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Selling Your Secrets: The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters
It's increasingly clear that the online world is, for both government surveillance types and corporate sellers, a new Wild West where anything goes.
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William Rivers Pitt | Diary of a Dying Country
Unlike the energy policies that are filling the rivers and the air with poison, drying up the water out West while making the tap water back East flammable, speaking …
Massive Coal Ash Spill Chokes North Carolina River as EPA Considers Waste Rules
A ruptured Duke Energy pipe in Eden, North Carolina, caused the release of up to 82,000 tons of toxic coal ash and 27 million gallons of contaminated water into …
Taking the Mic: Why Structural and Environmental Racism Matter
There is a phrase used again and again when people bring up something uncomfortable about the environmental movement. We are told that we are being “divisive.”
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Residents and Fishermen Fight Cove Point LNG Export Plans That Threaten Area’s Future
Residents are also upset by the proposed tax breaks for Dominion Energy, which they see as essentially subsidizing the pollution of their community.
Approval of Keystone XL Would Be a Disastrous Move
Jeffrey Sachs: The State Department's Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone XL pipeline brings humanity one stop closer to climate disaster.
Independent Journalism Now Considered “Terrorism” in Egypt
Sharif Abdel Kouddous on the Egyptian Military Regime's Growing “War On Journalists.”
Debate: State Department Moves Keystone XL Closer to Approval, but Does Conflict of Interest Taint Report?
A long-awaited report from the State Department has dealt a potential major blow to efforts to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
A Dirty Energy Emancipation Proclamation: In Utah?
On January 25th, one of the largest and most significant environmental protests in years took place in the most unlikely of places - Salt Lake City, Utah.
Could Florida Become the New Fracking Frontier?
Fracked wells and impoundments were once a far-fetched possibility in Florida, but soon they could be hitting close to home.