Dahr Jamail

Dahr Jamail was a war correspondent for a decade, covering Iraq and other conflict zones. His journalism has appeared in The Guardian, Le Monde, The Nation, The Independent, The Sunday Herald in Scotland, Tomdispatch, and The Huffington Post among others. He is now covering the impact of climate change. His new book is The End of Ice.

Climate Crisis

The End of Ice: Dealing with Climate Crisis PTSD

Dahr Jamail

(Tomdispatch.com) – Recently, I was in Homer, Alaska, to talk about my book The End of Ice. Seconds after I had thanked those who brought me to the small University of Alaska campus there, overwhelmed with some mix of sadness, love, and grief about my adopted state — and the planet generally — I wept. […]

Climate Change

Our Carbon Dioxide Addiction: “We’re not going to stop this train wreck.”

Dahr Jamail

( Tomdispatch.com) – I’m standing atop Rush Hill on Alaska’s remote St. Paul Island. While only 665 feet high, it provides a 360-degree view of this tundra-covered, 13-mile-long, seven-mile-wide part of the Pribilof Islands. While the hood of my rain jacket flaps in the cold wind, I gaze in wonder at the silvery waters of […]