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EPA Urged to Take Action as EU Proposes Partial Ban on Pesticides Linked to Bee Die-Offs
Risk to critical pollinators threatens the food supply.
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NRA Debate Tips
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Fracking Industry Goes After “Promised Land” Film
Before Gus Van Sant's latest film Promised Land even premiered, the energy industry was up in arms, gearing up to counter the film's apparent anti-fracking stance with a barrage …
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Chuck Hagel and the American Empire
Will Chuck Hagel essentially be a cipher as Defense Secretary?
Idle No More: From Grassroots to Global Movement
After sparking a massive movement of First Nations people and allies in Canada, Idle No More is building a global movement to challenge a global ecological crisis.
Rebecca Solnit on How Disasters Can Move Us From a Sense of Self-Interest to a Sense of Community
Solnit explains how revolution can arise from the rubble.
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The Myth of Purifying Fracking Water in Saudi America: The Competition Between Food, Drink and Energy Needs
In drought areas, farmers compete with frackers for water from investor-owned water utilities.
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Automatic Congressional Allegiance
Dam Shame: Rivers and Resistance
Massive dams are being built and considered all over the world, despite mounting concern over their economic, environmental and human impacts.
Haitian Farmers’ Calamitous 2012 Foretells Famine in 2013
Haiti faces a little-publicized hunger crisis at today's 3-year anniversary of the devastating Earthquake of January 12, 2010. The rhetoric about revitalizing Haitian agriculture by aid groups and governments …