Interview with Christian Parenti
The author of Tropic of Chaos talks about India, China, and the mentality of the armed lifeboat.
Global Warming, Global Violence
Christian Parenti’s new book looks at the intersection of climate change and conflict.
Perspectives on Climate Justice: From D.C. to Durban
Across the world, communities of color and people living in poverty are disproportionately impacted by climate change. Droughts have pushed parts of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somaliland to near the point of collapse, threatening the lives and livelihoods of more than 10 million people. In the US, nearly 350 people died in unprecedented tornadoes, with hundreds more affected by floods along the Mississippi River, and droughts across the South.
The Military: Unlikely Advocate for Green?
If the military maintains a strong commitment to clean energy, it can play a unique role in the development of reduced carbon emissions sources.
Energy Finance: Perspectives from the Experts
With a global climate crisis fueled by rising greenhouse gas emissions on one hand and 1.6 billion people lacking access to electricity on the other the global community faces a serious quandary: How do we increase energy access while ensuring that our growing energy supply is clean and renewable? How can we structure a financing regime that meets both our environmental and social goals?
A Mother’s Plea for Sasha and Malia: No Tar Sands Pipeline
Children have a way of speaking to our hearts.
Lines on Global Warming
Global warming comes on the wings of grasshoppers.
Feeding the World
With evermore mouths to feed, how will we be able to coax more food out of our exhausted soil?
Unconventional Wisdom: Scorching the Budget
The rhetoric around the budget and the debt ceiling simply can’t get any hotter without melting down the country.
Connecting Extreme Weather Dots Across the Map
Talking about the weather isn’t small talk any more.
Weather Extremists
Only an extremist would believe that extreme weather is caused by extreme human behavior.
Pay Attention to Climate Change, Even if It’s Bad for Business
Leaving little to chance, corporations have purchased politicians, media, advertising, think tanks, and meteorologists.
Like It or Not, World Government May Be Inevitable
To some, world government sounds unrealistic, to others tyrannical.
Capital Is a Fickle Lover
Although China still attracts major foreign investment, fears that its model will not last have prompted capital flows to other rising countries like Brazil and Indonesia.
A Small Tax on Finance, A Giant Leap Forward for the Climate Fund
Climate activists turned up the heat on government officials attending the UN climate talks, calling for a tiny tax on financial speculation to help pay for the fight against global warming.