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Archives: Fossil Fuels
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Trump’s new Clash of Civilizations: Carbonites v. Greens
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - That Donald Trump is a grand disruptor when it comes to international affairs is now a commonplace observation in the establishment…![Did Trump’s Climate Disavowal just kill Capitalism?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/did-trumps-climate-disavowal-jus-187x137.jpg)
Did Trump’s Climate Disavowal just kill Capitalism?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The last time capitalism faced a crisis this deep, it was 1929. People minded the Great Depression. All those people Joe McCarthy persecuted…![Allies Furious as Trump w/draws from G7 Climate Commitment, May leave Paris Accord](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/allies-furious-as-trump-wdraws-f-187x137.jpg)
Allies Furious as Trump w/draws from G7 Climate Commitment, May leave Paris Accord
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump bombed at the G7 summit in Italy. Despite an "intense" discussion with Germany, France and the others, who made it clear as…![Only Putin is happy with Trump’s NATO Bull-in-China-Shop Catastrophe](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/only-putin-is-happy-with-trumps-187x137.jpg)
Only Putin is happy with Trump’s NATO Bull-in-China-Shop Catastrophe
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Back in 2016 the talking heads on tv kept expecting candidate Trump, who made headlines almost daily saying racist and offensive things, to "transition." Their theory…![Pope to Trump: Climate Change is Real and we have to act in Solidarity](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/pope-to-trump-climate-change-is-187x137.jpg)
Pope to Trump: Climate Change is Real and we have to act in Solidarity
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Pope Francis gave Donald J. Trump a going away present after their meeting on Wednesday. It was a copy of his Encyclical on…![The Other Terrorism: Toxic CO2 Gas Promoted by Trump Budget, Shell](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/the-other-terrorism-toxic-co2-ga-187x137.jpg)
The Other Terrorism: Toxic CO2 Gas Promoted by Trump Budget, Shell
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Terrorism is properly defined as non-state actors using violence against civilians to achieve a political purpose. Some argue that this definition lets states…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/file-20170508-20732-1o7df4n-187x137.png)
China’s covering a Football field with Solar Panels Every Hour in Quest to End Coal
By Janet Xuanli Liao | (The Conversation) | - - China’s remarkable growth over the past three decades has elevated it to global superpower status. But its economic miracle has also attracted…Who are the Children suing Trump over Climate Future?
By John Light | ( BillMoyers.com) | - - Congress and the White House aren't going to address the climate crisis anytime soon. Will judges? “We are not going to wait until…![As Millions March for Climate, Stab in Back by EPA & NYT](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/as-millions-march-for-climate-st-187x137.jpg)
As Millions March for Climate, Stab in Back by EPA & NYT
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - An estimated 200,000 climate protesters rallied in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, braving record temperatures in the 90s, well above the average temperature for…![Climate March: How many more atomic bombs is Trump setting off in our Atmosphere?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/climate-march-how-many-more-atom-187x137.jpg)
Climate March: How many more atomic bombs is Trump setting off in our Atmosphere?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The People's Climate March on Saturday will protest the Trump administration's pro-Climate Change policies of increasing US carbon dioxide and methane emissions. Just…![Climate March: Can we Save the Planet without Taking on the Pentagon?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/climate-march-can-we-save-the-pl-187x137.jpg)
Climate March: Can we Save the Planet without Taking on the Pentagon?
By H Patricia Hynes | ( Portside ) | - - If we are not united in peace, we cannot save the planet. - Thich Nhat Hanh War and Warming: Can We…![Trump’s 1984: Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/trumps-1984-peace-is-war-environ-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s 1984: Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness
By Steven Harper | (BillMoyers.com) | - - "If you look at these Cabinet appointees, they were selected for a reason. And that is for the deconstruction [of the administrative state]." At…![Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change? (If only poisonous CO2 were black)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/why-humans-are-so-bad-at-thinkin-187x137.jpg)
Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change (If only poisonous CO2 were black)
Vox/ UCLA | (Video News Clip) | - - "The biggest problem for the climate change fight isn’t technology – it’s human psychology. This is the first episode of Climate Lab, a…![Donald Trump: Global Ecocide](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/donald-trump-global-ecocide-187x137.jpg)
Donald Trump: Global Ecocide
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Can one determined and willfully ignorant man both stem the green tide and push the world over the brink into…![Trump’s New Decree to ‘Wreak Havoc’ on Climate, Reward Big Oil](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/trumps-new-decree-to-wreak-havoc-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s New Decree to ‘Wreak Havoc’ on Climate, Reward Big Oil
TeleSur | - - The latest executive order is seen by critics as a reckless attempt to boost energy industry profits at the cost of the environment and public health. U.S. President…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/what-is-kilowatt-hour-187x137.png)
The simple Number that will Defeat Trump’s attempt to Roll back Obama Energy Policies
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump's Executive Order deregulating dangerous gas emissions is being signed today at the Environmental Protection Agency. This is the greatest mean-spirited reversal since…![Top 4 Worst pieces of Climate News from WMO](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/top-4-worst-pieces-of-climate-ne-187x137.jpg)
Top 4 Worst pieces of Climate News from WMO in Age of Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations issued its annual report on the climate on Tuesday, making a full and final assessment…![Is Russia trying to take back over Libya from NATO, Radicals?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/is-russia-trying-to-take-back-ov-187x137.jpg)
Is Russia trying to take back over Libya from NATO, Radicals?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Reuters is reporting that some 22 Russian special operations forces have set up a base in Western Egypt near the Libyan border in…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014055im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/Visualizing-spills-data-from-unconventional-oil-and-gas-activity-750x278-1-187x137.jpg)