Environment

President Obama's pick to become the nation's next secretary of energy is drawing criticism for his deep ties to the fossil fuel, fracking and nuclear industries.

Democratic values could be under threat if President Obama fast tracks the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The report assembles a wealth of information about fracking and the movement against it.

In today's On the News segment: County District Judge in Wyoming ruled against environmental groups fighting to make public the list of toxic ingredients used in hydraulic fraking fluid …

James Henry: Bailout deal includes capital controls and punishing big Russian depositors to pay off European banks.

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Israel needed Obama to broker Turkey deal as Netanyahu's policies and unstable region put Israel in a precarious position.

To peer into the future of chocolate is, in a sense, to juxtapose the familiar food item most people have a visceral emotional investment in and its exposed underside …

Twenty-two black school districts convened on Capitol Hill for a hearing and rally on mass school closings.

Why do they call for governments to balance the budget by pushing the economy at large deeper into debt, while trying to save the banks from taking a loss?

Thom Hartmann comments on the news for Monday, March 25, 2013.