Tom Engelhardt created and ran the website TomDispatch.com for nearly 25 years. He was also a co-founder of the American Empire Project and the author of a highly praised history of American triumphalism in the Cold War, The End of Victory Culture. A fellow of the Type Media Center, his sixth book is A Nation Unmade by War.
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Trump’s AI obsession will add immeasurably to extreme heat
Whatever else AI may do, its data centers will consume vast amounts of energy and keep driving fossil-fuel emissions for years to come, lending us humans a distinct helping hand in overheating this planet
September 1, 2026
Donald Trump gives decline new meaning
Donald Trump’s America is undoubtedly going to give imperial decline new meaning, while just one major power seems to be on top (so to speak) of the situation in any way whatsoever. And that power is, of course, China.
August 25, 2026
Trump is fighting migrants while fueling the crises that force people to flee
Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, and the rest of that grim clan have launched their own invasion — of planet Earth itself. They have indeed landed on the beaches of our world, armed to the teeth, and intent on turning this planet into a heat zone.
July 20, 2026
The war fever gripping the world’s leaders is also a war on the planet
War has become a fever that world leaders cannot seem to break. As militarism spreads, its costs extend far beyond the battlefield, accelerating climate change while consuming the resources needed to confront it.
July 6, 2026
Reading the Times: As climate disasters mount, why is Donald Trump still the bigger story?
A buried report on the costliest wildfire season in history raises a larger question: why does political theatre command so much more attention than the escalating climate crisis reshaping our future?
June 17, 2026
The Enemy Is Us
As mid-2024 approaches, the question remains: Can we humans stop making war on each other or preparing for yet more of the same and begin dealing with a planet heading to hell in a proverbial handbasket? Can we face the fact that the enemy is indeed us?
June 7, 2024
