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Texaco on Trial (Environmental Issues, Corporate Responsibility, Environment, Society)

Like virtually everyone else in San Carlos, Ecuador, Hugo Ureña never imagined that danger might lurk in the shiny black liquid that began appearing in the water near his home roughly thi

Eyal Press
Hawaii Wakes Up To Pesticides (Biotechnology, Health, Environment)

The US Department of Agriculture plans to eradicate three species of fruit fly in Hawaii by spraying suspected carcinogens and mutagens on the islands.

W.S. Merwin

Blogs

Senate to Investigate Texas Plant Explosion
George Zornick

Why won't the EPA regulate ammonium nitrate? Barbara Boxer wants to know.

April 30, 2013
RISD Students Stage First Fossil Fuel Divestment Sit-In
StudentNation

Student activists are demanding that President Maeda endorse divestment from the coal, gas, and oil industries and commit to presenting the case for divestment to the Board of Trustees at the board’s May 17 meeting.

April 29, 2013
One Movement Against Keystone XL
Peter Rothberg

On April 18, people converged in Nebraska to speak out about the Keystone XL Pipeline at the State Department's only public comment session.

April 24, 2013
How the Climate Reform Effort Was Poisoned From the Inside [EDITORS' NOTE ADDED ON 4/30/13]
Lee Fang

On this Earth Day, it’s worth reflecting on new disclosures that show the anti–global warming campaign was infiltrated by the opposition.

April 22, 2013
The Village Green Preservation Society
Peter Rothberg

Check out this catchy sing-along with a deadly serious goal.

April 22, 2013
This Earth Day, Stop the Appalachian Health Crisis Caused by Mountain Top Removal
Laura Flanders

Mountain top removal is wreaking havoc on Appalachia. There's a bill on the Hill to stop it.

April 22, 2013
Austerity, Deregulation and the Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion
Lee Fang

While questions linger about how a fertilizer plant in Texas blew up, documents suggest the facility faced little regulatory oversight.

April 18, 2013
NYU Divest Meets With Senior Administrators, Calls For Climate Justice
StudentNation

NYU’s Divest campaign met with senior university administrators, providing a faint glimpse of hope for a movement that’s been spreading quickly at other universities across the nation.

April 18, 2013
An Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust
StudentNation

"It is intellectually inconsistent for Harvard to invest in fossil fuel companies while our faculty publicize the consequences of inaction on climate change and continued fossil fuel use."

April 15, 2013
Tell Secretary of State John Kerry: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
Take Action

Join Bill McKibben in signing The Nation's open letter urging Secretary Kerry to consider his legacy and to find the courage to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.

April 12, 2013