CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS ABANDON K...

Sep 10, 2015 by

CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS ABANDON KEY PART OF CLIMATE LEGISLATION, BLAMING OIL INDUSTRY LOBBYING

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown, flanked by Assembly...

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THE WAR ON WOMEN IS OVER ̵...

Sep 10, 2015 by

THE WAR ON WOMEN IS OVER — AND WOMEN LOST

[Translate] MOTHER JONES When she was 20 years old, Renee Chelian began every Friday with a predawn drive to an airplane hangar...

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THIS IS THE YEAR HUMANS FINALL...

Sep 10, 2015 by

THIS IS THE YEAR HUMANS FINALLY GOT SERIOUS ABOUT SAVING THEMSELVES FROM THEMSELVES

[Translate] By Jonathan Chait  NEW YORK MAGAZINE The Sunniest Climate-Change Story You’ve Ever Read This is the year humans finally...

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COMPASSION FOR REFUGEES ISN...

Sep 10, 2015 by

COMPASSION FOR REFUGEES ISN’T ENOUGH

[Translate] Photo Syrians walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Douma, Syria. Credit Abd Doumany/Agence France-Presse —...

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SCANDAL OF EUROPE’S 11 M...

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[Translate] Housing campaigners denounce ‘shocking waste’ of homes lying empty while millions cry out for shelter Empty...

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A NEW WAY AMERICAN CITIES CAN ...

Sep 9, 2015 by

A NEW WAY AMERICAN CITIES CAN FREE THEMSELVES OF WALL STREET’S CONTROL

[Translate] Arbitrary financial fees are sucking cities and states dry. But they can change the terms if they band together. By Saqib...

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DICK CHENEY TRIES TO FOOL THE ...

Sep 9, 2015 by

DICK CHENEY TRIES TO FOOL THE PUBLIC AGAIN

[Translate] Former vice president Dick Cheney. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA) By Dana Milbank THE GUARDIAN Early signs indicate Dick Cheney is...

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THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD WILL LO...

Sep 9, 2015 by

THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD WILL LOOK LIKE AFTER CLIMATE CHANGE

[Translate] Humans are destroying the world as we know it…and creating a new one. —By Lizzie Wade  MOTHER JONES Canon.P/Shutterstock...

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ON THE NEWS WITH THOM HARTMANN...

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[Translate] TRUTHOUT.ORG Wednesday, 09 September 2015 00:00 By Thom Hartmann, The Thom Hartmann Program | Video Report In...

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RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES: WHICH ...

Sep 9, 2015 by

RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES: WHICH ARE THE MOST ECO-FRIENDLY?

[Translate] Shutterstock By Ask Umbra GRIST Q. I recently moved to a remote area where electricity delivery is sometimes unreliable,...

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CLIMATE CHANGE WILL DESTROY TH...

Sep 9, 2015 by

CLIMATE CHANGE WILL DESTROY THE PLANET’S CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

[Translate] Shutterstock Spoiler Alert By Clayton Aldern GRIST We can’t have the birds or the bees. We can’t have woolly mammoths....

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WHY INVASIVE SPECIES WILL SAVE...

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WHY INVASIVE SPECIES WILL SAVE NATURE

[Translate] THE DIRT   by Liz Camuti Conservationists are becoming enemies of nature, according to a new book The New Wild: Why...

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MANTRA FOR 9/11: 14 YEARS LATE...

Sep 9, 2015 by

MANTRA FOR 9/11: 14 YEARS LATER, AN IMPROBABLE WORLD

[Translate] 5 By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch This piece first appeared at TomDispatch. Fourteen years later and do you even believe...

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WORLD MUST AVERT DEVASTATING F...

Sep 9, 2015 by

WORLD MUST AVERT DEVASTATING FLOOD OF CLIMATE REFUGEES

[Translate]   By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network     An aerial view of Bangladesh shows the impact of flooding on arable land....

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BOAT CRASH CAUSES 120,000 GALL...

Sep 9, 2015 by

BOAT CRASH CAUSES 120,000 GALLONS OF OIL TO SPILL INTO THE MISSISSIPI RIVER

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee Damage on a barge is seen as it is moored along...

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WORRIED ABOUT REFUGEES? JUST W...

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WORRIED ABOUT REFUGEES? JUST WAIT UNTIL WE DUST-BOWLIFY MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA

[Translate] by Joe Romm CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Petr David Josek, AP Refugees wait in Budapest   “The Syria conflict has triggered...

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THE WORLD’S LARGEST GREE...

Sep 9, 2015 by

THE WORLD’S LARGEST GREEN ROOF IN SILICON VALLEY

[Translate] 0 all images courtesy of the hills at vallco       uruguayan architect rafael viñoly has unveiled plans to...

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WHO SAYS AMERICA DOESN’T...

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[Translate]    Posted by Jim Hightower   In their ongoing, all-out assault to crush labor unions, corporate forces have...

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YOUR LAWN IS GIVING FROGS A SE...

Sep 9, 2015 by

YOUR LAWN IS GIVING FROGS A SEX CHANGE

[Translate] —By Tom Philpott  MOTHER JONES Jim Shelton/Yale University To paraphrase Kermit, it’s not easy being a frog. These...

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CLIMATE DENIAL IS CORRUPTION, ...

Sep 8, 2015 by

[Translate] Dave Johnson  AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE While the world warms, the climate deniers are out in force, trying not only to...

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PAUL KRUGMAN FOR FED CHAIRMAN!...

Sep 8, 2015 by

PAUL KRUGMAN FOR FED CHAIRMAN! HERE’S HOW WE TOPPLE THE 1 PERCENT

[Translate] We can have both economic growth and economic fairness. But that would require very different leadership at the Fed Paul...

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“GOD IS THE WATER”...

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[Translate]   By Katherine Freeman, The Feminist Wire | Op-Ed I gaze with profound horror upon pictures of the San Juan and Animas...

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THE SILENT CRISIS OF AGING

Sep 7, 2015 by

THE SILENT CRISIS OF AGING

[Translate]   By Cody Fenwick, Care2 | Op-Ed (Photo: Elderly Woman via Shutterstock) Our society is plagued by a crisis of aging that...

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HISTORY, VEGETATION, HAPPINESS...

Sep 6, 2015 by

HISTORY, VEGETATION, HAPPINESS … YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT MAKES A CITY ATTRACTIVE

[Translate] THE GUARDIAN Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but is it all cities need to be attractive? Readers shared their...

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New Program Takes Rare Approac...

Sep 6, 2015 by

New Program Takes Rare Approach of Treating Homeless People Like Human Beings—And It Works

[Translate] A new program moves homeless encampments into a safe, clean space with food, laundry, showers and case workers who care....

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How Jimmy Carter Revealed the ...

Sep 6, 2015 by

How Jimmy Carter Revealed the GOP’s Dark Id Four Decades Ago

[Translate] The 39th president knew the forces unfettered campaign spending would unleash before anyone else. By Rick Perlstein / The...

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World’s Biggest Economie...

Sep 5, 2015 by

World’s Biggest Economies Devise Plan That Spells Doom for Planet Earth

[Translate] Experts warn that the G20’s massive infrastructure plan will cause “rapid ecological deterioration.” By...

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BI-POLAR DISORDER: OBAMA’...

Sep 5, 2015 by

BI-POLAR DISORDER: OBAMA’S BAIT-AND-SWITCH ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS

[Translate]   by Paul Street  COUNTERPUNCH   We live in strange Orwellian, Islamophobic, and eco-cidal times. A comrade from the...

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FIELD NOTES TO LIFE DURING THE...

Sep 5, 2015 by

FIELD NOTES TO LIFE DURING THE APOCALYPSE

[Translate]   by Arun Gupta  COUNTERPUNCH Shell’s Arctic drilling rig. Photo: Greenpeace. When the apocalypse arrived no one knew it...

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HOW WALL STREET PARASITES HAVE...

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[Translate] September 1, 2015 by Pam Martens  COUNTERPUNCH   The riveting writer, Michael Hudson, has read our collective minds...

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