Truthout
Environment
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We Don’t Want You to Swim in the River
The last time North Korea got frisky, the Navy showed off an anti-missile laser. Now, with the crisis continuing in Ukraine, the Navy is showing off something even scarier.
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On Climate, Business as Usual
Despite mounting evidence that global warming is an urgent crisis, emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases grew faster between 2000 and 2010 than over the previous three decades.
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Autumnwood: A Community Living in Toxic Fear and Uncertainty
Autumnwood, a community just outside Los Angeles, is riven by a fear held by many that the land on which the houses were built is contaminated with toxic chemicals.
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Each One of Us Is a Toxic Superfund Site
We are all lab rats in one giant, toxic and deadly experiment.
The Modern History of Venezuela and the Need for a Post-Oil Economy
Edgardo Lander says to strengthen democracy, develop food sovereignty and help save the planet, Venezuela must develop a plan to transition away from an extractive economy.
Killing Nature’s Defenders: Study Finds Global Surge in Murders of Environmental Activists
A new reports finds the killings of environmental and land rights activists worldwide has tripled over the past decade.
The Pay’s the Thing: How America’s CEOs Are Getting Rich Off Taxpayers
Income inequality will continue to rise unless we close the performance pay loophole and curb the growth of executive compensation.
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Mrs. Goodbar
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Four Years After BP: Hunting for Oil Spills in Louisiana
Years after the disastrous BP oil spill caused massive environmental damage in the Gulf, smaller oil spills are a continuous but largely unnoticed problem.
Washington Fights Fire With Fire in Libya: How Not to End Violence in a War-Torn Land
Is the US secretly training Libyan militiamen in the Canary Islands? And if not, are they planning to?