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Climate Crisis

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The Eye of the Storm That Sees Us All
William Rivers Pitt: We're a funny lot, in that we must be led to the edge of the precipice and then kicked in the back before saying, 'Wow, this …

Who Owns the World? Noam Chomsky on U.S.-Fueled Dangers, From Climate Change to Nuclear Weapons
In a recent speech, Chomsky examined topics largely ignored or glossed over during the campaign: China, the Arab Spring, global warming, nuclear proliferation, and the military threat posed by …

Obama and Romney Unite on Destructive Bioenergy Policy
When it comes to the candidatesu2019 harmful stances on biomass energy and biofuels, the two might as well be running on the same ticket.

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Need for Keystone XL Shrinking as Industry Looks to Export US Crude Oil
A dramatic and unexpected American oil boom is transforming pipeline networks and changing the way petroleum has flowed for decades.

SLAPPed, Arrested, Deemed Eco-Terrorists: TransCanada Blockaders Persevere
Tar Sands Blockaders maintain their vigil in the trees for the fifth week.

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A Festival of Gibberish
Americans who tuned in to watch are now exactly 0% more informed on a variety of life-and-death issues for having done so, and that counts as a loss for …

Vanishing Glaciers, Then and Now
These pairs of images show the transformation of glaciers in Switzerland, Canada, Iceland and Greenland since 2006.

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New Gas Industry Astroturf: Landowner Advocates of NY Buses Activists to Albany Pro-Fracking Rally
A pro-fracking rally, funded by the oil and gas industry, was held in Albany, NY. Another effort of big oil corporations to use grassroots culture to their advantage.

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Only Organics Can Feed the Hungry World: Here’s Why
If we are serious about tackling world hunger, then we need to keep farmers on their land growing for local consumption.

As Texas Pipeline Blockade Continues, Activists Challenge First US Tar Sands Strip Mine in Utah
As a direct action blockade of the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline continues in Texas, we look at what could be the first actual tar sands and oil …