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Following Truthout Investigation, Settlements Halt Fracking Off the Coast of California
US regulators have agreed not to authorize fracking operations in the Pacific Ocean until they complete an environmental review.
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“Hillary the Pragmatist vs. Bernie the Dreamer” Is “Big Lie” Propaganda
Public policy that serves the majority of people is only considered an impractical dream in a plutocracy like the US.
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Dahr Jamail | Freak Storms and Butterfly Die-Offs: This Is Your Climate on Fossil Fuels
Animal and tree die-offs are becoming the norm, and the Indian Ocean is en route to becoming an “ecological desert.”
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If Bill Gates Turned to Philanthropy: Publicly Funded Clinical Drug Trials
A wealthy philanthropist could pick up the cost of financing the clinical trials of several promising new drugs.
“Montrose 9” Continue Fight Over the “Climate Necessity” of Civil Disobedience
After a similar civil disobedience case in Washington State, New York activists are hoping to put climate disruption back on trial.
The Dark Side of Clean Energy in Mexico
In the Tehuantepec Isthmus region, Indigenous farmers are resisting so-called green development that may pollute their land.
Proposed Methane Rule Could Protect Pennsylvanians’ Health and Climate
Gov Wolf announced a new plan to reduce methane pollution from fracking.
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Environmental Justice: What the Candidates Missed in Flint – and the Rest of the Country
Presidential candidates have commented on Flint's contaminated water crisis, but less so on systemic environmental racism.
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“Yes We Can” vs. “No We Can’t“
In Bernie Sanders, many Democratic voters see the candidate that Obama pretended to be but never was.
Forty-Three Years After Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court to Hear Case Threatening Women’s Right to Choose
Friday marked the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade.