The Fires This Time: A Climate View from California
The situation is pretty dire: This state is now living through an epic drought.
An All-American Horror Story
Three-quarters of a century of nuclear follies — and that’s just for starters.
Pipeline Company Files $15 Billion Claim Against U.S. for Canceled Keystone XL
TC Energy Corporation filed for compensation under a free trade provision that allows investors to sue governments if they impede profits.
Chris Hedges Speaks on ‘American Sadism’
Chris Hedges gave this talk on American Sadism at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, New York on Sunday June 27.
Experts Warn Florida Tower Disaster Is Climate Emergency ‘Wake-Up Call’
One local risk assessment specialist said the building's collapse "could be a canary-in-the-coal-mine-type event" as sea levels rise.
Larissa Zimberoff: What Has Silicon Valley Done to Our Food?
In a new book, the investigative journalist examines how companies have changed the way we eat in the name of climate change without always considering their products’ health impacts.
Towards a Fuller Awareness of Our Endangered World
In "Under a White Sky," Elizabeth Kolbert’s conversational prose draws readers across earth’s land, waters and air, animating a prismatic what’s-what of human follies and their unintended consequences.
Economic Devastation From Climate Crisis Like Two Covid-19 Pandemics Per Year by 2050: Analysis
Oxfam International’s analysis suggests there’s still time to change this trend, but it’s running short.
Economic Study Shows Why ‘Saving the Planet Is Not a Jobs Killer’
"It's not an impossible task to make sure workers in the fossil fuel industry are provided with the skills, training, and opportunities to find other jobs," the Center for Economic…
Will There Be Resource Wars in a Renewable Future?
If the two greatest greenhouse-gas emitters on this planet can’t work together, we’re all going to be living in a more or less literal hell.
What the U.S. Could’ve Done With the $2 Trillion Spent on the Afghanistan War
Rather than leave 240,000 people dead, the U.S. could have greened half its electrical grid--for starters.
Hedges: The Unraveling of the American Empire
US leadership has stumbled from one military debacle to another, a trajectory mirroring the sad finales of other historical imperial powers.
Scotland Reaches Green Landmark
In just under 10 years, the country has pulled off a green energy miracle.
Chris Hedges: Bandaging the Corpse
Biden's bailout will not alter the structural inequities and other fundamental underpinnings of America's death spiral.
Chris Hedges: The Age of Social Murder
The ruling elites, despite the accelerating and tangible ecological collapse, mollify us, either by meaningless gestures or denial.