Yearly Archives: 2021
Climate of delusion
We all think that climate change is somebody else's problem. We have to be persuaded otherwise.
Governments are sending oil executives to COP26 despite climate pledges. Here’s a look at...
A DeSmog analysis found that the delegations from multiple countries are heavily drawn from their oil ministries and even large oil companies. Shell and other publicly traded oil giants are also attending the climate proceedings under the cover of trade groups.
Noam Chomsky talks climate and racial justice
A conversation about the roots of our current climate crisis and humanity’s prospects for emerging into a livable future.
7 ways to get proactive about climate change instead of feeling helpless: Lessons from...
Laying a foundation for higher-impact action begins with changing common mindsets.
Veterans Daze
For purposes other than the usual ones of humanitarian or defensive reasons, they ship our young men and women thousands of miles away to kill and be killed.
Should humans try to modify the amount of sunlight the Earth receives?
Managing solar radiation through technology is possible, but there are ethical and political concerns.
Former Oklahoma cops convicted of murder after Tasing man to death
The second degree murder charge carries a possible sentence of 10 years to life in prison.
The federal poverty line struggles to capture the economic hardship that half of Americans...
You can’t work your way out of poverty in low-wage jobs.
European Green Deal: Step forward, backward, or sideways?
While Europe is ahead of much of the world in combining decarbonization with an equitable shift to clean energy, it's still not enough.
To avoid Armageddon, don’t modernize missiles—eliminate them
Experts have been calling for this act of sanity that could save humanity: Shutting down all of the nation’s intercontinental ballistic missiles.