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Environment & Health
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.
Robert Jay Lifton on How Climate Change Joins Nuclear War in Threatening Human Survival
After advocating against nuclear weapons Lifton has focused on climate change
Shift to Renewables Seems Inevitable, but Is It Fast Enough?
Experts say the global transition is already well underway.
Banned Pesticide Continues to Poison People
Methyl bromide pesticide, which was banned in 2005, remains in use in the US due to critical exemption permits.