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Climate Crisis
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Noam Chomsky | Whose Security? How Washington Protects Itself and the Corporate Sector
What happened when the Russian threat disappeared in 1989? Answer: everything continued much as before.
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The Giant Methane Monster Lurking
There's something lurking deep under the frozen Arctic Ocean, and if it gets released, it could spell disaster for our planet.
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 …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Former Bush Administration Official Favors Carbon Tax, and More
It's quite a shock when a former Bush Administration official comes out in favor of a climate change plan even stronger than the president's, and more.
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The Next Steps for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan
The new carbon-cutting standard gives every state the opportunity to chart its own energy future.
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Hate Summer? Just Wait Until Global Warming Really Kicks In
If you think summer is unbearable now, just wait until the end of the century.
Failure of Democracy
America's existing social and political system has not responded in a sane manner to a critical call from scientists worldwide.
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Dahr Jamail | Farming for the Future
On the outskirts of Houston, Texas, a small farm that runs a community-supported agriculture operation and offers educational programs, is preparing people for the intensifying impacts of anthropogenic climate …
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.