Truthout
Climate Crisis
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The Fossil Fuel Industry Must Pay for Its Sins
The deaths on Sunday of 19 wildfire fighters in Arizona is just the latest example of the overwhelming negative externalities associated with this nationu2019s addiction to fossil fuels.
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Mass Protest, Not a Speech, Is Needed to Address Climate Change
Mass protest can affect immediate change in a matter of days, while backroom operating took years to accomplish far less.
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Oil Industry Must Pay for Its Waste
If President Obama really wants to do what's necessary to save our planet, he needs to propose a carbon tax in his climate change speech at Georgetown tomorrow.
Divestment Campaigners Look Beyond Fossil Free to Fund Solar Utopias
Divesting from fossil fuel companies would investment funds to finance green energy ventures.
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“World Set to Exceed Global Warming Limit,” Per International Energy Agency
Global warming is taking effect full speed ahead, but world leaders are taking a back seat on action.
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We’re Prepared to Accept an Apology From Exxon & Lawmakers…
Oklahoma Republican freshman Congressman demands an apology from Obama for the president's support of climate change research.
The Price of Power to a Nation
On the sprawling Navajo Nation and the Hopi Reservation it surrounds, Peabody Western Coal Company routinely uproots families to extract coal that provides cheap electricity for much of the …
Left Forum Takes on Ecological Transformation
Nancy Holmstrom: In the past, the Left Forum meetings in New York have not faced up to environmental and climate change issues - this year it should be the …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Judge Rules Google Must Honor FBI’s National Security Letters, and More
In today's On the News segments: Wisconsin Republicans want to peek into your bank account when you're out of work, and more.
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Peak Water, Peak Oil … Now, Peak Soil?
Soil is becoming endangered.This reality needs to be part of our collective awareness in order to feed nine billion people by 2050.