Climate of Denial: Can Science and the Truth Withstand the Merchants of Poison? (Al Gore)

WCW's Bill Goldberg, a former NFL linebacker, puts the hurt on an opponent. June 22, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- The first time I remember hearing the question "is it real?" was when I went as a young bo ...

Deus ex Machina: Will economic collapse save us from climate catastrophe? (Dan Allen)

June 17, 2011 (Energy Bulletin) -- “I don’t think the American public has gripped in its gut what could happen.... We’re looking at a scenario where there’s no more agriculture in California.” --Stev ...

US Nuke Regulators Weaken Safety Rules (Jeff Donn)

June 20, 2011 -- LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- Federal regulators have been working closely with the nuclear power industry to keep the nation's aging reactors operating within safety standards by rep ...

Oceans in Distress Foreshadow Mass Extinction (Marlowe Hood)

Pollution and global warming are pushing the world's oceans to the brink of a mass extinction of marine life unseen for tens of millions of years, a consortium of scientists warn. June 20, 2011 -- PA ...

Confessions of a Nuclear Power Safety Expert (John Perlin)

June 14, 2011 (Miller-McCune) -- When Italy decided in the mid-’70s to add nuclear power to its power portfolio, young mechanical and nuclear engineer Cesare Silvi was among those attracted to the op ...

Warning: extreme weather ahead (John Vidal)

Tornados, wildfires, droughts and floods were once seen as freak conditions. But the environmental disasters now striking the world are shocking signs of 'global weirding' A tornado makes its way acr ...

Explosion in jellyfish numbers may lead to ecological disaster (Tracy McVeigh)

A dramatic global increase in jellyfish swarms could damage the marine food chain June 12, 2011 (The Observer) -- Global warming has long been blamed for the huge rise in the world's jellyfish popula ...

A bridge to somewhere (John Michael Greer)

John Michael Greer Jun 8, 2011 (The Archdruid Report) -- Last week’s discussion of the twilight of the electrical grid in an age after abundance turned out to be timely, in an ironic sort of way. Wha ...

The Rise of the Second-String Psychopaths (David Schwartz)

June 5, 2011 (Common Dreams) -- The great writer Kurt Vonnegut titled his final book A Man without a Country. He was the man; the country was the United States of America. Vonnegut felt that his coun ...

Scott signs bill forcing drug tests on welfare recipients (Miami Herald)

May 31, 2011 (Miami Herald) -- Floridians will have to submit urine, blood or hair samples for drug testing before receiving cash benefits from the state, under a bill Gov. Rick Scott signed into law ...

Is Fukushima Now 10 Chernobyls into the Sea? (Harvey Wasserman)

May 26, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- New readings show levels of radioisotopes found up to 30 kilometers offshore from the on-going crisis at Fukushima are 10 times higher than those measured in the Ba ...