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Investigation: What the JPMorgan Chase Energy Scandal Reveals About Fossil Fuel Financing
Chase took advantage of a loophole in the energy markets, scamming taxpayers and inflating energy costs.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Third Circuit Court of Appeals Has Ruled on a New Aspect of Corporate Personhood, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled on a new aspect of corporate personhood u2013 a corporation's right to the free exercise …
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“It Can’t Happen Here”…But It Is Happening There
Right now, highly toxic and environmentally devastating tar sands oil is leaking from underground wells at a tar sands oil extracting operation in Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada.
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We Should Thank Edward Snowden
Despite polarizing opinions on the matter, Edward Snowden's revelation about the NSA has sparked necessary discussion.
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Land to the Tillers: Responses to Land Grabs
National and transnational corporations, sometimes with collusion from the government of the country in question, are snapping up agricultural land to grow industrial-scale commodity crops.
Never Again Enough: Field Notes from a Drying West
The crucial question for Phoenix, for the Colorado, and for the greater part of the American West is this: How long will the water hold out?
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Internal EPA Presentation Reveals Dispute Over Fracking Contamination in Dimock Wells
EPA staff have warned that more testing should be done at wells in Dimock, Pa. due to the presence of fracking contaminants.
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Congress Fiddles While the Western States Burn
Global warming could very well be the culprit for the extreme weather conditions firefighters face today.
An Anarchistic Understanding of the Social Order: Environmental Degradation, Indigenous Resistance and a Place for the Sciences
Andrew Gavin Marshall looks at the indigenous struggle against neoliberalism and globalization.
Truthout TV Interviews Ellen Cantarow About the Dangers of Fracking
Ted Asregadoo speaks to journalist, Ellen Cantarow, about an interview posted on Truthout featuring Louis W. Allstadt - a former executive with Mobil Oil - on the environmental dangers …