Truthout
Planet or Profit
Investigating systemic threats to the ecosystem from transglobal corporate profit-seeking.
Dahr Jamail | The Brink of Mass Extinction
March through June 2014 were the hottest on record globally. While a single extreme weather event is not proof of anthropogenic climate disruption, the increasing intensity and frequency of …
Arctic Warming and Increased Weather Extremes: The National Research Council Speaks
A new report from the National Research Council details the findings of recent Arctic research: Arctic sea ice in all seasons is declining and the rate of loss is …
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Dahr Jamail | Salvadoran Farmers Successfully Oppose the Use of Monsanto Seeds
Farmers across El Salvador united to block a stipulation in a US aid package to their country that would have indirectly required the purchase of Monsanto genetically modified seeds.
Dahr Jamail | Former NASA Chief Scientist: “We’re Effectively Taking a Sledgehammer to the Climate System“
Former NASA chief scientist Dr. Waleed Abdalati talks about the melting Greenland ice sheet, indisputable evidence supporting climate change and urgent need for an honest conversation about the earth's …
Dahr Jamail | Atmospheric CO2 Crosses “Ominous Threshold“
Despite the widespread governmental denial of anthropogenic climate disruption, many signs indicate we are already past the point of no return, headed toward a “dead planet.”
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Dahr Jamail | On Staying Sane in a Suicidal Culture
Joanna Macy's body of work encompasses the psychological and spiritual issues of living in the nuclear age and is grounded in a deepening of ecological awareness.
BP: Four Years On, No Restoration in Sight
For fisherfolk and coastal residents living in the impact zone of BP's 2010 oil spill, the disaster has never ended.
Noam Chomsky: Ecology, Ethics, Anarchism
Chomsky talks about how indigenous peoples are trying to save the world from anthropogenic climate disruption and the havoc being wrought by “really existing capitalist democracies.”
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Dahr Jamail | The Vanishing Arctic Ice Cap
Arctic sea ice researchers are predicting that sea ice will no longer last through summers in the next couple of years, and even US Navy researchers have predicted an …
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Dahr Jamail | Radiation Leak at New Mexico Nuclear Waste Storage Site Highlights Problems
A recent fire and radiation release at a uranium repository in New Mexico has brought renewed focus on what to do with a growing stockpile of radioactive waste.