Christian Parenti: Across the Globe, Climate Change Is Provoking Political Violence Christian Parenti: Across the Globe, Climate Change Is Provoking Political Violence
In countries like Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Somalia, droughts and floods linked to climate change have already exacerbated existing civil conflicts and provoked ethnic rioting.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: How Corporations Threaten Our Environment and Democracy Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: How Corporations Threaten Our Environment and Democracy
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. explains how corporations have illegally destroyed more than five hundred mountains and impoverished countless rural communities—and gotten away with i...
Jun 30, 2011 / Video / The Nation
Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Christian Parenti on Global Warming’s Violent Repercussions Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Christian Parenti on Global Warming’s Violent Repercussions
The effects of climate change go beyond the environment, and are even exacerbating violent political conflicts.
Jun 30, 2011 / Audio / The Nation
Christian Parenti: Geography of Violence in the Global South Christian Parenti: Geography of Violence in the Global South
The impact of climate change on developing countries has so far been devestating, and stands to get only worse.
Jun 30, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Christian Parenti: Confronting Global Warming’s ‘Tropic of Chaos’ Christian Parenti: Confronting Global Warming’s ‘Tropic of Chaos’
Climate change is not just "bad weather." In fact, it fuels ethnic strife, religious violence and resource wars.
Jun 30, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Christian Parenti: Confronting Global Warming’s ‘Tropic of Chaos’ Christian Parenti: Confronting Global Warming’s ‘Tropic of Chaos’
Climate change is not just "bad weather." In fact, it fuels ethnic strife, religious violence and resource wars.
Jun 30, 2011 / Video / Democracy Now!
The Last Mountain: Fighting Back Against Mountaintop Removal The Last Mountain: Fighting Back Against Mountaintop Removal
The Last Mountain exposes these travesties and the growing mobilization to stand up and fight back.
Jun 29, 2011 / Video / The Nation Video
Pakistan One Year After the Floods Pakistan One Year After the Floods
When extreme weather hits amid extreme poverty, escape becomes nearly impossible.
Jun 29, 2011 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Winners and Losers in the Great Global Energy Struggle to Come Winners and Losers in the Great Global Energy Struggle to Come
A thirty-year war for energy pre-eminence? You wouldn’t wish it on a desperate planet. But that’s where we’re headed and there’s no turning back.
Jun 27, 2011 / Michael T. Klare
Fixing America’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problem Fixing America’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problem
The spent-fuel pools at our reactors, containing thousands of tons of poorly protected but highly radioactive waste, are a catastrophe waiting to happen.
Jun 20, 2011 / Robert Alvarez