Truthout
Menu
Social Media
Sections
© 2026 Truthout
Environment & Health
Mental Health Bill Caters to Big Pharma and Would Expand Coercive Treatments
The “Murphy Bill” appears to cater more to pharmaceutical companies.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
Inside the Indigenous Movement to Protect India’s Commons
Communities in Uttar Pradesh in the east are organizing to protect their rivers, lands, forests and hills from “development”.
Trying a Fossil Fiend
Villains like former coal CEO Don Blankenship make it easier to get riled up over climate change.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Higher Levels of Carbon Dioxide Impair Cognition, and More
In today's On the News segment: A recent study shows higher levels of CO2 have a direct and negative impact on our cognition and decision-making; almost every brand of …
How the GOP and HMOs Undercut Obamacare’s Nonprofit Option, Leaving 500,000 Uninsured
With Obamacare relying on for-profit insurance companies to provide coverage, the market will find a way to squeeze out those who need it most.
The Badger-Two Medicine Area: Too Sacred to Drill
For more than 10,000 years, the Badger-Two Medicine area near Glacier National Park in Montana has provided subsistence and identity for the Blackfeet Nation.