Truthout
Environment
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Securing the Nation’s Power Grid
To avert future costly blackouts, the United States must modernize its energy system.
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War at What Cost? A Veteran Perspective
This coming fiscal year, the United States is set to spend more than $640 billion dollars on the Pentagon and war, accounting for more than 60 percent of federal …
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A New Role for the ILO in the World Economy
Poised to elect a new director general, the International Labor Organization needs to challenge the pro-austerity consensus.
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The Environment Is Dead: Long Live Mother Nature
Raffi Cavoukian: The movement to protect and restore Earth's living splendor needs rebranding.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Economy Could Be Headed for a “Fiscal Cliff,” and More
In today's On the News segment: the economy could be headed for a "fiscal cliff," hundreds of thousands of people in Quebec protested austerity cuts to education and tuition …
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Congress Isn’t Just Stalemated, It’s Broken, Experts Say
Today, almost everything on Capitol Hill is taken hostage in the partisan war. Thereu2019s no single easy explanation, but there are several.
Feds Punt on Leadership Over Fracking Rules, Experts Say
New BLM rule stands up well next to state regulations, says one scientist. But unfortunately, that's because most state regulations are very poor.
Greg Palast: US Corporate Media Is Ignoring Evidence of BP Foreknowledge of Problems That Led to Gulf Disaster
The BP gulf oil disaster has been the subject of a lot of examination, and recent examination shows that there's more of a coverup then perhaps we have known.
US Veteran, Scott Olsen Brings Antiwar Message to NATO Summit
We're joined at the NATO summit in Chicago by Scott Olsen, who survived two tours in Iraq but almost died when he was hit with a police projectile at …
Boeing HQ Shut Down by Anti-NATO Summit Protesters to Cap Week of Action
Protesters staged a "die-in" outside of the defense contractor's office.