Tuesday Header
Thom's blog
Capitalism Could Kill All Life On Earth
Thom plus logo  Are we going to let capitalism destroy life on Earth? According to 99% of climate scientists - we'll know by the end of the century.

Scientists have agreed for three decades about what is causing atmospheric temperatures to rise - humans are burning Earth's carbon resources to fuel economic activity. But even before we knew what was causing the temperature to rise - scientists warned about the dire global impacts of a two degree increase in atmospheric temperatures.

Earth's climate has been basically stable for hundreds of thousands of years. But that changed during the industrial revolution - when Great Britain realized the potential of coal-powered steam engines. Soon continental Europe and America followed suit.

And over 150 years later - coal, oil, and natural gas dominate the global politics and economics: wars are fought over oil; communities are destroyed for coal; and increasingly scarce water supplies are poisoned by natural gas extraction.

The Earth has already warmed about one degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels -which means we have to change our energy system completely before the Earth warms another degree in order to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change. Is it possible?

Scientists say "Yes!" - BUT it will require us to take bold and immediate steps towards a completely renewable energy system. The technology exists - the shortfall is in investment.

According to the IMF - oil companies get 5.3 trillion dollars in subsidies worldwide per year. And the oil companies pay only a portion - if any - of the environmental costs of ripping fossil fuels from the ground and burning the CO2 into the atmosphere.

In other words, every living human being and government are paying for coal, oil, and gas companies to profit from the destruction our planet. And that's not a market failure - that's how the market was set up. Capitalism as we know it isn't the solution - it's the problem.

In a report in "Nature Climate Change" - scientists point out that we can keep temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius - if every country takes bold and immediate action to deploy current clean energy and limit the use of fossil fuels. The biggest failure in our system is that there is no price on carbon. Burning fossil fuels and releasing carbon into our atmosphere has very real costs that corporations aren't paying for - costs that are being kicked down the road for future generations.

In America, we've let the fossil fuel industry become so profitable that it relentlessly funds campaigns and lobbies to keep oil subsidies in place and weaken environmental regulations - all at the expense of our communities and our planet.

Read more here.

-Thom
Free Speech TV         stamps.com
The Big Picture (small)
Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... GOP Birth Control bill Is An "Insult to Women" (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)
 
Green World Rising Be sure to check out our newest video: RESTORATION - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio & Thom Hartmann, directed by Leila Conners / Visit GreenWorldRising.org to check out all the videos: CARBON, LAST HOURS & GREEN WORLD RISING - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio & Thom Hartmann, directed by Leila Conners
 
Join Thom in London, England - June 22-26, 2015 - for a special week long course - Saving the World From Extinction - How to Create a World That Works for All - follow the link to Schumacher College for details!
 
Need to Know: GOP Birth Control bill Is An "Insult to Women"
- Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood Federation of America/Planned Parenthood Action Fund  Twitter  Twitter  Twitter
 
Big Picture Politics Panel:
- Marc Harrold, Observations of White Noise  Twitter
- Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel  Twitter  Twitter
- Austin Petersen, The Libertarian Republic  Twitter  Twitter
 
Screwed: Meet the New Normal for Student Debt
- Mark Huelsman, Demos  Twitter  Twitter
 
Daily Take: Capitalism Could Kill ALL Life On Earth
Angie's List ad   ITM Trading banner 200 x 200
Tuesday's Daily Stack Daily Stack
Hour One: Why Is the Right Still Covering Up About Iraq?
Quote: "I don't want to see a single war millionaire created in the United States as a result of this world disaster." - Franklin D. Roosevelt, May 21, 1940.
Site: Bernie 2016 Bernie Sanders Facebook Bernie Sanders Twitter
Event: Burlington VT, 26 May 5 p.m.: "Sanders details kickoff, ignites endorsement battle" by Adam Silverman.
Book: Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray.
Article: "Calvinism" by Wikipedia.
Article: "The Danger of American Fascism" by Henry A. Wallace.
Law: Posse Comitatus Act (1878).
 
Strike For South Sudan
- Simon Deng, Hungry For Peace Twitter #SimonDeng

Hour Two: Mystery Meat...Landing On Your Plate Soon?
- Curtis Ellis, Obamatrade Twitter Twitter
Article: "Odds Are Obamatrade Screws America" by Rush Limbaugh.
Article: "James S.C. Chao" (Mitch McConnell's father-in-law) by Wikipedia.
 
Article: "Investors are playing a 'greater fool' game" by George Magnus.
Article: "Burlington Northern Railroad" by Wikipedia.
Article: "My Testimony for the Downing Street Memo Hearings" by Cindy Sheehan, June 16 2005.
Book: "A Charge to Keep: My Journey to the White House" by George W. Bush, Mickey Herskowitz.
Article: "4th Amendment". "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.".
Article: "14th Amendment, July 9, 1868 (citizenship, representatives, public debt, Equal Protection Clause)
 
Talk Radio News Segment:
- Victoria Jones Twitter
Documentary: Merchants of Doubt.
Site: Bernie 2016 Bernie Sanders Facebook Bernie Sanders Twitter
Article: "Rand Paul: I'm not being unreasonable" by Nick Gass.
Article: "McConnell's floor strategy backfires" by Burgess Everett.
Article: "TRNS News Notes- 5/26" by Victoria Jones.

Hour Three: Why is Don Siegelman Still In Prison?
- Greg Palast, The Guardian/BBC News Twitter
Book: Billionaires & Ballot Bandits by Greg Palast.
Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.
Article: "Karl Rove took active role in U.S. attorney's firing, documents show" by Tom Hamburger and David G. Savage, August 12, 2009.
Article: "Did Karl Rove Chat to Saakashvili about South Ossetia Too?" by emptywheel, August 13, 2008.
Book: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy by Greg Palast.
 
Case: "Roe v. Wade", 1973.
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.
Article: "10 Million Yemenis Face Extreme Food Crisis" by Justin Salhani.
Article: "Nokia boss gets record speeding fine" by BBC, 14 January, 2002.
Article: "The GOP's debate problem" by Eli Stokols.
Article: "Medicare Part D coverage gap" by Wikipedia.
 
Science and green news

 GoToMeeting
Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET 
 
I'll be talking with Juston Danhof of the National Center for Public Policy Research about GMOs
 
And, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...
 
The Thom Hartmann Program, Occupying The Media 3 hours a day 5 days a week" for "we the people"
 
And don't forget...Democracy is NOT a spectator sport...it begins with you...
Best of Thom Hartmann audio
Order the new"Unequal Protection" now!
Show Info
Call Thom on the show at 1-866-987-THOM (8466) (0870 974 9686 from the UK).

Sign up for Thom's podcasts.

Come on over to the free chat room, where Thom hangs out during the show.

Join in the discussions on Thom's free message board.

Blog or upload videos or audios at Thom's community.
Listen Live

Social Networks...
Thank you for being part of our ever growing community for News, Debate and Opinion on the Thom Hartmann Program.
 
Click here to subscribe to the Thom Hartmann Newsletter.
 
Sincerely,
The Thom Hartmann Program
Thom's Poll
Is it time for a transaction tax on all Wall Street trades?

Vote here!
Death in the Pines
Order Thom's latest book, Death in the Pines: An Oakley Tyler Novel, at Amazon or Barnes & Noble now!
Watch & Listen to Thom

Watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...

Full Show 5/22/15: What America needs to know about Genetically Modified Organisms
Full Show 5/22/15: What America needs to know about Genetically Modified Organisms

In tonight's Big Picture Rumble Thom discusses the GOP's obvious support for President Obama's trade agreement, the upcoming re-authorization of Section 215 of the Patriot Act that allows unconstitutional spying on Americans, Jeb Bush claiming climate science is "convoluted," Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton not being ashamed of the US invasion of Iraq, and why social liberalism in America is on the rise. Then in tonight's Conversation's with Great Minds Thom talks with consumer advocate and author, Jeffrey Smith about the lack of GMO food labeling in America.

Why is Don Siegelman Still in Prison?
Why is Don Siegelman Still in Prison?

Why Would Anyone Want to Kill Democracy?
Why Would Anyone Want to Kill Democracy?

Kill Democracy Now!
Kill Democracy Now!

How Dick Cheney Made Billions off War...
How Dick Cheney Made Billions off War...

Mystery Meat...Coming To Your Plate Soon?
Mystery Meat...Coming To Your Plate Soon?

Thom Hartmann on Economic & Labor News : 5/26/15
Thom Hartmann on Economic & Labor News : 5/26/15

Caller: What About a Moneyless Economy?
Caller: What About a Moneyless Economy?

Caller: Foreign GITMO Workers Paid Less than Min Wage...
Caller: Foreign GITMO Workers Paid Less than Min Wage...

Bernie Sanders on dealing with Big Money in Politics...
Bernie Sanders on dealing with Big Money in Politics...

Bernie Sanders: Free College for All...
Bernie Sanders: Free College for All...

TPP vote...did the GOP hold the Export-Import Bank Hostage?
TPP vote...did the GOP hold the Export-Import Bank Hostage?

Bernie Sanders: I Continue to Oppose the Patriot Act!
Bernie Sanders: I Continue to Oppose the Patriot Act!

Bernie Sanders: TPP is More Disastrous Trade Policy...
Bernie Sanders: TPP is More Disastrous Trade Policy...

Capitol Gyrocopter Pilot Talks to Thom Hartmann...
Capitol Gyrocopter Pilot Talks to Thom Hartmann...

Bernie Sanders: I Have Foreign Policy Judgement...
Bernie Sanders: I Have Foreign Policy Judgement...
The American Revolution of 1800
Order The American Revolution of 1800 by Dan Sisson with Thom Hartmann at Amazon or Barnes & Noble now!
Carbonite ad
Thom Hartmann app
Subscribe to Thom Hartmann on YouTube
Podcast Banner ad 120
Chateau Veronique 2011
The Thom Hartmann Program is a Charity Wine Partner with the Organic Wine Company. Purchase any wines and they will donate a portion of the proceeds to The Hunter School for children with autism, ADHD, and other learning challenges.
 
One of my favorite wines is CHATEAU VERONIQUE 2011 - The wine that started the Organic Wine Company. Subtle and sophisticated, this wine will complement any table.
 
Purchase your next bottle of organic wine here - www.ecowine.com
 
Thom
Thom TV