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Confessions of a Former Oil Industry Consultant
Jeremy Leggett has undergone quite a few large career changes, from oil industry consultant to Greenpeace scientist to solar power entrepreneur. A geologist by training, he worked with the …
Awaken, Eaarthlings! (An Earth Day Missive.)
In his recent book, The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology (2008), the great Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh asserts that Buddhism, as a robust …
Future Cars Now
Two federal agencies, working with California, have taken the biggest step in the nation's history to reduce the United States' global warming footprint. Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection …
Flammable Drinking Water? Why Gas Drilling in New York and Nearby States Could Become an Environmental Catastrophe
Fred Mayer is sitting at his kitchen table in Candor, NY, smoking a cigarette he probably shouldn’t be smoking. This particular cigarette is the third one he’s lit in …
Earth Day, Labor and Me
The approach of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22 provides us an opportunity to reflect on the “long, strange trip” shared by the environmental movement and …
Truthout | News in Brief (11)
Thursday 22 April 2010 The BBC and MSNBC reported Thursday that as many as 28 people were reported to have been injured following a series of explosions in the …
Truthout | News in Brief (12)
The BBC and MSNBC reported Thursday that as many as 28 people were reported to have been injured following a series of explosions in the Thai capital of Bangkok.
Hawaii: Model in the Battle for Biodiversity (2)
Kauai, Hawaii - This year marks the 40th observation of Earth Day, and so it's fitting that the United Nations General Assembly has declared 2010 as the International Year …
Michael Honda Backs Afghanistan Military Withdrawal Timetable
On Tuesday, Rep. Michael Honda signed his name to legislation put forward by Sen. Russ Feingold, Rep. Jim McGovern and Rep. Walter Jones that would require the President to …
Hawaii: Model in the Battle for Biodiversity
Kauai, Hawaii - This year marks the 40th observation of Earth Day, and so it's fitting that the United Nations General Assembly has declared 2010 as the International Year …