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Environment & Health
Introducing “Planet or Profit?”
The drive for profits -- no matter what the threat to the ecosystem all humanity depends upon -- is a force for global destruction.
Mitt Tells the Truth
At least on one subject: the huge amount of money he needs to compete in a presidential election.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Mitt Romney Would Only Represent Half the Nation, and More
On the News With Thom Hartmann
Romney Calls 47% of Voters Dependent in Leaked Video
WASHINGTON — During a private reception with wealthy donors this year, Mitt Romney described almost half of Americans as “people who pay no income tax” and are "dependent upon …
Fracking in Suburbia
About 79 gas wells have been drilled in Broadview Heights since 2005, including one well about 600 feet from Michelle Aini's house.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: International Report on Corrupt Democracies Issues Explicit Warning About US Politics, and More
In today's On the News segment: France will continue its ban of genetically modified food and natural gas hydrofracturing, and more.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Fukushima Crisis Is Prompting the Japanese Government to Rid the Nation of Nuclear Power, and More
In today's On the News segment: The ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis in Japan is prompting that government to take action and rid the nation of nuclear power; the Republican …
Fracking Boomtown
Truthout reporter Mike Ludwig and videographer Andy Spear visited Carrollton, Ohio, to find out how the gas and oil rush can turn a small town upside down.
Getting Action on Climate: Who Is Winning and How?
The Democracy Center has just released a new series of investigations looking up close at seven citizen action campaigns from around the world that take aim at the climate …
Tar Sands Blockade Strikes Again, But TransCanada Thinks It Can Just Reroute
Does TransCanada really think that 1,200 people were arrested at the White House just to protest the pipeline route?