Jeffrey Sachs: Population Controller? (VIDEO) Jeffrey Sachs: Population Controller? (VIDEO)
Jeff Sachs, who promises he’d lead the World Bank to a new era, proposes more of the same—plus population control. That’s taking us to a new era of Malthus.
Mar 16, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
No More Subsidies for Fossil Fuel No More Subsidies for Fossil Fuel
There's no way to move to renewable energy sources like wind and solar without ending the subsidies to an industry that's already earning record-breaking profits.
Mar 16, 2012 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Occupy Climate Change Occupy Climate Change
The same corporations that destroyed the economy are wrecking the planet. Occupy should do something about that.
Mar 14, 2012 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher
Texans Unite Against the Keystone Pipeline Texans Unite Against the Keystone Pipeline
Last Friday, protesters gathered in Paris, Texas, to support Lamar County farm manager Julia Trigg Crawford’s eminent domain court fight with TransCanada, which is proposing...
Feb 23, 2012 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Tell Your Senators: Reject the Keystone Pipeline Tell Your Senators: Reject the Keystone Pipeline
The goal is to blitz the Senate with at least 500,000 messages in the next twenty-four hours imploring the reps to stop the pipeline, which would be the most concentrated burst o...
Feb 13, 2012 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Mohamed Nasheed Ousted as President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed Ousted as President of the Maldives
Help “the Mandela of the Indian Ocean” regain his office.
Feb 9, 2012 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
The Great Carbon Bubble The Great Carbon Bubble
Why the fossil fuel industry fights so hard.
Feb 7, 2012 / Bill McKibben
Poorest Countries Hit Hardest by Climate Change Poorest Countries Hit Hardest by Climate Change
One of the terrible ironies of the climate change crisis is that the nations that have contributed the least to the problem are the ones now working hardest to prevent consequent d...
Feb 6, 2012 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Help Peaceful Uprising Rebuild Help Peaceful Uprising Rebuild
The grassroots environmental group Peaceful Uprising recently discovered that it was one of 200 nonprofit projects that have been financially wiped out in an astonishing act of ap...
Jan 26, 2012 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Why Climate Change Will Make You Love Big Government Why Climate Change Will Make You Love Big Government
The coming big storms facing our planet can only be tackled by strong governments.
Jan 26, 2012 / Christian Parenti