climate refugees will ‘reshape’ population landscape of the nation The Chelan Butte fire encroaches on homes in coastal Washington state. (Photo: Ben Brooks/cc/flickr) Americans in many cases have been slow to acknowledge the real threats posed by […]
The Netherlands Just Banned Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia over Human Rights Abuses
The Netherlands Just Banned Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia over Human Rights Abuses Landmark bill cites UN figures that Saudi-led troops has killed nearly 6,000 people in Yemen—half of them civilians. Dutch lawmakers have voted to ban weapons exports to Saudi Arabia over the kingdom’s violations of humanitarian law, making the Netherlands the first country in the […]
Governor Knew About Flint Water Poisoning for Nearly a Year, Tried to Shift Blame
What Snyder Knew: Flint Email Dump Shows Attempts to Shift the Blame As far back as February 2015, the governor’s administration was informed of issues with Flint’s water Only seven emails sent by Gov. Rick Snyder related to the city’s water system were included in Wednesday’s release. (Photo: AP) Redacted emails released Wednesday by Michigan […]
‘About Time’: Jerry Brown Declares State of Emergency Over Porter Ranch
‘About Time’: Jerry Brown Declares State of Emergency Over Porter Ranch Organizers say the leak has ‘been a wake-up call for this community…. We’re all on the front lines of climate change.’ Porter Ranch residents protest California Governor Jerry Brown’s months-long refusal to call a state of emergency over the gas leak that has been […]
Surprise! Corporate America Is Throwing Down for the TPP
Surprise! Corporate America Is Throwing Down for the TPP Flurry of big business endorsements is likely aimed at building congressional momentum for mega-deal Both the National Association of Manufacturers and the Business Roundtable endorsed the Trans-Pacific Partnership this week. (Photo: Lane Oatey/Getty Images) American big business has now officially endorsed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), giving […]
Exxon Targets Journalists Who Exposed Massive Climate Cover Up
Exxon Targets Journalists Who Exposed Massive Climate Cover Up ‘We’ve often wondered if Exxon actually hates our children because they so consistently stand in the way of safeguarding their future,’ campaigner said, ‘it turns out they apparently hate good journalism as well.’ U.S. Senator and White House hopeful Bernie Sanders on Tuesday slammed Exxon on […]
50 Ways to Leave the Euro: Greece and the Global Crisis
50 Ways to Leave the Euro: Greece and the Global Crisis A sticker reads “No” on the palm of a protester during a demonstration calling for a ‘No’ vote in the upcoming referendum in Athens on Jul 3, 2015. (Photo: AFP/Aris Messinis) The problem is all inside your head, I told the Greeks The answer is […]
Deal defies global call for arms embargo over mounting evidence of the Saudi dictatorship’s war crimes in Yemen.
Deal defies global call for arms embargo over mounting evidence of the Saudi dictatorship’s war crimes in Yemen. Defying the international call for an arms embargo over war crimes concerns, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced Tuesday it has approved an $11.25 billion deal to sell combat ships to Saudi Arabia, which has been […]
The Downsides of Cheap Abundance
The Downsides of Cheap Abundance Having “a lot” is not necessarily a good thing. (Photo: Public domain) In college, Economics 101 is often described as the social science discipline that deals with the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. MIT Economist Paul Samuelson liked to focus on scarcity, or more specifically, the allocation […]
Because the ‘Time for Climate Action Is Now,’ Oslo Makes Landmark Move to Ban Cars
Because the ‘Time for Climate Action Is Now,’ Oslo Makes Landmark Move to Ban Cars ‘The reduction in pollution will make the city even better to live in, and ensure that we take our global responsibility’ Pedestrians walk down a street in Oslo. (Photo: Caleb Khor/flickr/cc) As part of a plan to rein in carbon emissions, […]
