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Climate Crisis
On the News With Thom Hartmann: GOP Considers Government Shutdown to Protect Big Oil, and More
The last government shut down cost our nation billions, but Republicans are thinking about doing it all over again just to protect Big Oil and the Coal Lobby, and …
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Acid Seas Threaten Creatures That Supply Half the World’s Oxygen
Ocean acidification is turning phytoplankton toxic.
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Green Groups Endorse Empty EPA Carbon Emissions Regulation
Why did environmentalists not reject the flaccid EPA carbon emissions regulation proposals as too little, too late?
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Paul Krugman | Saving the Planet Won’t Kill the Economy
What we actually need is a change in the form of growth - and that's exactly the kind of thing markets are good at, if you get the prices …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Strong Hurricanes Developing Earlier Than Usual, and More
For the first time since record-keeping began, two Category 4 hurricanes have developed in the Eastern Pacific Basin before July 1, and more.
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Obama Lambastes Climate Change Deniers as “Radical Fringe” in California Speech
Stymied by Congress, Obama has been using executive actions where he can to curb emissions that contribute to climate change.
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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CommonBound: A Revolution Needing a Spirit
The New Economy Coalition's CommonBound conference was an invaluable summit for building a vision of a post-capitalist system. It just needs a unifying revolutionary spirit.
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Report: A Carbon Tax That Would Create Jobs, Cut Emissions and Put Money in Your Pocket
Giving taxpayers $250 per month, reducing carbon emissions and boosting the economy. This is what the future could hold if the United States imposed a revenue-neutral carbon tax on …
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The Red Line
We have sociologically, economically and environmentally crossed a red line: Will we fight each other like rabid dogs for the last scraps of remaining decency or quickly find …