Truthout
Planet or Profit
Investigating systemic threats to the ecosystem from transglobal corporate profit-seeking.
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Following Truthout Investigation, Settlements Halt Fracking Off the Coast of California
US regulators have agreed not to authorize fracking operations in the Pacific Ocean until they complete an environmental review.
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Dahr Jamail | Freak Storms and Butterfly Die-Offs: This Is Your Climate on Fossil Fuels
Animal and tree die-offs are becoming the norm, and the Indian Ocean is en route to becoming an “ecological desert.”
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Dahr Jamail | Radioactive Water From Fukushima Is Leaking Into the Pacific
Nearly five years on, the environmental disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continues to unfold.
Opponents of GMO Labeling Could Face Tough Penalties in Dark Money Case
Washington State has accused a trade organization of illegally funneling millions of dollars to GMO labeling opponents.
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Environmental Justice: What the Candidates Missed in Flint – and the Rest of the Country
Presidential candidates have commented on Flint's contaminated water crisis, but less so on systemic environmental racism.
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Why Is the US Military Still Burning Its Explosive Waste in the Open Air?
In Louisiana, activists have already stopped the military from proceeding with one open burn and are now rallying to halt another.
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EPA Confirms Activists’ Longtime Claims: Neonicotinoid Pesticide Threatens Honeybees
Environmentalists and honey producers have long suspected a link between the pesticide and rapidly declining bee populations.
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The Melting Arctic’s Dramatic Impact on Global Weather Patterns
Arctic warming is irrevocably changing planetary weather, and several leading scientists warn of dire impacts.
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Climate Disruption Amplifies Atlantic Currents’ Contribution to Sea Level Rise
The Atlantic Ocean current pattern is being slowed by climate disruption, and the pattern shift has been linked to sea level rise.
GOP Candidates Receive Failing Grades on Climate as 2015 Smashes Global Temperature Records
Sea level rise, Arctic melting, temperature records and the climate disruption denial movement continue to increase.