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Advocates Plan Solar Installations Along Keystone XL Route
Environmental groups hope to block pipeline's path, and promote renewable energy as Nebraska ponders pipeline approval.
A Fairy Tale From 2050: Donald Trump and the Triumph of Anti-Politics
John Feffer offers a fairy tale from 2050.
Ohio Decisions Could Put More Ratepayers on the Hook for Old Cleanup Costs
Cincinnati customers must pay tens of millions of dollars for the cost of cleaning up their utility's defunct manufactured gas plants.
Medicare for All Wins Backing of Conservative Southern Democrats
A House bill to expand the publicly-funded Medicare program from just senior citizens to every American is picking up record support.
McConnell’s Latest Health Care Bill Is Even Worse, Gutting Coverage and Raising Costs for Tens of Millions
Comparison of the bills reveal that the GOP hasn't budged an inch in its intention to cut federal subsidies of state-run Medicaid by one-third.
Yet Another Koch Cadet Hired to Push Fossil Fuels at Trump’s Energy Department
The Koch brothers have landed yet another of their fossil fuel think tank veterans in the Trump administration's Department of Energy.
Dahr Jamail | Navy Introduces Toxins to Drinking Water, Then Expands Operations
Is Whidbey Island's health department colluding with the Navy to keep area groundwater contamination levels secret?
Indigenous Storytelling at Standing Rock
A conversation with Myron Dewey, co-director of “Awake, A Dream from Standing Rock.”
Does Scott Pruitt Have a Solid Case for Repealing the Clean Water Rule?
If the Trump administration successfully rescinds the Clean Water Rule, many wetlands might lose federal protection.
Growing My Way Out of Dystopia: Can We Stop Feeling Quite So Helpless in a World on the Skids?
If we put our minds to it, we can still grow food, block by block, and feel a hell of a lot less dystopian in the bargain.