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Environment & Health
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Former Bush Administration Official Favors Carbon Tax, and More
It's quite a shock when a former Bush Administration official comes out in favor of a climate change plan even stronger than the president's, and more.
Fifty Years After Freedom Summer, US Faces Greatest Curbs on Voting Rights Since Reconstruction
In a week marking the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, Mississippi was in the news when African-American voters crossed party lines to help Republican Sen. Thad Cochran narrowly defeat …
Massive EU Infrastructure Priority Projects Lack Mandatory Environmental Assessment
EU heads of state gathering today and tomorrow will discuss the European Energy Security Strategy promoting a number of massive infrastructure projects which include gas pipelines, LNG terminals and …
SCOTUS Ruling Limits EPA Regulatory Power
A Supreme Court ruling affecting the Environmental Protection Agency's regulatory power came down on Monday. It will limit their right to require permits from stationary polluters like power plants …
The Carnage of Pollution
US land grant universities - funded by petrochemical companies to maintain the fiction of the safety and usefulness of pesticides - earn small amounts of money at the cost …
Heathens of Wall Street
This song draws attention to many of the issues we must address today.
Failure of Democracy
America's existing social and political system has not responded in a sane manner to a critical call from scientists worldwide.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: GOP Considers Government Shutdown to Protect Big Oil, and More
The last government shut down cost our nation billions, but Republicans are thinking about doing it all over again just to protect Big Oil and the Coal Lobby, and …
Take a Walk on a Leaky Uintah Basin Oil Well With a Whistleblowing Oil and Gas CEO
In response to national news in late May that pointed to a potential cluster of stillborn births in the heavily drilled and fracked Uintah Basin, we take you inside …
Meet the Navajo Activist Who Got the Washington Redskins’ Trademark Revoked: Amanda Blackhorse
The growing movement to change the name of the Washington Redskins football team has scored a surprising victory.