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Obama Administration Approved Gulf Fracking During Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Fracking technology has been used to maximize fossil-fuel production at hundreds of offshore wells in the Gulf of Mexico.
Monsanto, the USA’s Monster
Few corporations in the world are as loathed — and as sinister — as Monsanto.
Why Dying Coral Reefs Will Bring Planetary Instability
Instead of protecting the Great Barrier Reef and other coral reefs like it, we're destroying them.
International Agribusiness Targets Farmland in Brazil
Land speculation stimulates the expansion of plantations across Brazil, increasing land conflicts and displacement of Indigenous communities.
Following Truthout Investigations, Senate Seeks Alternatives to Burning Military Waste in Open Air
If approved, a congressional study on alternatives would be a crucial step toward ending the open burning of military waste stockpiles.
Climate Change Could Alter the Chemistry of Deepwater Lakes and Harm Ecosystems
Future climate change scenarios will significantly alter natural mixing processes, creating the condition termed “climatic eutrophication.”
Henry Giroux on America’s War With Itself
Henry A. Giroux discusses the descent into absurdity as demonstrated by the latest presidential clown show.
Indigenous Youth Are Building a Climate Justice Movement by Targeting Colonialism
The work of these Indigenous young people demands a critical evaluation of the construction of the climate justice movement.
Seeds for Supper as Drought Intensifies in South Madagascar
In the face of the most severe drought witnessed yet, Malagasy people have resorted to desperate measures just to survive.
Document Dump: Lawsuit Reveals Extent of DuPont’s C8 Cover-Up
The case alleges that DuPont officials were intimately aware of the dangerous side effects of C-8 exposure but still decided to allow exposure among workers.