UNBELIEVABLE: 11 | History Defined

Two Ironic Legacies of Ken Starr's Investigation of Bill Clinton

Starr's role in the impeachment of Clinton may have cost him a seat on the Supreme Court. And the biggest beneficiary of Starr's failure was probably George W. Bush.

Reason · Sep 14, 2022

Commentary: Our too little, too late climate action means triage more than prevention

Two years ago the sky above my San Francisco Bay Area home was a dark pumpkin orange from wildfire smoke. The air smelled of wood fire, and gray ash covered my car. Today the bay’s waters are dark brown from a harmful algal bloom and the air smells of decay…

Los Angeles Times · Sep 9, 2022

Big climate bill: Spending green bucks to spur green energy

Congress is poised to pass a transformative climate change fighting bill

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2022

Al Gore compares climate denialism to police inaction during Uvalde mass shooting

‘What we’re doing with our inaction, and failing to walk through the door and stop the killing, is not typical of what we’re capable of as human beings’

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2022

The Earth's Corr: Politicians as much to blame for allowing 40 years of climate lies from Big Oil

"I think it’s the moral equivalent of a war crime… The consequences of what they’ve done are just almost unimaginable' - Al Gore

Belfast Live · Jul 23, 2022

Worse than COVID? Medical experts weigh in on NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet's 'more severe' flu claim

Hospitalisation figures for COVID-19 and the flu might be vastly different, but making an assessment on which virus is worse is complicated, experts say.

ABC News · Jul 21, 2022

Big Oil V the World review – how can these climate crisis deniers sleep at night?

This shocking documentary series reveals the lies oil lobbyists told to undercut democracy, prevent action against global heating – and bring our planet to the brink

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022

Why were Democrats caught flat-footed by the end of Roe v Wade?

Democrats can’t fix the past. But the least they can do is learn from it – and change course accordingly

The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2022

Why Climate Change Is Not an Environmental Issue

Misunderstanding the nature of the peril humanity faces is one reason climate politics has been so prone to frustration and despair

The Walrus · Jun 24, 2022

Commentary: If Biden gives up on climate, it’s a white flag for the planet

At one point in Al Gore’s seminal 2006 film “An Inconvenient Truth,” the former vice president laments that his tobacco-farming parents didn’t stop raising tobacco until after their beloved daughter Nancy died of lung cancer in Tennessee.

Tribune News Service · Jun 22, 2022