Climate and Environmental Crisis

Corporations behind global warming

Over the course of international climate change conferences since the Kyoto Accords were established in 1997, a pivotal debate has…

December 12, 2013

U.N. climate conference fails to agree to reduce pollution

More than 190 countries attended the 19th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, this one in Warsaw, Poland, which…

December 2, 2013

Energy industry wants government to rescue its profits

For nearly a decade, the natural gas industry has drained valuable water resources, poisoned the land with dangerous chemicals, released…

November 24, 2013

Two opposing views on climate change

Nov. 10 — Haiyan, a disastrous Class 5 super-typhoon, just roared across the Philippines with winds believed to have set…

November 12, 2013

Energy industry looks to government to save profits

For nearly a decade, the natural gas industry has drained valuable water resources, poisoned the land with dangerous chemicals, released…

November 12, 2013

Energy industry looks to government to save profits

For nearly a decade, the natural gas industry has drained valuable water resources, poisoned the land with dangerous chemicals, released…

November 10, 2013

Romanians protest Chevron fracking

“We will not let them drill here if we must die for this,” said Gheorghe Hrum, a Romanian retired forest…

October 24, 2013

First Nation protesters tell Southwestern Energy to “Frack off!”

Acting on behalf of a U.S. energy company, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police staged a surprise, early morning attack on…

October 21, 2013

Global march against Monsanto says ‘Label it or ban it!’

Hundreds of activists gathered in Philadelphia at Independence Mall next to the Liberty Bell as part of the second annual…

October 20, 2013

Food poisoning & gov’t shutdown

After eating chicken dinners, at least 317 people have been hit by nausea, headaches and fevers in a 20-state salmonella…

October 14, 2013