Truthout
Environment
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Unfolding Repression in the Shadows of the Guatemalan Genocide Trial
Human rights abuses may be eclipsed by the uncertainty and escalating tension surrounding the trial.
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Education Reform in the New Jim Crow Era
What do the war on drugs and market-oriented education reform have in common?
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At Universities, Too, the Rich Grow Richer
New report finds that 35 private university presidents and 4 public university presidents topped $1 million in total earnings during 2011-2012.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Committee Agrees to Cut Over $4 Billion of Food Aid from the Farm Bill, and More
The European Union is going after Big Oil; and more.
Racism and Classism Are Alive and Deadly: US Public Policies Create Environmental Injustice
Racism and classism still permeate the environmental movement and US agricultural policy, fomenting environmental injustice and often defeating the ultimate purposes of the environmental movement, as well as purported …
New Shell Oil Laboratory at Oxford Meets Organized Resistance
A coalition of environmental protesters last week targeted Shell u2013 a corporation engaged in the worldu2019s u201cmost destructive projectu201d u2013 for co-opting one of the worldu2019s most prestigious universities.
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Food, Farms, Forests and Fracking: Connecting the Dots
Billion-dollar fossil fuel and agribusiness corporations have brought us to the brink of a global calamity.
Put the Environment at the Center of the Global Economy: An Argument for the Eco-Currency
The environmental challenges we face today, from spreading deserts to rising oceans, compel us to reconsider the conventional concepts of growth and recognize that they cannot easily be reconciled …
Climate Tipping Point? Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Tops 400 ppm for First Time in Human History
Scientists are warning the planet has now reached a grim climate milestone not seen for two or three million years.
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Sunken Treasure
Nitrogen-filtering oysters.