Breaking news: Rebels admit gas attack result of mishandling chemical weapons...

Aug 31, 2013 Posted by

In a report that is sure to be considered blockbuster news…

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The QueensWay Moves Forward

Aug 31, 2013 Posted by

With the success of the High Line…

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Farm kills millions of bees with illegal pesticide spraying, gets slap on wrist...

Aug 31, 2013 Posted by

A huge Florida citrus farm is being fined by state officials …

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Climate denier Ron Johnson denies denying climate change...

Aug 31, 2013 Posted by

An ad campaign targeting climate-denying politicians ….

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Antarctic moss a charming but chilling sign of warming...

Aug 31, 2013 Posted by

A fleecy clump of moss growing on the Antarctic Peninsula…

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A Statement of Peace, or an Epitaph...

Aug 30, 2013 Posted by

[Translate]   Robert Scheer’s Columns       AP/Shizuo Kambayashi People pray for the atomic bomb victims at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan.   By Robert Scheer   August 6 marks 68 years since the United States committed what is arguably the single gravest act of terrorism that the world has ever known. Terrorism means the deliberate targeting of innocent civilians, and targeted they were, with the cutely named “Little Boy” atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima at a location and time of day when, as the Strategic Bombing Survey commissioned by President Harry Truman conceded, “nearly all the school children … were at work in the open,” a perfect opportunity for mass incineration.   “That fateful summer, 8:15,” the mayor of Hiroshima recalled at a memorial service in 2007, “the roar...

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Banks Put a Price on Earth’s Life Support...

Aug 30, 2013 Posted by

It is not easy to put a value on a forest…

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Middle East Expert: ‘This Is Not Libya’ – Video...

Aug 30, 2013 Posted by

With five Tomahawk cruise missile-equipped U.S. Navy destroyers…

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Mainstream Media Beats War Drums Again – Did We Learn Nothing for Iraq?...

Aug 30, 2013 Posted by

Before attacking Syria, let’s know the truth.

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Welfare Reform Insanity: Banning Convicted Drug Offenders from Food Stamps for Life...

Aug 30, 2013 Posted by

The lifetime ban on food stamps affects many other people besides the felon….

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HOPE AND FELLOWSHIP

Aug 30, 2013 Posted by

Over the last 10 years, I’ve been asked one question…

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Why Keystone Flunks the Climate Test...

Aug 30, 2013 Posted by

In June President Obama set a climate test for his decision…

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Keystone XL’s Climate Impact Would Be Enormous, According to Enviros...

Aug 30, 2013 Posted by

Further development of the Canadian tar sands…

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AMERICA TO OBAMA – DO NOTHING!...

Aug 30, 2013 Posted by

Most Americans are doubtful that airstrikes in Syria would do much to curb the turmoil…

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Citrus Greening Forces Florida Growers To Trust A Controversial Savior Posted: 08/30/2013 7:37 am EDT...

Aug 30, 2013 Posted by

By the spring of 2006, Maury Boyd had grown used to dealing with catastrophe.

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“Slow biking” is the newest movement against mindless speed...

Aug 30, 2013 Posted by

Slow food, slow fashion, slow … biking?

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We should add climate change to the civil rights agenda...

Aug 30, 2013 Posted by

This week, tens of thousands of people from across America…

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Don’t diss dung beetles — they’re cooling the planet...

Aug 30, 2013 Posted by

You know how everyone freaks out about the methane in cow poop…

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Green ole opry: Susan Werner sings sweet songs of sustainability...

Aug 30, 2013 Posted by

Standing in the spotlight at the quaint Thrasher Opera House…

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Fast Food Workers Continue Fight Against Poverty Wages...

Aug 29, 2013 Posted by

Adults working full time at McDonald’s are “paid less per hour…

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On a Remote Island, Lessons In How Ecosystems Function...

Aug 29, 2013 Posted by

Transformed by British sailors in the 19th century, Ascension Island…

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The Yosemite Inferno in the Context of Forest Policy, Ecology and Climate Change...

Aug 29, 2013 Posted by

Assessing the drivers of wildfire trends in the American West….

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The Morning After a Syrian Strike — What’s Next?...

Aug 29, 2013 Posted by

Damascus is eerily calm tonight while Damascenes nervously hunker down..

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U.S. Syria Conflict: Intelligence On Chemical Weapons Is No ‘Slam Dunk,’ Officials Say...

Aug 29, 2013 Posted by

The intelligence linking Syrian President Bashar Assad..

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Wind turbines don’t hurt property values...

Aug 29, 2013 Posted by

Some people who learn that wind turbines are going to be built in their neighborhood…

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U.S. government paid $17 billion for weather-withered crops last year...

Aug 29, 2013 Posted by

Desiccated corn and sun-scorched soybeans have been in high supply lately…

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