Leslie McGrath: Surge/Wick/Raze
1. Surge Under the strobes mounted on their camoed Jeeps National Guardsmen seem to wobble as they check my ID before waving me into the dark. This is not my … Continue reading
Wenonah Hauter: Climate Change Unleashes “Fire and Fury” on the United States
At some point, our policymakers need to understand that these are not simply natural disasters. Their strength, severity and human toll are intensified by our addiction to fossil fuels. Weeks … Continue reading
Jessica Corbett: As Planet Rages With Fires and Storms, Ire Aimed at Murderous Climate Denialism
As Houston begins its long recovery from Hurricane Harvey, epic wildfires burn throughout the western U.S., and Irma charges toward Florida after devastating several Caribbean islands, while two other storms … Continue reading
Abby Zimet: Man Made Borders On This Earth
Last Wednesday, 31-year-old Alonso Guillén, a Lufkin, Texas Dreamer, construction worker and weekend disc jockey known as DJ Ocho, left work with two friends and a small borrowed boat, driving … Continue reading
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers: Climate Breakdown Is Happening Before Our Eyes
Climate breakdown, as George Monbiot calls it, is happening before our eyes at the same time the science on climate change grows stronger and has wider acceptance. Hurricane Harvey, which struck … Continue reading
Andrew Revkin: Development and Disasters — A Deadly Combination Well Beyond Houston
Scientists warn of more and expanding “bull’s-eyes” as Americans build in parts of the country at ever greater risk because of climate change and severe weather. The consequences of Houston’s … Continue reading
Ilan Kelman: Hurricane Harvey Isn’t a “Natural” Disaster. Politics Created the Chaos
Don’t blame climate change for Houston’s vulnerability. A hurricane need not become a disaster. Weather and climate don’t cause disasters—vulnerability does. Perhaps counter-intuitively, this means that the widespread discussion as … Continue reading
Carolyn Gregory: Tin King
The tin-hammered king rubs his hands in glee. His crown shines while covering the holes beneath. He flies around the world acquiring gold and new deals, claiming success … Continue reading
Michael T. Klare: America’s Carbon-Pusher in Chief
Trump’s Fossil-Fueled Foreign Policy Who says President Trump doesn’t have a coherent foreign policy? Pundits and critics across the political spectrum have chided him for failing to articulate and implement … Continue reading
Tim Radford: World’s Young Face $535 Trillion Bill for Climate
The next generation will have to pay a $535 trillion bill to tackle climate change, relying on unproven and speculative technology. LONDON, 19 July, 2017 – One of the world’s … Continue reading
Margaret Klein Salamon: The Planet Is Warming. And It’s Okay to Be Afraid
Why being fearful can be part of a healthy, heroic response to the climate crisis. Last Week, David Wallace-Wells wrote a cover story for of New York Magazine, “The Uninhabitable … Continue reading
Ruth Clark: Here in Hereford — The Grotto
Two weeks of brutal heat, the highest temperatures we have ever experienced, well into the 100’s. The first week very dry, the second, humidity slowly rising. No monsoon rains will … Continue reading
Tim Radford: Extinction gathers pace as species vanish
Planet Earth is undergoing a “great extinction,” researchers say – and we need to worry much more about the annihilation of biology. LONDON, 12 July, 2017 – The planet could … Continue reading
Michael Simms: What is Destroying the Earth?
A sense of entitlement among Westerners is driving many of the environmental problems that are destroying our world. Lately, I’ve been thinking about my friend Carla*, a longtime environmental activist. … Continue reading
