News | Environment & Health Guatemalan Activist Murdered After Court Suspends Palm Oil Company Operations A palm oil company remains at the heart of conflict in northern Guatemala, months after a mass fish die-off. By Sandra Cuffe , Mongabay October 4, 2015 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Bankruptcy Lawyers Strip Cash From Coal Miners’ Health Insurance Secure health insurance has been one casualty of the wave of bankruptcies. By Alec MacGillis , ProPublica October 4, 2015 Truthout
News | Russia: Has the World’s Biggest Country Turned Against the Environment? Russia trundles sluggishly behind the rest of the world in international environmental policy. By Lucy EJ Woods , TheEcologist October 3, 2015 Truthout
News | With Federal Millions, “Wild West” of Charters Is About to Get Even Wilder One thing seems certain: with the new millions in federal money for Ohio, the Wild West of charter schools, is going to see a gold rush. By Jonas Persson , PRWatch October 3, 2015 Truthout
News | When Conservation Means Killing Synthetic chemical poisons have been employed in conservation management around the world for decades. By Julie M. Johnson , Ensia October 3, 2015 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Energy Democracy: Building a Solar Dream in a Tar Sands Nightmare Communities like Little Buffalo in Alberta are leading the way towards energy independence. By Melina Laboucan-Massimo , openDemocracy October 3, 2015 Truthout
News | Garifuna Communities of Honduras Resist Corporate Land Grabs The displacement of these Honduran Afro-descendant communities accelerated after the installment of a US backed golpista regime. By Samira Jubis , CouncilonHemisphericAffairs October 3, 2015 Truthout
News | Rally Challenges City Enforcement of Short-Term Rentals For Prop F backers, this is a crisis. By Carl Finamore , BeyondChron October 2, 2015 Truthout
News | Human Rights Thirst for Truth: Who’s to Blame for Flint’s Water Crisis? Despite complaints about the water by residents, Flint city officials have insisted that the city's water is safe. By Curt Guyette & Kate Levy , ACLUofMichigan October 2, 2015 Truthout
News | Are Pro-Israel Bullies on US Campuses Planning Dirtier Tactics? Israel lobby groups are stepping up their efforts to silence the Palestine solidarity movement on campuses nationwide. By Nora Barrows-Friedman , TheElectronicIntifada October 2, 2015 Truthout