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The Big Fix: Documentary Exposes BP, US Government on Gulf Disaster
One of the world's biggest environmental crimes has been more or less forgotten. This is part of our collective guilt as the world's ecosystem continues its accelerated collapse. But …
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Kivalina: A Climate Change Story
The people of Kivalina had reported the effects of warming temperatures, but had not received any concrete assistance to mitigate risks to their safety from erosion.
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One Sees a Tree, the Other, a Canoe: The Humor and Struggle of International Solidarity
Zapatista Spring: Anatomy of a Rebel Water Project & the Lessons of International Solidarity Ramor RyanAK PressOakland, 2011 The Zapatistas have lingered in the imaginations of progressives and radicals …
Coming Together for Environmental Restoration in Haiti
In honor of Earth Day, we run an interview with Yves-André Wainright, who discusses ways that poor governance and the role of foreign donors have contributed to the country’s …
Don’t Buy the Spin: How Cutting the Pentagon’s Budget Could Boost the Economy
Should the enormous US military budget be cut? Many who would like to protect the military from the budget knife raise economic arguments to make their case: Won’t cutting …
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon Summoned Before Senate Committee
Click here to support news free of corporate influence by donating to Truthout. Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times)Washington …
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Fracking Fluids Could Contaminate Freshwater Aquifers, Says Study
A recent study has found that, under certain conditions, the chemical-laced water used in hydraulic fracturing can migrate through fractures and faults up to overlying aquifers in as little …
Fracking to Poison Your Beer? RT News Interviews Truthout’s Mike Ludwig
Last week, President Obama proposed national guidelines on hydraulic fracturing. The technique, known as fracking, extracts natural gas from the ground by pumping fluid into the Earth. At the …
Pilots as Lab Rats: The Reprehensible Risk-Taking on the F-22 Raptor
In May of 2011, the Air Force took the unusual and radical step of grounding their entire F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft fleet because it appeared that something was wrong …
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