Dahr Jamail, staff writer at Truthout, has been writing about the global emergency of climate change for nearly a decade. In his new book, The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Destruction, which is being released today, Jamail shares his firsthand accounts of returning to beloved spaces in the
David Swanson reviews The End of Ice: “The world will end in fire.”
Proclaiming that the end is nigh has now become the labor of the very opposite of a deluded religious devotee. And the question framed by Robert Frost of whether the world will end in fire or ice is no longer in dispute. The world will soon end in fire, possibly the fire of the Pentagon’s
Tomgram: Dahr Jamail, “We Can’t Undo This”
Dahr Jamail, a TomDispatch regular, reported strikingly from Iraq in the years after the 2003 American invasion of that country. Since then, he’s refocused the skills he learned as a war reporter on covering a fossil-fuelized war against the planet (and humanity itself). It goes by the mild name of climate change or global warming and, while a Trump
Despite Shutdown, Trump Is Pushing Forward Plans to Drill in Arctic
Published on Truthout, 8 January 2019. The Bureau of Land Management has confirmed that it is moving forward with public meetings to rework management plans for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, despite many other Interior Department activities remaining frozen, according to Alaska Public Media. The Trump administration is thus ensuring that many other employees
Watching the World Burn: Truthout Readers Share Their Climate Stories
Published on Truthout, 4 January 2019. Some up-close and personal accounts of how people are experiencing climate change in the US and abroad. Read the full story on Truthout.
Ten Ways 2018 Brought Us Closer to Climate Apocalypse
Published on Truthout, 27 December 2018. From an insect apocalypse to a failing global food system, 2018 was a year of record-breaking tragedies. Read the full story on Truthout.
Studies Warn of Increasing Sea Level Rise
Published on Truthout, 21 December 2018. New studies show that the loss of ice mass in Antarctica has tripled in the last decade. Read the full story on Truthout.
In the Face of Extinction, We Have a Moral Obligation
Published on Truthout, 3 December 2018. In the absence of US leadership on climate change, it’s up to each of us to act in our species’ best interest. Read the full story on Truthout.
California Wildfire Likely Spread Nuclear Contamination From Toxic Site
Published on Truthout, 26 November 2018. Physicians believe the Woolsey Fire has released nuclear and chemical material. Read the full story on Truthout.
Killing Plants Is the Fastest Way to End the World
Published on Truthout, 20 November 2018. A recent study underscores how human-caused warming could annihilate life through co-extinction of species. Read the full story on Truthout.