Sea Levels Are Rising: Time to Decide Which Coastal Cities Are Worth Saving
Coastal cities, most of the Earth’s most densely populated cities, are due for a drowning.
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How Long Will China Buy Our Debt Economy?
It started with a joke, but quickly went viral everywhere from the South China Sea to the White House.
Can We Weaponize Earthquakes? We’ll Find Out.
I have been known to mash my science and scfi-fi before, usually because it is usually sci-fi that leads to sci in the first place. But give me a chance […]
Climate Change’s Firestorms and Deep Freezes
Those who would argue that these are isolated events do so at their own peril. The more time passes, the more both examples of extreme weather resemble two sides of the same fearsome coin known as catastrophic climate change.
Sorry, Bill Richardson. My Bad.
I feel like a jerk. I wrote a hopeful piece about Bill Richardson, president-elect Barack Obama’s selection for the Department of Commerce, for AlterNet. Sure, it was also about Richardson’s […]
Beware, The Pentagon’s Robot Hunters!
How does the robot pack decide which human is cooperative and which is not? Welcome to the wonderful, dystopian world of defense pork.
When Will Los Angeles Run Out of Water? Sooner Than You Think
Water wasters might want to get to work on finding a new state. Of mind, if possible.
AlterNet: Wall Street Meltdown = American Police State?
So the stock market tanked like Sarah Palin yesterday, wiping out a trillion in value and setting the stage for some serious disaster capitalism before Bush leaves office in January. […]
The Pickens Plan Sucks
Having your cake on climate crisis, fossil fuel addiction, eminent domain, water privatization and corporate earnings — and eating it too.
The Era of Catastrophe
Mike Davis is the planet’s coolest doom prophet. From City of Quartz to Ecology of Fear and beyond, he’s pondered various strains of the End Times. And now the the […]
Disneyraq: The Unhappiest Place on Earth
The following article you are about to read is true. I researched and wrote it for AlterNet, and it is real. It is costly, and it will cost much more […]
Will Survivalists Get the Last Laugh?
The following piece of doom prophecy went up last week, and went over like gangbusters. It snuck up on me like a virus. I had no idea AlterNet had published […]
Are Fannie and Freddie Screwed? Bush Hopes So.
Greetings, Morphizm pals. Welcome to the new blog. It’s in the early stages, but should be sitting pretty by the end of the month. Speaking of the end, Fannie Mae […]
Lightning Strikes Spark Climate Crisis Wildfires
Dry lightning strikes in June might be “climatologically rare” now. But thanks to human-induced global warming, they will soon be utterly logical.
Africa Is A Victim In Our Quest For Oil
The ecological impact has been felt in the Niger Delta, which is the oil-producing region. According to the World Wildlife Fund, it is one of the most polluted places on the face of the Earth.
Don’t Be Evil To The Environment, Google
To mangle the cliche, the evil is in the details.
The Inevitability of Famine
Food has stopped being our other energy problem and become a chief terror of the future.
Climate Destruction Will Produce Millions of Envirogees
Immigration is about to enter a new phase, which resembles an old one with a 21st century twist.
Who Is Illegal? The Politics of Immigration
We are, all of us, a nation of immigrants, occupying lands that once belonged to someone else
Prescription Drugs, Not Illegal Ones, Killed Heath Ledger
What’s in a name, you ask? Oblivion. Wait until you hear the numbers.
Young People For Political Fellowship
Young People For’s fellows work for change from the bottom up. Get the lowdown on this generation’s budding grassroots leaders.
Desalination: Drinking Our Oceans
“I fear that the global water crisis will destroy all life on earth if we do not deal with it soon,” she confessed.
Who Owns Whom? Social Media’s Corporate Roots
Politicians are invading online space like never before in hopes of reaching a new generation of voters. But who really gains from interactive democracy
Tomorrow’s Science Today
From wireless power to nanosuits that can turn anyone into Spidey and perhaps even to mobile solar, we’re on the cusp of massive scientific breakthroughs all over the place.
Know Your Judges!
Who gets to judge you and the law? If you don’t know–read this