Savage Capitalism: From Climate Change to Bank Failures to War
The following is excerpted from David Barsamian’s recent interview with Noam Chomsky at AlternativeRadio.org.
America’s ‘Waste Colonialism’ in Mexico
A new recycling plant in Mexicali raises legal and ethical concerns.
Colonialism Created Food Insecurity in Haiti, Now Climate Change Compounds It
The U.S. must end its unfair trade practices and stop flooding Haiti’s markets with food that can be grown locally.
A Looming El Niño Could Give Us a Preview of Life at 1.5C of Warming
The hotter weather pattern might push the Earth into unprecedented territory next year.
Due to Wars and Climate Destruction, US Ranks Worse Than Peers on ‘Impunity’ Index
"While accountability is critical to democracy, a democratic system of government alone is insufficient to fend off impunity."
Big Oil’s Trade Group Allies Outspent Clean Energy Groups by a Whopping 27x, With Billions in Ads and Lobbying To Keep Fossil Fuels Flowing
By Christian Downie, Australian National University and Robert Brulle, Brown University / The Conversation You’ve probably seen ads promoting gas and oil companies as the solutions to climate change. They’re…
Ralph Nader: The Progenitor of Inequalities – Corporate Personhood vs. Human Beings
By Ralph Nader The word “inequality” is everywhere in the media. It usually refers either to race, gender, rich vs. poor, or other differences between human beings. Absent from the…
Transition to EVs Must Be Paired With Bold Investments in Mass Transit: Study
"We can either electrify the status quo to reach zero emissions, or the energy transition can be used as an opportunity to rethink our cities and the transportation sector," says…
Climate Change Will Supersede Everything
The Pentagon's Massive Intelligence Failure on China.
Dr. Warren Hern: Humans Are a Metastasizing Cancer Terminating Life on the Planet
Physician and anthropology scholar Dr. Warren Hern delves into some of the most upsetting aspects of human behavior as a fatal threat to all life on earth in the near…
Was 2022 the Year the World Turned a Corner on Climate Change?
By Mitchell Beer | The Energy Mix After nearly half a century of delaying the shift off fossil fuels, and “with the climate crisis breaching our front door,” 2022 may…
Vivienne Westwood: Activism and the Godmother of Punk
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch There was the punk scene, Malcolm McLaren, their racy clothes shop at 430 King’s Road that started out as Let it Rock, the creation of…
Climate Disaster Is Turning the Planet Into a Tinderbox
As a United Nations report put it, we’re experiencing “a global wildfire crisis… turning landscapes into tinderboxes.”
The Biggest Criminal Enterprise in History
By Tom Engelhardt | TomDispatch Author’s note: I wrote this piece in May 2013, with a helping hand from the invaluable Nick Turse who came up with the word “terracide.”…
Does Claiming 1.5° Is Unachievable Serve Fossil Fuel Interests?
By Mitchell Beer | The Energy Mix It’s “factually incorrect and politically very wrong” to say a 1.5°C limit on average global warming is no longer possible, International Energy Agency…