Climatic change
Sanders Foreign Policy Speech at Westminster College
By Bernie Sanders
Let me begin by thanking Westminster College, which year after year invites political leaders to discuss the important issue of foreign...
How Western civilisation could collapse
Some possible precipitating factors are already in place. How the West reacts to them will determine the world’s future, says Rachel Nuwer.
By Rachel Nuwer
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Chronicle of a Flood Foretold
By Jeffrey St. Clair
Houston didn’t need to be warned. The city had already been sunk by four major hurricanes, each less powerful than Harvey,...
Climate Denialism Is Literally Killing Us
Climate Denialism Is Literally Killing Us
The victims of Hurricane Harvey have a murderer—and it’s not the storm.
By Mark Hertsgaard
The horrors hurled at Houston and...
Intensified Forest Fires: The New Western Travesty
by Joshua Frank
The West is engulfed in flames.
A 14-square-mile fire in Glacier National Park has destroyed a historic backcountry lodge and towns from...
A Storm That Could ‘Rewrite History’: Irma Hits as Most Powerful...
"The dangerousness of this event is like nothing we've ever seen," warns governor of Puerto Rico as mega-storm makes landfall in the Caribbean
by Jon...
A Lesson for the US: Cuba’s Response to Hurricanes
How a small Caribbean island with few resources manages to protect its people from extreme weather better than some of the richest countries.
Preparedness and...
Media Downplays Millions Affected by Climate Change-Linked Floods in Asia
Over 1200 people have been killed in rains that have inundated a third of Bangladesh along with portion of India, Nepal and Pakistan
Source: The...
When the Rain Came to Houston
by Andrew Smolski
Harvey continues to strike my city, making swaths of the metropolitan area uninhabitable. I write this from far away in North Carolina,...
Le désastre climatique mondial
Si rien n’est fait, les gaz à effet de serre pourraient provoquer une augmentation de la température de la Terre. Le niveau des mers...