Truthout
Environment
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They Can’t Tell the Truth
We cannot let the misleaders falsify reality for their own purposes.
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Nordheim: a Texas Town Facing a Toxic Future
The installation of a giant waste disposal plant where fracking industry waste would be trucked in from a 100-mile radius will undoubtedly bring more unwelcome changes.
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Shale Stories: Obama’s Clean Energy Future Is a Fracking Nightmare for Rural America
“Shalefield Stories,” a new collection of stories by people who have been negatively affected by fracking in their communities, is yet another testimony to the dark side of America's …
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Left Out of Obama’s Commission on Elections? Race
Right now it's easier for a black teenager to go to jail than it is for him to vote.
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Why Is the CDC Trying to Block an Accurate Lyme Disease Test?
A good Lyme test would go a large way to ending the wars, because at some point in the debate one side is right and the other is wrong.
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Iraq: Revisiting the Pottery Barn Rule
In Iraq, the US broke a nation of human beings, and it owes them an apologyu2013and restitution.
Insult to Injury? American Indian Sports Mascots
From FedEx Field to High School Football teams, pressure is increasing on teams to stop using American Indian names and mascots.
Seismologist: Fracking Injection Wells Linked to Earthquakes
Dr. Elizabeth Cochran discusses research showing that injection wells from fracking and gas and oil production is likely causing an uptick in US earthquakes.
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Secret Court Ruling Could Undermine Wisconsin Campaign Finance Law
A secret court ruling in the
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Short-Circuiting the Future
Fracking is a bridge to nowhere.