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The International Criminal Court Will Start Prosecuting People Who Commit Crimes Against the Environment
It's great that environmental crimes are now being considered at the highest level of global justice. But the ICC alone isn't enough.
Contractor Behind DAPL Assessment Was Working on Connecting Pipeline for the Same Company
A private firm that conducted the environmental review for the highly contentious Dakota Access pipeline was simultaneously working for Energy Transfer.
How Much More Environmental Injustice Must Uniontown, Alabama, Bear?
I have observed with sadness the harmful effects, distress, and heartache Uniontown citizens have experienced since the establishment of Arrowhead Landfill.
Freed Guantánamo Prisoner Speaks as Presidential Candidates Prepare to Debate Terrorism
Jihad Abu Wa'el Dhiab has never been charged with a crime.
Pressure Mounts Against Aging Enbridge Oil and Gas Pipeline Through Great Lakes
Public pressure mounts to decommission two underwater pipelines in an environmentally sensitive Great Lakes waterway.
Five Signs Electing Trump Could End Legal Abortion
Trump is moving even farther to the extremes on the right to access a legal, safe abortion.
Mining Leaves a Wisconsin Tribe’s Hallowed Sites at Risk
Modern boundaries complicate — and stymie — the Menominee Tribe's effort to protect burial grounds.
Noam Chomsky on the Evolution of Language: A Biolinguistic Perspective
Noam Chomsky explains the biolinguist perspective — that language represents a state of some component of the mind.
How Shell and BP’s Tar Sands Plans Went Wrong
Dozens of projects in the Canadian tar sands have been delayed or cancelled in the last two years, according to a new report.
My Name Is David Daniel and I Stand With Standing Rock and the Dakota Access Pipeline
We have alternative sources of energy, however, we do not have alternative sources of available fresh water.