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At a meeting in Dallas on Wednesday, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson told shareholders that protecting the environment doesn’t matter. “What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?” he asked. This dumbfoundingly ignorant question can only be attributed to corporate greed. Overlooking the faults with an anthropocentric viewpoint that places no value on anything unless it benefits humanity in some way, the belief that a healthy environment is not absolutely crucial to the welfare of humanity is ludicrous. ExxonMobil’s CEO believes that human suffering will not occur while the environment continues to degrade and changes in weather patterns...

By Farron Cousins New reports have come out this week, showing us that 2012 was officially the hottest year on record.  North America alone was plagued with hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, floods, blizzards, and numerous other forms of weather that have almost all been linked back to anthropogenic climate change.  Earlier this week, Ring of Fire’s Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. spoke with 350.org founder Bill McKibben about the threat of climate change and what President Obama needs to do during his second term to address the problem.  The transcript of that conversation follows, and the interview will run this weekend...

A few months ago, polls showed that voters were concerned about the environment, but that issue didn’t effect who they were going to vote for. But today, after several months of record-breaking heat waves, voters’ attitudes have changed, and large majorities of undecided voters are now saying that climate change will play a role in how they vote this year. So let’s talk about some of the criminals who are allowing our planet to burn to the ground – Mike Papantonio recently spoke with Gaius Publius from America Blog to help shed some light on the climate criminals. Climate...

A few months ago, polls showed that voters were concerned about the environment, but that issue didn’t effect who they were going to vote for. But today, after several months of record-breaking heat waves, voters’ attitudes have changed, and large majorities of undecided voters are now saying that climate change will play a role in how they vote this year. So let’s talk about some of the criminals who are allowing our planet to burn to the ground — Mike Papantonio recently spoke with Gaius Publius from America Blog to help shed some light on the climate criminals. Read...