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Environment & Health
This Spill Hits Close to Home
Pipeline disasters are part of the price we pay for relying on oil.
Exhausting Legal Options, Residents of Texas Town Take Direct Action to Enforce Fracking Ban
Denton, Texas, residents are using nonviolent direct action to stop fracking operations after the state rendered the city's ban unenforceable.
Bee Crisis: More Than 40 Percent of Honey Bee Colonies Lost
Neonicotinoids are increasingly suspected of contributing to the massive losses in the number of bees, even as industry has attempted to blame mites and other things.
David and Goliath in the Amazon
It is an uneven battle between Chevron and the indigenous inhabitants of the Ecuadorian Amazon.
BPA Still a Favorite Among Canned Good Brands
Survey of canned-good brands finds hormone-mimicking compound still widely used.
Building With Love: Being a Friend and Ally to the Mentally Ill
How do we show love and support for people struggling with mental illness within our organizing communities?
Big Pharma Is Killing Us
Companies that make our medicine don't do it for public health - they do it for profit.
Organic Farming Flourishes in Cuba, but Can It Survive Entry of US Agribusiness?
What will the changing US-Cuban relationship mean for Cuban farmers?
Fracking Protests Continue in Texas as New ALEC-Backed Law Bars Towns From Banning Drilling
The city of Denton, Texas, is in a showdown with Big Oil after it tried to pass a ban on fracking within its city limits
Crop Gene Banks Are Preserving the Future of Agriculture, but Who’s Preserving Them?
As climate change makes crop diversity even more important, gene banks struggle to stay afloat.