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Canada’s Top Spy Watchdog Lobbies on Behalf of Northern Pipeline
Despite popular resistance to resource extraction, Harper administration continues to push for pipeline deal.
Weather Whiplash: As Polar Vortex Brings Deep Freeze, Is Extreme Weather Linked to Climate Change?
Amy Goodman talks with Jeff Masters about the chilling polar vortex and what it says about climate change.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Right-Wing Media Point to Polar Vortex to Support Climate Denial, and More
Right-wing media is pointing to the cold snap as so-called proof that global warming is a myth, and more.
Stop Governor Brown’s Plan to Frack California – Hearings Start Today
We have less than two weeks to submit public comments opposing Governor Jerry Brown's dangerous fracking regulations that pose a serious risk to all life.
Don’t Tell Me to Eat a Burger
Rather than helping others be healthy and happy, this harassment results in dissatisfaction, depression, and disorders.
Canada’s Lubicon Lake Nation Continue Anti-Fracking Campaign, Appeal Court Injunction
Members of Lubicon Lake Nation are fighting a pro-fracking injunction granted in favor of Penn West Petroleum.
Truthout TV Interviews Bruce Melton About Global Climate Change
In this “Truthout Interivews,” Bruce Melton and Ted Asregadoo discuss different aspects of global climate change.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Federal Judge Has Rejected the Mandatory Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients, and More
In today's On the News segment: Compared to the standards of the 1960s, the so-called middle class is dead, and more.
Racing to Save My Deer Friends
On January 10, 2014 a
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Japan Is Recruiting the Homeless to Clean Up Fukushima, and More
In today's On the News segment: Contractors in Japan are recruiting the homeless to clean up the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant; millions of Americans now have health insurance thanks …