Truthout
Climate Crisis
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Is Modern Technology Killing Us?
An exploration of the social, cultural and environmental pitfalls of modern technology culminates in a proposed neo-Luddite framework for evaluating the risks and benefits of existing and emerging technologies.
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Climate Change You Can Believe In
Climate change deniers persist in telling us it just ain't so, like the tobacco industry claiming for decade after decade that nicotine wasn't addictive or that cigarettes couldn't kill …
Capitalism vs. the Climate: Naomi Klein on Need for New Economic Model to Address Ecological Crisis
As the United Nations prepares to hold one-day global summit on climate change, award-winning author Naomi Klein speaks about her new book, "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate."
Historic Climate Change Protests Only Days Away
Activists Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese discuss the major climate change events taking place this weekend in New york City.
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Beyond Divestment: Climate-Concerned Philanthropists Pledge to Move Billions to Wind and Solar
As the UN Climate Summit in New York City approaches, efforts to address climate change through money-moving campaigns are growing.
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The Wheel Turns, the Boat Rocks, the Sea Rises: Change in a Time of Climate Change
To make personal changes is to do too little. Only great movements, only collective action can save us from climate change now.
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Sea Change: The Ecological Disaster That Nobody Sees
A Global Ocean Commission report says that we must act now to save the earth's wildest and most productive ecosystem.
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The Real Carbon “Monster” Revealed
The idea that climate scientists and climate activists are actually evil, that theyu2019re part of a big virus or u201cmonsteru201d thatu2019s sucking up money and resources all in the …
Mexico: Researcher Raises Alert About Environmental Dangers of Wind Farms
Southern Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec has the largest concentration of wind farm projects in Latin America. Biologist Patricia Mora explains what environmental impact studies leave out: the negative impacts …
Protest Groups Call for Linking Arms on Wall Street to Stop the Destruction of the Ecosystem
Thousands of demonstrators are planning to disrupt business-as-usual on Wall Street and at the NY Stock Exchange, sending a message to Obama and world leaders meeting at the UN …