Bad News Deserves Bad Verse. Bad News Deserves Bad Verse.
It's holiday season. And besides I've been feeling too grumpy to take the news "straight." So I came up for a ditty for today. You're welcome to send me yours. Here goes...
Dec 16, 2009 / Laura Flanders
What is cap and trade? What is cap and trade?
An explanation of market-based solutions to climate change by Carbon Trade Watch's Oscar Reyes.
Dec 15, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman
“It’s a massacre.” “It’s a massacre.”
An update on deforestation negotiations at COP15
Dec 15, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman
Poor countries push back at COP15. Poor countries push back at COP15.
Are COP15 talks lurching toward the precipice of collapse?
Dec 14, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman
Missing the forest for the trees. Missing the forest for the trees.
Every cloud has a silver lining -- except in Copenhagen.
Dec 14, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman
I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas
On Sunday night I indulged two of my favorite obsessions, the Christmas holidays and sentimental Americana, by watching Oprah Winfrey's special "Christmas at the White House...
Dec 14, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Memo to Danes: Even You Cannot Control This Summit Memo to Danes: Even You Cannot Control This Summit
The Danes have invested a huge amount of money co-branding their capitol city with a summit that will supposedly save the world. That would be fine if this summit actually were on ...
Dec 13, 2009 / Naomi Klein
Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album: Is this a Joke? Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album: Is this a Joke?
Fans have been puzzled and troubled by Bob Dylan's new Christmas album. To help figure out what Dylan is doing, we turned to Sean Wilentz -- he's the official historian at the offi...
Dec 13, 2009 / Jon Wiener
RECAP: The first week of COP15. RECAP: The first week of COP15.
A look back at the first week at COP15 and a foreshadowing of what might lie ahead.
Dec 13, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman
Court Stops Congressional Attempt to Defund ACORN Court Stops Congressional Attempt to Defund ACORN
ACORN finally won a round in its battle with Congress and the Obama administration on Friday, as a federal court ruled the United States acted unconstitutionally by targeting the o...
Dec 11, 2009 / Ari Melber