Green News Report -- January 7, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen, 01.07.2010

Co-Hosts, Green News Report

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Whale Wars turn violent; Obama Administration gets serious -- big moves at EPA, BLM, Interior; Senate retirements threaten ...

How the US Became a Third World Nation: A 2026 Retrospective

Brock Cohen, 01.07.2010

Freelance writer, blogger, high school English teacher

What's better than recapping the birth of our blessed and glorious republic? Happy birthday, my beloved Turkmerika!

A Climate Stressed World; NATO and Military Strategists Target Global Warring

Jerry Cope, 01.05.2010

Designer, Filmmaker, Eco Activist

The speed of climate change and the rate at which feedback mechanisms approach or exceed tipping points are of growing international military concern, especially in countries facing critical resource depletion now or in the near future.

Green News Report -- January 5, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen, 01.05.2010

Co-Hosts, Green News Report

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Baby, it's cold outside! Record cold and storms in U.S. and Europe -- but the hottest decade on record Down Under; Water sh...

The Earth's Decade

Glenn Hurowitz, 12.31.2009

Author of Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party, environmental advocate

This decade will be remembered and felt for its impact on Nature: the species that were saved and those that were lost; the heating of the planet; the forests cut down and those that continue to provide oxygen to our children's children.

Nine Ways Our World Changed During the '00s

Sarah van Gelder, 12.31.2009

Co-Founder and Executive Editor of YES! Magazine

What was the decade of the '00s about? The following nine trends are a snapshot of some of the driving forces we're dealing with now at the turn of the decade.

Water Power

Jonathan M. Winer, 12.30.2009

Senior Vice President at APCO Worldwide

In covering personalities and events, Solomon suggests that societies that know how to take advantage of new ways of using water dominate their time, while those that fail to address water crises disintegrate.

The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same

Abe Gurko, 01.06.2010

As citizens, in case you're the Jasper Schuringa on your next flight, or as politicians, who need to cut the lip service and demand results.

The Entire Decade in Less Than 3 Minutes (WATCH)

Lee Camp, 12.30.2009

satirista, LeeCamp.net

Hope in a Time of Uncertainty

Jim Lichtman, 12.28.2009

In 1940 journalist Edward R. Murrow stood in a church in England while the country endured German bombers night after night. Inside the church was a c...

Dry Spells, Good Eats Put Everglades Birds In the Mating Mood

Joseph B. Treaster, 12.28.2009

Editor, 1H2O.org, Knight Center for International Media, University of Miami

MIAMI--Drought, that killer of crops, destroyer of rivers and lakes, may turn out to have its good points - particularly in the Florida Everglades. ...

Slideshow: Somaliland's Nomadic Lifestyle at Risk

Louis Belanger, 12.18.2009

Oxfam International Spokesman in New York

I went to Somaliland, the north western part of Somalia, back in November this year. Going across this arrid region, I witnessed the droughts that are...

The Malibu Mud Shuffle and Why It Is Time to Move

Charles Feldman, 12.16.2009

Journalist and media consultant

Fires and mudslides are only a problem in LA and surrounding areas because, over the years, reckless and greedy developers pushed to build on land that should not have been built upon.

Copenhagen -- You Can't Talk Climate Without Talking Water

John DeCock, 12.15.2009

President, Clean Water Action

The effects of climate change are all about water. By failing to tie these effects together by this single, cogent thread, delegates to Copenhagen are failing those they represent.

Law & Disorder: NOPD Shootings Raise Questions

ProPublica, 12.14.2009

America's largest investigative newsroom

By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, Brendan McCarthy and Laura Maggi, New Orleans Times-Picayune The following report was taken from Case Two of the Frontl...

Recent Ruling Shows True Tragedy of Katrina was Federal Government's Creation of the Disaster Itself

Sandy Rosenthal, 12.14.2009

Founder, Levees.org

The majority of Americans live in counties protected by levees, and the most important ones are built by the US Army Corps of Engineers, whose failure in Louisiana was presumably not an isolated event.

Are Crippling Droughts the Next Great Threat to Iraq?

Martin Chulov, 12.14.2009

The flow of the Euphrates that reaches Iraq is down, according to scientific estimates, by 50% to 70% and falling further by the week. The water shortage here has not been worse for at least the last two centuries.

The Consequences of Climategate

Janet Ritz, 12.11.2009

Publisher, editor, the-environmentalist.org

At what point, when we're dealing with wars over resources and the growing chasm between rich and poor leading to political upheaval, will these skeptics step back and say: oops?

Funding New Orleans Health Centers Must be a National Priority

Rep. Edolphus Towns, 12.04.2009

It has been more than four years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the New Orleans region. As we all know, the health care infrastructure was partic...

Sudan Is Still the Issue

Khadija Sharife, 12.08.2009

Visiting scholar, Center for Civil Society

After all is said and done, chucking a sitting head of state for war crimes into The Hague is akin to regime change. If we're going down that route, we might as well start with Switzerland.

What Will President Obama Do?

Pierce O'Donnell, 11.30.2009

Trial Lawyer, PierceODonnell.com

Obama must soon make a crucial decision that will test his oft-repeated commitment that his administration "will keep the broken promises made by President Bush to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast."