Truthout
Environment
Dance of the Honey Bee
Bill McKibben narrates a documentary looking at the beautiful and vital role honey bees play in preserving life.
The Facts on Fracking
Benefits, risks, the New York State debate, and more.
Big Commodity Traders Pocketed $250 Billion Profit
Economist Gerald Epstein: New FT investigation says big commodity traders earned more profit than banks or auto.
European Carbon Markets Fail – It’s Time for Regulation
Climate writer and professor Patrick Bond: Carbon markets are now at junk bond status but US sabotages all attempts at binding emission targets.
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April 25: A Historic Day to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget
Thursday, April 25, is the new date to participate in citizen efforts to oppose proposed cuts to Social Security and veterans benefits and support cuts to the bloated Pentagon …
Komen Foundation: Is the ‘Race for the Cure’ actually a ‘Race to Obscure’?
Even more troubling than the revelation of their right-wing anti-choice agenda was the realization among many critics that principal sponsors of the Race for the Cure produce or use …
Animated Video Shows Dangers of Tar Sands Oil
The Dirtiest Oil on Earth features animated run-down on dangers of tar sands crude and pipelines that transport it.
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 …