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Environment & Health
Additives to Make Plastic Biodegradable Don’t Cut It
“The additives we tested were not effective.”
Even in a Drought, California Farms Have a Future – but They’ll Need Control of the Food System to Succeed
Self-provisioning of resources promotes economic as well as ecological resilience.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Safety Standards for Oil Trains Don’t Go Far Enough, and More
Barely 48 hours after the release of new safety standards for oil trains, an oil train derailed and exploded in North Dakota and proved that the rules don't go …
Poor in Pennsylvania? You’re Fracked
Hydraulic fracturing wells and the pollution from them are more likely to impact poor communities in Pennsylvania.
Lakota Sioux Tribe Invokes “Bad Men” Treaty Clause Over Keystone Pipeline
The tribe is demanding that the feds remove TransCanada.
Women Farmers Rewrite Their History in Chile’s Patagonia Region
More than 100 women small farmers from Chile's southern Patagonia region have joined together.
Is the Government Harassing and Censoring Scientists for Studying Ties Between Pesticides and Bee Deaths?
Federal scientists have reported harassment when their work conflicts with agribusiness interests.
Converting the Fossil-Fuel Fundamentalists
Pope Francis is redefining the ongoing transition to greener energy as a moral obligation.
Republicans Aim to Preempt Local Democracy, Target Fracking Bans
Texas Republicans approved a bill blocking Denton's fracking ban and gutting cities' ability to regulate the industry.
Court Rules NSA Bulk Spying Illegal: New Vindication for Snowden, and Uncertainty for Patriot Act
A federal court has ruled the NSA's collection of phone records is illegal.