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Candice Bernd: Don’t Frack With Denton!
A small city in Texas has taken a bold step forward by banning fracking within municipal limits.
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In the Land of Zapata, a Community Fights Natural Gas Development
In the same towns where Zapata fought for the rights of Mexico's rural majority, mega-development projects are setting off fierce protests.
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Studies Raise Red Flags About Hazardous Compounds in Fracking Fluid
Scientists are getting to the bottom of what's in fracking fluids. Truthout takes a detailed look at two studies that raise red flags.
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You Won’t Believe Where These Protests Took Place
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has been rubber stamping the go ahead to frack-attack all of the US. The people are protesting en mass.
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Unsafe Levels of Formaldehyde in Air Around Arkansas’ Fayetteville Shale
Air samples taken in the Fayetteville Shale show notably elevated levels of formaldehyde, a suspected human carcinogen.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: World Bank Issues Its Third Report on Climate Change, and More
In today's On the News segment: global temperatures may rise to 4 degrees Celsius by the time today's teens hit their 80th birthday, and more.
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Killing Hope: Six Years of the Obama Presidency
While the world he inherited from George W. Bush certainly sucked, it also gave Obama unprecedented opportunities to change the course of the nation.
Dahr Jamail | Are Humans Going Extinct?
Climate disruption has become so serious that some scientists fear humans may be causing our own extinction.
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Lawsuit Challenges Radioactive Fracking Waste Facilities in Ohio
Environmentalists say state regulators have allowed Ohio to become fracking's “dumping ground.”
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Israeli, West Bank Arabs’ Divergent Lives Revealed in Olive Harvest
The olive harvest reflects the growing disparities between Palestinians who live in the West Bank and their more prosperous brethren who hold Israeli citizenship.