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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "catastrophe"
Apocalypse Investors: How Wall Street Bets on Catastrophic Breakdowns That Destroy Lives
Alyssa Battistoni, AlterNet. July 6, 2011.
Bankers figure that if global markets collapse, they might as well make money out of it.
The Gulf Coast Catastrophe: Let's Put Our Trust in Women's Solutions
Susan Wefald, Ms. Foundation for Women. June 16, 2010.
We've got an awfully big mess to clean up in the Gulf -- let's turn to the wisdom of investing in women to help solve it.
Bee Catastrophe: 1/3 of Colonies Died This Winter, Worries Grow About Terminal Decline
Alison Benjamin, The Observer UK. May 3, 2010.
The honeybee is responsible for pollinating 90 commercial crops worldwide. What do we do if they're gone?
Republicans Are Flat Out Destroying California
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 18, 2009.
"Everyone should be paying attention to the political/fiscal catastrophe now unfolding in California ... This could be America next."
How Close to Catastrophe?
Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books and TomDispatch. November 4, 2006.
Several new books explore technological innovations and the need for radical lifestyle overhaul in the race against time to save the planet.