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Update June 30, 5:31 p.m.: New York's Department of Environmental Conservation just announced it will recommend prohibiting high-volume hydraulic fracturing in and around the watersheds serving New York City …

Washington - The Senate will work next week instead of taking a lengthy Fourth of July recess after President Barack Obama insisted that lawmakers should stay in Washington to …

(Image: Troy Page / Truthout; Adapted: phunkstarr, Travelin' Librarian, Joshua Davis) In today's On the News segment, Thom Hartmann discusses a letter sent by 248 economists demanding …

At the Arkansas Nuclear One plant outside Russellville, several portable pumps dedicated to flood control didn't work. (Photo: xyzpdqfoo) A special inspection of US nuclear plants after …

(Photo: Chicago Man) On a bright spring day in a wisteria-bedecked courtyard full of earnest, if half-drunk, conference attendees, we were commiserating with a fellow journalist about …

Protesters in Haiti demonstrate against Monsanto on June 4, 2010, with some wearing the slogan “Aba Monsanto,” or “Stop Monsanto.” (Photo: mediahacker) Hinche, Haiti - Last week, …

The President held a press conference June 29th to address action Congress can take right now to create new jobs and the tough choices that must be made to …

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) formally kicked off her presidential campaign yesterday, painting herself as a Tea Party candidate who is ready to lead the country back to prosperity (even …

A Chesapeake Energy worker cleans oil from a pipe pulled from the ground at the company's drilling site near Big Wells, Texas, May 17, 2011. The New Jersey Legislature …

3:45 p.m. | Updated President Obama said Wednesday that he believed Republicans would concede to tax increases as part of a deficit reduction package in time to avoid a …