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Over 865,200 Gallons of Fracked Oil Spill in North Dakota, Public in Dark for Days Due to Government Shutdown
Over 20,600 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale has spilled from a Tesoro Logistics pipeline in Tioga, North Dakota in one of the biggest onshore oil spills …
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It’s Going to Be a Scorcher … of a Century
Now is the time to make the transition to clean, renewable energy. The future of the planet and the human species depend on it.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Complete Economic Disaster May Be Temporarily Avoided, and More
In today's On the News segment: Today, Republicans in both the House and Senate met to consider a temporary increase in the debt ceiling; our nation is starting to …
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Applying Lessons From Camden, New Jersey, to US Foreign Policy: Fences Don’t Make Good Neighbors
How can the spread of US fortress diplomacy contribute to a smart, effective foreign policy?
On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Obama Declares He Is “Not Budging” on Debt Ceiling, and More
On Tuesday, President Obama spoke at length about the looming debt limit deadline and the ongoing government shutdown, and more.
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Mitch McConnell Wants America to Be an Oligarchy
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the single most important campaign finance case since Citizens United.
Idle No More Protestors Take to the Streets in Global Day of Action
Idle No More protestors assert treaty rights and nationhood as part of International Day of Action.
From Caspian Sea to Arctic to Middle East, How Oil Pipelines Threaten Democracy and Planet’s Survival
The Oil Road is a series of pipelines stretching from the oil-rich Caspian Sea to Europe. Key nations along the route include Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.
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Frank Giustra, President Bill Clinton’s Close Colleague, Joins US Oil Sands Board
Frank Giustra - key power broker and close colleague of former President Bill Clinton - has taken a seat on the Board of Directors of U.S. Oil Sands, an …
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Last Hours of Humanity: Warming the World to Extinction
In the history of our planet there have been five times when more than half of all life on Earth died. They're referred to as “mass extinctions.”