Truthout
Environment
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Spy on Me, I’m Innocent!
A government that sucks up ever vaster quantities of useless information on innocent people actually hurts its own ability to investigate crimes.
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After Rana Plaza: Let’s Bring Humanity Back Into Our Stuff
We all know our stuff doesn't grow on store shelves. Here's how we can rehumanize our relationship with our things - and the people who make them.
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In Oil-Producing Regions, Even Minor Hurricanes Cause Major Environmental Damage
Report: 130 accidents resulted from Category 1 Hurricane Isaac.
Pursuing Profits – or Power?
The idea that firms single-mindedly maximize profits is an axiom of faith of neoclassical Econ 101, but alternative theories have a long history in the broader profession.
San Francisco’s Green Power Plan Still Stalled by Corporate Interests a Decade Later
San Francisco's CleanPowerSF, initially calling for over a billion dollars in renewable energy a decade ago, has been attacked and subverted despite its popularity.
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Global Harms Need a Global Remedy: Small but Meaningful Victory against Hudbay Minerals
After human rights violations were perpetrated by a Canadian mining company against a Guatemalan village, the village fought back in court.
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Offshore Fracking Uproar Grows in California In Wake of Truthout Report
Since Truthout revealed that federal regulators have approved at least two fracking operations off the California coast, the uproar has intensified.
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Journalism: You Know It When You See It
Thom Hartmann: "I know journalism when I see it. And anyone who informs the public about what's going on in the world, in the halls of Congress, or on …
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Bradley Manning Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison
Bradley Manning is sentenced to 35 years in military prison for leaking documents to WikiLeaks.
Kathi Weeks: We Work Too Damn Hard!
Author and Duke professor Kathi Weeks takes a look at the politics of work and the American work ethic: What makes us willing to concede to demands that workers …