News | Environment & Health Governors Pushing to Expedite Atlantic Oil and Gas Exploration Permits Recent findings show these oil and gas reserves along the Atlantic Coast pose a risk to marine life. By Sue Sturgis , FacingSouth November 11, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Big Oil Can’t Go On Like This The industry is scrambling to keep high dividends flowing, so they are scaling back to keep investors happy. By Emily Schwartz Greco , OtherWords November 10, 2015 Truthout
News | Environment & Health On the News With Thom Hartmann: Radiation Levels at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant May Be Increasing, and More In today's On the News segment: Radiation levels at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan may be increasing; the Trans-Pacific Partnership is even worse than we previously thought; … By Thom Hartmann , TheThomHartmannProgram November 10, 2015 Truthout
News | Environment & Health After White House Rejects Keystone XL, Battle Against Larger Texas Pipeline Intensifies A massive natural gas pipeline project in Texas is generating grassroots resistance among ranchers, artists, environmentalists and residents. By Dahr Jamail , Truthout November 9, 2015 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Alabama Community Demands EPA Recognize Environmental Racism as a Civil Wrong From California to Michigan, low-income communities of color have been waiting years for the US Environmental Protection Agency to take a stand. By Heather Kathryn Ross , Earthjustice November 7, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Mental Health Bill Caters to Big Pharma and Would Expand Coercive Treatments The “Murphy Bill” appears to cater more to pharmaceutical companies. By Oryx Cohen , Truthout November 6, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Why the US Love Affair With Bottled Water Has to Stop Last year, Americans drank more than 10 billion gallons of bottled water. Wildlife and the environment paid. By Tara Lohan , AlterNet November 5, 2015 Truthout
News | Environment & Health “Abandoned” by EPA: Landowners Demand Inclusion in EPA National Fracking Study The EPA has undertaken a national study on the impacts that fracking can have on water supplies. By Sharon Kelly , DeSmogBlog November 5, 2015 Truthout
News | Environment & Health EPA Slow to Halt Use of Deadly Pesticide A pesticide known as “DDT's cousin” is still being used in the United States, despite evidence of its toxic effects. By Viji Sundaram , NewAmericaMedia November 4, 2015 Truthout
News | Environment & Health As State Politicians Resist Obama’s Climate Plan, West Virginians Build Renewables Anyway So far, the state isn't stepping up to build a solar-powered future. That leaves the bulk of the work to residents. By Mary Hansen , YES!Magazine November 4, 2015 Truthout