Environment

The people, Wall Street, and the planetary emergency

September 8, 2014 By John Bachtell

Solutions to the climate crisis inevitably collide with the capitalist system and its inherent need for endless expansion based on a ruthless drive for maximum profit.

Oil spill on Ohio River

August 29, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Cleanup crews are working to gather and dispose of the oil, and the U.S. Coast Guard has closed a 15-mile stretch of the Ohio River.

Series exposing conspiracy to deny black lung benefits wins award

August 13, 2014 By PAI

A coal industry conspiracy to deny black lung benefits to tens of thousands of coal miners has won the Heywood Broun Award from The Newspaper Guild.

Wildfires grow while budget to fight them is depleted

August 8, 2014 By Blake Skylar

The U.S. Forest Service's annual budget for fighting wildfires is rapidly dwindling; in fact, it may run out by the end of the month: the fires, on the other hand, will keep burning.

“The Sixth Extinction” or how humanity, perching on tree limb, saws it off

August 6, 2014 By John Bachtell

Writer Elizabeth Kolbert passionately describes how human destruction of ecological systems is causing a great mass extinction of biological species, including possibly humanity itself.