Truthout
Environment
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Exxon Oil Pipeline Floods Arkansas Town, Concerns Grow About Keystone
The spill was caused by a leak in a pipeline that goes from Illinois to Texas.
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US Moves Missile-Tracking Radar Platform Closer to North Korea
The sea-based X-band radar is heading over from Pearl Harbor, a Pentagon official says. The John S. McCain guided missile destroyer is also being sent.
Putsch: Iceland‘s Crowd-Sourced Constitution Killed by Parliament
Following its spectacular plunge from grace in 2008 when its banking system crashed, inflicting huge damage on foreign creditors as well as on local residents, Iceland caught attention for …
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How the Monsanto Protection Act Became Law
Once again, the largest corporations and their governmental cohorts succeeding in sealing their dominance over our lives without any oversight, transparency or leniency. This time it concerns food safety, …
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Germany Sees Rise of Campaign Against Combat Drones
(Image: Combat drone via Shutterstock)Leading national and local peace and justice organizations in Germany have launched a major campaign to oppose the German government's recently revealed plan to acquire combat …
Corporate Kangaroo Courts Supplant Our Seventh Amendment Rights
Being wronged by a corporation is painful enough, but just try getting your day in court.
Introducing “Harvesting Justice”
Harvesting Justice was created to inspire hope that we are not condemned to live within the industrial food system as-is and to offer tools for organizing and education.
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Propaganda, Self-Censorship and Climate Change
Scientist Melton argues that it's time for the environmental movement and environmental journalism to state the full truth - loudly and often - to counter denialist propaganda. That would …
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Taking Our Foot Off the Global Warming Accelerator
Lowering speed limits would be relatively painless and would save consumers money, with no upfront costs.
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Injection Well Linked to Destructive Earthquake in Oklahoma, Raising New Fracking Fears
Geologists are reporting an uptick in minor earthquakes across the country linked to fracking.