Truthout
Environment
How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion
The coming decades could see a tidal wave of rebellion and conflict over oil, water, land, and more.
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“Going Extinct Is Genocide”: Lakota Elders Tour to Raise Awareness About Struggle
As the US encroached upon indigenous territory, the government never allowed native women to negotiate.
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How the Sequester Will Take Its Toll on Access to Justice
The right to counsel is about more than giving accused criminal defendants their due process in court, and after the sequester, there is not nearly enough funding to help …
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How Monsanto Went From Selling Aspirin to Controlling Our Food Supply
Monsanto controls our food, poisons our land and influences all three branches of government.
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Mexico Lacks Water to Frack for Shale Gas
Mexico plans to expand shale gas exploration this year, but it could run into a shortage of water, which is essential to fracking.
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Imperial Overreach: Forces Driving Pentagon Spending and US Asia-Pacific Military Strategies
A secretly imposed US-Japan military alliance has served as the “keystone” of US power in Asia and the Pacific.
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Time to Step Up and Speak Out Against Big Oil
We need to get the bought-and-paid-for politicians out of the way and get our press to actually cover the horrors of tar sands oil and the reality of climate …
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Congress Refuses to Allow USPS to Fix Its Budget Woes
The USPS has consistently presented lifesaving ideas to an apathetic Congress that seems utterly unconcerned with saving a federal service that caters primarily to the economically disadvantaged.
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Official: Bombs Frequent in US; 172 IED Incidents in Last Six Months
The official indicated most American IED attacks were small.
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Boston: The 27th Mile
Itu2019s hard to think about tax policy or cost-of-living calculations for Social Security when death is in the news, when the grim horror of it hangs in the air …