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Fracking Lobby ANGA’s Tax Forms: Big Bucks to Media Outlets, “Other ALECs“
The public relations arm of the oil and gas fracking industry - has released its 2012 Internal Revenue Services (IRS) 990 form, and it's rich with eye-opening revelations, some …
Bill Moyers | Henry Giroux: Zombie Politics and Casino Capitalism
This week on Moyers & Company, author and scholar Henry Giroux explains how our political system has turned people into zombies.
As Poor Countries Walk Out of Climate Talks, Venezuela Calls on Industrial Nations to Take Action
A group of 133 developing nations have walked out of a key part of the climate talks in Warsaw, Poland, amidst a conflict over how countries who have historically …
How to Reverse a Slow-Motion Apocalypse: Why the Divestment Movement Against Big Energy Matters
Young activists are trying to take the typhoon by the horns and, with a growing campaign to pressure universities and colleges to divest from the giant energy companies, to …
Warsaw Climate Talks Go Up in Smoke
Prospects of a meaningful global treaty on climate change have receded ever farther at COP 19, the UN climate talks. Can climate justice activists offer an alternative?
Leaked Memo Reveals US Plan to Oppose Helping Poor Nations Adapt to Climate Change
Newly leaked documents have revealed how U.S. negotiators at the UN climate summit in Warsaw are opposing efforts to help developing countries adapt to climate change.
Vandana Shiva on Resisting GMOs: “Saving Seeds Is a Political Act“
Why the fight for biodiversity is about protecting life itself.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Nation’s First Coal Gasification Project May Start Soon, and More
Our nation has seen the dangers of coal mining and drilling for natural gas, but few of us have heard of coal gasification, and more.
Partnering With Polluters? UN Climate Summit Criticized for Sponsorships by Fossil Fuel Companies
Organizers of the UN climate talks in Warsaw, Poland, are facing criticism for accepting corporate sponsorships from major car manufacturers, oil companies, steel manufacturers and coal firms.
“Chernobyl Was Transparent Compared to Fukushima”: Harvey Wasserman on Ongoing Crisis
Nuclear power expert Harvey Wasserman talks with GRITtv about the ongoing Fukushima catastrophe, the dearth of information there, irradiated tuna and the terrifying prospect of Tokyo Electric Power removing …