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Debate: State Department Moves Keystone XL Closer to Approval, but Does Conflict of Interest Taint Report?
A long-awaited report from the State Department has dealt a potential major blow to efforts to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
A Dirty Energy Emancipation Proclamation: In Utah?
On January 25th, one of the largest and most significant environmental protests in years took place in the most unlikely of places - Salt Lake City, Utah.
Could Florida Become the New Fracking Frontier?
Fracked wells and impoundments were once a far-fetched possibility in Florida, but soon they could be hitting close to home.
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Ending the World the Human Way: Climate Change as the Anti-News
When it comes to climate change, there is no “story,” not in the normal news sense anyway.
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Nordheim: a Texas Town Facing a Toxic Future
The installation of a giant waste disposal plant where fracking industry waste would be trucked in from a 100-mile radius will undoubtedly bring more unwelcome changes.
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Shale Stories: Obama’s Clean Energy Future Is a Fracking Nightmare for Rural America
“Shalefield Stories,” a new collection of stories by people who have been negatively affected by fracking in their communities, is yet another testimony to the dark side of America's …
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Left Out of Obama’s Commission on Elections? Race
Right now it's easier for a black teenager to go to jail than it is for him to vote.
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Why Is the CDC Trying to Block an Accurate Lyme Disease Test?
A good Lyme test would go a large way to ending the wars, because at some point in the debate one side is right and the other is wrong.
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Iraq: Revisiting the Pottery Barn Rule
In Iraq, the US broke a nation of human beings, and it owes them an apologyu2013and restitution.
Insult to Injury? American Indian Sports Mascots
From FedEx Field to High School Football teams, pressure is increasing on teams to stop using American Indian names and mascots.