Walter Bargen: Real Rumors
Now that it’s done being undone, or, at least, the end of the beginning of undone, depending on the harrumphing water pumps and which side of the bulldozer blade is … Continue reading
Kyle Harper: How climate change and disease helped the fall of Rome
At some time or another, every historian of Rome has been asked to say where we are, today, on Rome’s cycle of decline. Historians might squirm at such attempts to … Continue reading
Sarah van Gelder: Feeling Burned Out? When We Gather, We Get Energized
If it feels like you and the people you know have no say over what happens in Washington, D.C., that’s not an illusion. Research shows that ordinary people have close … Continue reading
George Monbiot: The Unseen World
To be aware of the wonders of the living planet is to take on an unbearable burden of grief. What you see is not what others see. We inhabit parallel … Continue reading
Jake Johnson: ‘It’s a Monster’ — California’s Thomas Fire Now Largest in State History
California’s Thomas Fire has been raging for just over two weeks in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, and it has already torn through hundreds of homes, more than a thousand … Continue reading
Video: Chris Hedges — “Fascism in the Age of Trump”
. Journalist, author and war correspondent Chris Hedges spoke at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY on November 10, 2017 on fascism and empire in the age of … Continue reading
Eric Holthaus: Ice Apocalypse
Rapid collapse of Antarctic glaciers could flood coastal cities by the end of this century. . In a remote region of Antarctica known as Pine Island Bay, 2,500 miles from … Continue reading
Jessica Corbett: ‘Alarm Bells Ringing’ — Global CO2 Levels at Highest in 3 Million Years
Ahead of the COP23 climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany next week, an annual bulletin released on Monday revealed that last year, the average global concentration of carbon dioxide surged at … Continue reading
Jessica Corbett: ‘Ecological Armageddon’ — Warnings From Scientists as Flying Insects Disappear
As new report shows flying insect population plunged by 76 percent, author predicts “our grandchildren will inherit a profoundly impoverished world.” A new study published Wednesday, revealing populations of flying … Continue reading
UN: Ignore Trump on Climate
Three senior UN officials urge the world to redouble efforts to tackle climate change in a powerful rebuff of the scientific illiteracy of President Trump. LONDON, 16 October, 2017 – … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Party Invitation for the Age of Unnatural Disasters
If life were like a perfume commercial I’d be spending even more time than I already do gazing pensively into the distance the top buttons of my shirt undone my … Continue reading
Michael T. Klare: Beyond Harvey and Irma
Militarizing Homeland Security in the Climate-Change Era Deployed to the Houston area to assist in Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, U.S. military forces hadn’t even completed their assignments when they were … Continue reading
Judith A. Brice: Collage
After the hurricane, the deluge of drops and days, we wondered if it might happen again, if the cerise and ocher blue would collage the sky taupe/black, could crack and … Continue reading
Christian Parenti: What Will Happen If We Fail to Address the Climate Crisis
The effects of climate change are already upon us. Here’s what the 2020s and 2030s will look like if we fail to change things. The climate crisis is often imagined … Continue reading
