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Environment & Health
Dozens Denied Access to FERC Public Meeting
Agency refuses to acknowledge widespread outrage at role in burgeoning gas infrastructure.
Anthropocene Boosters and the Attack on Wilderness Conservation
A growing debate has serious consequences for our collective relationship to nature.
“Seminar on Critical Thought” Organized by the Zapatistas Draws More Than a Thousand Participants in Chiapas
In every corner of the country there are spaces where “you breathe a different air,” as the saying is here.
Burrito Gases
Doctor Burrito returns to investigate the gases escaping from some nearby burrito farms.
Challenging Corporations’ “Right” to Grow GMOs in Rural Oregon
Simon Davis-Cohen sat down with Benton Food Freedom communication director Stephanie Hampton.
Dean Baker | The Incredible Arrogance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Crowd
There are few policies that show the split between elite opinion and everyone else as clearly as trade policy.
“We Are Seneca Lake”: Josh Fox and Fracking Opponents Fight Natural Gas Storage Site in Upstate New York
We speak to Josh Fox and air his new documentary short, “We Are Seneca Lake.”
Toward a Better Food System: Empowering Communities and Regulating Corporations
How we have landed ourselves with a global food system that generates hunger alongside of obesity, and what can we do about it?
New Rules on Oil Trains Draw Flak From Firefighters, Too
Emergency responders are among the first in danger when a fiery derailment happens.
There’s Much More to Bees Than Queens, Honey and Hives
This is just a taster of the huge variety of shapes, colors, sizes and behaviors of bees.