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The 10 Worst Weather Disasters This Year and Why They Are Happening

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. September 12, 2011.

We've already had 10 disasters topping $1 billion each and it's only September -- what gives?

We've Entered the Age of Mass Extinction: Goodbye Fish and a Whole Lot More

Scott Thill, AlterNet. August 8, 2011.

Paleontologist Peter Ward talks about the threats from global warming, rising population and our own plain stupidity.

Our Biggest Security Threat Is Global Warming-Induced Extreme Weather

Scott Thill, AlterNet. August 2, 2011.

We risk losing our country to permanent droughts and extreme natural disasters.

The Planet Strikes Back: Why We Underestimate the Earth and Overestimate Ourselves

Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch.com. April 14, 2011.

What Earth does to protect itself from human intervention is unlikely to prove beneficial for human societies.

Why Disasters Make the Vast Majority of Us Better People

Johann Hari, Independent UK. March 18, 2011.

Let's debunk the myth of the panicking disaster victim since the evidence proves that most people behave in the aftermath of disaster as altruists.

Tsunami and Nuke Disaster: How Human Arrogance Intensifies Suffering

Arun Gupta, AlterNet. March 15, 2011.

The collision between natural hazards and human society and economy is what creates a disaster.

"I'm a Nervous Wreck": Gulf Fishermen's Wives Face Trauma, Domestic Abuse, Economic Insecurity

Mac McClelland, Mother Jones Online. June 28, 2010.

The wives of the men whose livelihoods have likely been destroyed by the BP spill forever, grapple with an uncertain future and air their rage.

More Pain for Devastated Haiti: Under the Pretense of Disaster Relief, U.S. Running a Military Occupation

Arun Gupta, AlterNet. February 12, 2010.

The rapid mobilization of U.S troops in Haiti was not primarily done for humanitarian reasons; we're likely to see a neoliberal economic plan imposed, at gunpoint if necessary.

How Can We Talk About Transformational Change Without Losing Hope?

Frankie Colmane, AlterNet. February 1, 2010.

Every time we're subjected to more dramatic predictions of global warming without being given solutions, a seed of helplessness is planted in our souls.

Irresponsible Aid Policies Are a Part of Haiti's Painful History: Guiding a Rebuilding Roadmap

Kerry Kennedy, Monika Kalra Varma, AlterNet. January 28, 2010.

Outlining how the international community and United States can make Haiti stronger in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake.

When the Media Is the Disaster

Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch.com. January 22, 2010.

In the wake of the Haiti earthquake, false depictions of victims as criminals hinder the relief effort.

Prices in Haiti on the Rise While the Population Starves

Garry Pierre-Pierre, New America Media. January 22, 2010.

A gallon of cooking oil that cost $10 only days ago now fetches US$20. What will they cost tomorrow? No one knows.

How Western Domination Has Undermined Haiti's Ability to Recover from Natural Devastation

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. January 21, 2010.

An interview with journalist Kim Ives about Washington's domination of Haiti.

Appetite for Destruction: Why Are Americans So Obsessed with Disaster?

Vicki Santillano, Divine Caroline. April 25, 2009.

An entire industry has been built around our obsession with catastrophes, but where does that interest come from?

Hey Homeowners, Bush Blames You -- Not Iraq -- for Our Tanking Economy

Tom Engelhardt, Frida Berrigan, TomDispatch.com. February 29, 2008.

Five years into Iraq, Bush denies any link between Americans' economic pain and war spending.

The Truth Is, Iraq's Future Is Abysmal

Scott Ritter, Truthdig. February 8, 2008.

As nice as it would be for some hope that the "surge" worked, the truth is that the disaster in Iraq has only just begun.

Do America's Rich Now Have Their Own Disaster Response System?

Naomi Klein, The Nation. November 3, 2007.

With disaster services being privatized, the rich are buying their way out of catastrophe.

Why Can't the U.S. Have the Debate about Naomi Klein's Book That Europe Has?

Jan Frel, AlterNet. September 21, 2007.

In Europe and Canada debate is raging about Naomi Klein's new book on disaster capitalism, The Shock Doctrine. This interview with Klein considers why U.S. public debate is unable to ask fundamental questions about our economic system.

From Apocalypse to Disaster, America Is Obsessed with the Prospect of Bad News

Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet. August 31, 2007.

Author of the new book The Culture of Calamity, Kevin Rozario explains why we are so fond of a good crisis.

On the First Anniversary of Haiti\'s Earthquake, Where\'s the Aid Money Survivors Were Promised?

Isabel Macdonald, December 31, 1969.


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