Heartland Institute has announced that this year’s climate denial conference will be its last for the foreseeable future. In his closing speech at this...
Syria condemned by UN for Houla massacre
The United Nations security council has unanimously condemned the Syrian government for using heavy weapons in Houla where more than 100 civilians, including...
To tap Arctic's oil, Russia partners with Exxon-Mobil
Russia is still the world's largest producer of oil and gas, but growth has stalled and to get to new supplies requires going to a very difficult place...
Agent Orange could spoil DOW's Olympic sponsorship
Last year, India asked the International Olympics Committee (IOC) to discontinue Dow Chemical’s sponsorship of the upcoming London Olympics, citing the...
Dilma's dilemma: Urge Brazil to veto new forest code
Following years of intense pressure from the agribusiness sector, Brazil's parliament has approved destructive reforms to the country's forest...
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As the country’s big wars on the Eurasian continent wind down, American war-making and war preparations fly ever more regularly under the radar. There has, for...
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Members of the Group of Eight, in a declaration, said deep-water drilling and hydraulic fracturing were key to a safe and secure energy future. The G8...
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Let’s call it the polar express. The multi-year ice floes that once dominated the Arctic Ocean have been shrinking fast over the past decade, replaced by...
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Spain has faced the driest winter ever recorded. It has raised red flags in Spain, where farmers face the threat of extreme drought. Grain crops in Spain are...
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The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution on Iran that moves the United States much closer to a war footing against Iran as many experts and diplomats...
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Well well, President Obama is rubbing elbows with Hugh Grant CEO of Monsanto today at this symposium as well as other chemical polluters like Syngenta. If you read...
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Millions of people are locked in a vicious cycle of hunger and poverty. Poverty means parents can't feed their families enough nutritious food, leaving children...
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When home-front battles over GMO labeling, beekeeping, and the Farm Bill get heated, we can sometimes lose sight of the fact that Big Ag’s influence extends far...
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A new movie highlighting the importance of water to our lives and the global crisis we face with ways to address it. It is good to see movies like this being made...
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Permafrost zones extend over 50% of Canada's land area. Warming or thawing of permafrost due to climate change could significantly impact existing infrastructure...
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From 2011: KABUL: Afghan lawmakers on Saturday approved the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas agreement, Afghan television ToloNews reported. The...
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Evidence now implicates top BP executives as well as its partners Chevron and Exxon and the Bush Administration in the deadly cover-up—which included falsifying...
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The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), the country's biodiversity-preservation watchdog, has finally woken up to its job. It has decided to prosecute...
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Following a vote in its Senate on Thursday evening, Mexico is poised to become just the second country in the world to enshrine long-term climate targets into...
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Severe droughts in Texas and the Great Plains. Hurricane Irene sweeping the Eastern Seaboard. Tornadoes in the Midwest, and floods in Mississippi. Record-breaking...
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