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Environment
Power Shift Away From Green Illusions
Author-activist Ozzie Zehner talks with Truthout about the limitations of the productivist mentality that infects the worldview of many environmentalists in a world with finite resources.
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Green Inclined, but Missing the Target
No matter how many light switches we turn off when we leave the room, pounds of food scraps we dutifully compost, and hours spent on public transit instead of …
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Another Poor Black Boy Dead in Haiti
What country would they create?
The World Trade Organization’s “Papal” Conclave
It is fascinating to look at the demographics of the candidates.
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Grateful for Dirty Dishes. And Taxes
Valerie Tarico suggests a new healthier attitude toward taxes as April 15 approaches: gratitude.
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Empowered by the Past: Red State Co-ops Go Green
Can cooperatives lead the way to a smarter, cleaner grid?
Two Years On, Fukushima Raises Many Questions, Provides One Clear Answer
A report from a conference of nuclear scientists takes a look at what's missing from investigations into Fukushima.
Subsidized Corn Destroying Global Bio-Diversity
James Boyce: Industrial agriculture threatening existence of small farmers growing corn in Mexico and Guatemala; potatoes in Peru and the Andes; rice in Bangladesh and Southeast Asia - farmers …
An Interview With the Widow of Tunisia’s Slain Popular Leader
Assassinations do, as we have seen on many continents in many eras, change history. For those left behind the slain, some have responded by trying to carry out the …
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The Game With North Korea: Nuclear Roulette Has No Winners
So-called nuclear deterrence is a risky game in which the losers could be the global community at large.