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Fossil Fuels
Let Them Eat Carbon: Like Big Tobacco, Big Energy Targets the Developing World for Future Profits
As concern over climate change begins to lower the demand for fossil fuels in the US and Europe, fossil fuel companies are accelerating their sales to developing nations, where …
South America: How “Anti-Extractivism” Misses the Forest for the Trees
A recent spate of high-profile campaigns against projects based on extracting raw materials has opened up an important new dynamic within the broad processes of change sweeping South America.
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Dead Babies and Utah’s Carbon Bomb
A sudden and extreme spike in neonatal mortality in Utah's rural Uinta Basin is most probably related to the toxic air pollution related to the fossil fuel drilling/fracking frenzy …
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Oil Giant Citgo Gets Off Easy in Criminal Case
A foreign oil company convicted of polluting a Texas community's air with dangerous chemicals has gotten off easy in a criminal case that could undercut the prosecution of environmental …
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The Florida Everglades: A New Frontline for Fracking?
The battle against enhanced drilling and fracking in Florida continues, with concerned citizens the leading the way.
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William Rivers Pitt | Sick of Secrets
All of these Republican and Democratic secrets are going to make the same small group of rich people even richer.
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American Lung Association Contradicts Its Own Mission
The public deserves to know the shameful truth about the American Lung Association.
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Under the Surface: Fracking Wastewater Proves Devastating to Mayflies
Even highly diluted levels of fracking wastewater could have a deadly effect on mayflies, the fragilely beautiful insect long-considered a key indicator of stream health.
The Birth of a Eurasian Century: Russia and China Do Pipelineistan
Keep your eye on Russia pivoting to Asia, China pivoting across the world, and Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa hard at work trying to bring about the …
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Conflict With Local Communities Hits Mining and Oil Companies Where It Hurts
Conflicts with local communities over mining, oil and gas development are costing companies billions of dollars a year.