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Historic Trial Lets Activists Who Blocked Oil Train Cite Climate Change Threat in Their Defense
Five climate justice activists go on trial in Washington State today for tying themselves to a 25-foot tripod structure to block a mile-long oil train.
Is Zero Deforestation Possible for the Brazilian Amazon?
Zero deforestation before 2025 is possible, and we know what it will take to achieve it.
Fearful Food Industry Jeopardizing Public’s Right to Information
Whatever one's views are about GMOs, the right to information is essential, and not one to be abridged.
Drugging Animals on Factory Farms – Enough Already
A drug company that makes animal drugs, purchased not by consumers but by factory farms, is advertising directly to consumers who will never actually purchase those drugs.
TransCanada’s Hopes for Keystone XL Pipeline Revived as South Dakota Validates Expired Permit
Reams of evidence from indigenous groups and individual landowners is being ignored.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Wind Energy Production Hits an All-Time High in the US, and More
The American Wind Energy Association announced that wind turbines generated 70 gigawatts back in November.
TransCanada Sues the US for Rejecting Keystone XL; Will This Be the New Normal Under TPP?
TransCanada filed legal action under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
How Corporate Greed Caused the Massive California Methane Leak
This natural gas leak isn't just an environmental disaster - it's an atmospheric catastrophe like we've never really seen before.
Yurok Tribe Adopts Ordinance Banning Frankenfish and GMOs
The Yurok Tribehas banned genetically engineered salmon and all Genetically Engineered Organisms.
Pastoralist Association Taming Climate-Related Conflict in Eastern Africa
As water scarcity exacerbates long-standing conflicts over resources, a group of elders works for lasting peace.