Rethinking Thanksgiving Dinner

Posted by Joshua Frank on November 19th, 2008 | Link

A look at the dark side of the turkey industry.

Green Film

Posted by Joshua Frank on November 19th, 2008 | Link

‘Fuels’ green energy.

EPA Moves to Relax Clean Air Rules

Posted by Joshua Frank on November 19th, 2008 | Link

Near National Parks…

The Greenhouse Gas That Nobody Knew

Posted by Joshua Frank on November 18th, 2008 | Link

“When industry began using NF3 in high-tech manufacturing, it was hailed as a way to fight global warming. But new research shows that this gas has 17,000 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide and is rapidly increasing in the atmosphere – and that’s turning an environmental success story into a public relations disaster.”

Break the Bailout!

Posted by Jeffrey St. Clair on November 18th, 2008 | Link

Bark Beetles Munch the West

Posted by Joshua Frank on November 18th, 2008 | Link

Millions of acres of trees killed. Climate change is the culprit.

Real Hope

Posted by Jeffrey St. Clair on November 18th, 2008 | Link

Facing Difficult Truths About an Uncertain Future
by Robert Jensen

Expressions of hope are only as truly hopeful as the honesty of the assessment of reality from which they emerge. Conjuring up hope rooted in a denial of reality can only deepen despair in the long run.

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Cleaning Up This Mess

Posted by Jeffrey St. Clair on November 18th, 2008 | Link

John Maynard Keynes had the answer to the crisis we’re now facing; but it was blocked and then forgotten.

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38,800 Acre Thin in South Dakota

Posted by Joshua Frank on November 18th, 2008 | Link

As if the Black Hills haven’t seen enough destruction, now this. Profit before the beetles get it is the mantra. Public comments are still welcome.

Bail Out GM?

Posted by Jeffrey St. Clair on November 17th, 2008 | Link

GM Must Re-Make the Mass Transit System it Murdered

By Harvey Wasserman

Bail out General Motors? The people who murdered our mass transit system?

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