Truthout
Environment
Putting the “Eco” Back Into Economics With David Suzuki
Author and activist David Suzuki says we need to stop fighting, and use the laws of nature as a starting point for moving forward.
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Don’t Blink, or You’ll Miss Another Bailout
Many people became rightfully upset about bailouts given to big banks during the mortgage crisis. But it turns out that they are still going on, if more quietly, through …
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Coast Guard Finds Violations on Shell’s Arctic Drilling Rig
The Coast Guard found 16 violations on the Noble Discoverer, one of Shell's two drilling rigs for Alaska's Arctic waters.
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Monsanto Likely to Score Supreme Court Win
Because of the Technology Agreement and the patent on Monsantou2019s genes, a farmer who saves and replants these seeds can be sued.
Harvesting Justice
A weekly blog series adapted from Other Worldsu2019 hot-off-the-press, 140-page book: Harvesting Justice: Transforming Food, Land, and Agriculture Systems in the Americas.
Worst Drought in 1,000 Years Could Begin in Eight Years
High-resolution climate models show four new climate scenarios with more detail and accuracy.
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Crude Oil Terminals and the Malleability of the Law
Lifting the crude export ban would open the door even wider for a climate catastrophe.
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Farmer Challenges Monsanto Seed Patent in Supreme Court
At stake is whether patents on seeds - or other things that can self-replicate - extend beyond the first generation of the products.
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Abortion Providers Risk Their Lives, Property to Protect Choice
Without abortion providers, there is no choice. So they brave death threats, arsons and political persecution to protect women's reproductive freedom.
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When Wars Come Home
A militarized society develops a culture and institutions which program civilians for violence at home as well as abroad.