Truthout
Environment
Do Humans Have a Madness Gene That Will Ensure the End of the Planet as We Know It?
Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert explores the likely extinction of a massive number of species - because of the destructive practices of humans - in the book "The Sixth Extinction: An …
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It’s Time To Put America First
It's time for our elected representatives to start following the principles laid out in our Constitution and help everyday Americans struggling to make ends meet.
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Selling a Lemon
President Obama sounds for all the world like a used car salesman trying to peddle a lemon, and that will not happen on our watch.
Oil Spill Threatens Wildlife and Local Economy
Though the clean up is progressing, it will take weeks to determine the extent of the ecological impact of the major Galveston oil spill.
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Believe It Or Not, Shell, of All Companies, Gets It
Shell gets that unless things change quickly, another big financial market bubble will burst. It's called the “Carbon Bubble,” and it's a very simple equation.
Honduras: Who Should Really Be On Trial For the Rio Blanco Dam?
An indigenous activist in Honduras is attacked for campaigning against the Agua Zarca Hydroelectric Dam.
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Twelve Simple Propositions: Climate Change and the Asia Pivot
A meaningful “Asia Pivot” would meaningfully address the greatest security threat to that region and the whole planet: climate change.
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Hope Dies Last
Last week Guy McPherson had some terrifying things to say about the future of the planet on Thom Hartmann's radio program. He said we are experiencing such a rapidly …
SOIL Co-Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Sasha Kramer, Selected as a Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year
SOIL is proud to announce that SOIL’s Co-Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Sasha Kramer, was selected as a 2014 Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year. Every year the …
Following DOE Approval, LNG Opponents Call on Oregon’s Governor to Protect the State’s Rivers and Ratepayers
The US Department of Energy took the long-expected step of granting a conditional export license to the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas project in Oregon.