On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too
The same chemical that exploded in West, Texas, is used by coal companies to blow up mountains.
May 7, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Occupy the Pipeline: Fracking Threat Comes to NYC Occupy the Pipeline: Fracking Threat Comes to NYC
Activists are opposing the construction of a pipeline beneath New York City that will carry the controversial highly pressurized gas.
May 6, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania
Farming communities are being turned into huge, open-air laboratories by energy companies—with ordinary people serving as guinea pigs.
May 2, 2013 / Ellen Cantarow
Letters Letters
Korea seen clearly, the poop on the pipeline, a blast of fresh arctic air, Jared Diamond, Anthony Lewis again
Apr 30, 2013 / Our Readers and Stephen Wertheim
Senate to Investigate Texas Plant Explosion Senate to Investigate Texas Plant Explosion
Why won't the EPA regulate ammonium nitrate? Barbara Boxer wants to know.
Apr 30, 2013 / George Zornick
RISD Students Stage First Fossil Fuel Divestment Sit-In RISD Students Stage First Fossil Fuel Divestment Sit-In
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 Trus...
Apr 29, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
One Movement Against Keystone XL One Movement Against Keystone XL
On April 18, people converged in Nebraska to speak out about the Keystone XL Pipeline at the State Department's only public comment session.
Apr 24, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
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How the Climate Reform Effort Was Poisoned From the Inside [EDITORS’ NOTE ADDED ON 4/30/13] How the Climate Reform Effort Was Poisoned From the Inside [EDITORS’ NOTE ADDED ON 4/30/13]
On this Earth Day, it’s worth reflecting on new disclosures that show the anti–global warming campaign was infiltrated by the opposition.
Apr 22, 2013 / Lee Fang
The Village Green Preservation Society The Village Green Preservation Society
Check out this catchy sing-along with a deadly serious goal.
Apr 22, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
Austerity, Deregulation and the Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Austerity, Deregulation and the Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion
While questions linger about how a fertilizer plant in Texas blew up, documents suggest the facility faced little regulatory oversight.
Apr 18, 2013 / Lee Fang