Truthout
Environment
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Foodies, Feds and Factory Farms: Why We Need Vegans Now More Than Ever
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has made it quite clear as well that every stage of livestock production contributes to greenhouse gas emissions.
Broad Coalition Calls for a New Model of Trade
550+ groups reject fast-track trade promotion authority in letter to Senator Wyden.
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Build It and Bikes Will Come
If cities wish to encourage citizens to be more active and cut down on driving, they must remember that if they build it, we will come.
Small Island Country Attempts to Hold the Hegemon to Its Promises
The Marshall Islands' lawsuits against the United States and other nuclear weapon states under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are a bold attempt to keep all of us safe from …
The Climate Change Defense? Citing Global Warming, DA Drops Charges Against Anti-Coal Activists
In a surprise move, District Attorney Sam Sutter of Bristol, Massachusetts, has dropped criminal charges against two climate activists who were set to go on trial Monday for blocking …
We’re All a Little Bit “Tree Hugging” by Default
We're all facing environmental degradation and the adverse affects of climate change.
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The Case That Could Decide Keystone XL
The fact that the governor would gamble with the state's irreplaceable natural resources, and its vital agricultural industry, on the promise of a handful of jobs shows just how …
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Louisiana’s St. Tammany Parish Comes One Step Closer to Fracking
The Department of Louisiana Natural Resources has approved a unit permit for Helis Oil & Gas Company for a site in St. Tammany Parish that the company plans to …
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“Fight for 15” Gets Into the Ring With Taco Bell
Peaceful protesters took the “Fight for 15” directly to the fast food giant Taco Bell, calling on workers to walk off the job.
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Accidental Hero: Marcuse’s “One-Dimensional Man” at 50
It is now 50 years after “One-Dimensional Man” became an unlikely central text of the '60s New Left. Its message remains ever more urgent.