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No To War- Climate Ground Zero Delivers Toxic Blasting Dust to Capitol Building in Charleston, West Virginia November 25, 2013For Immediate release: Climate Ground Zero Delivers Toxic Blasting Dust to Capitol Building in Charleston, West Virginia When: Monday, November 25 at 1:00 P.M. Where: The Liberty Bell Memorial near the back steps of the Capitol Building. “Blasting mountaintops to mine for coal has been controversial in Appalachia since the 1970′s when it was first […]
- 9 questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to ask September 3, 20139 questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to ask By Max Fisher, Published: August 29 at 12:50 pmE-mail the writer The United States and allies are preparing for a possibly imminent series of limited military strikes against Syria, the first direct U.S. intervention in the two-year civil war, in retaliation for President […]
- U.S. Stay out of Syria! It will just fuel Al-Qaeda July 24, 2013Why the U.S. Should Stay Out The Long War in Syria by GARY LEUPP Two years ago, Barack Obama announced that Syrian President Bashar Assad must “get out of the way.” “The time has come,” he declared on August 18, 2011, “for President Assad to step aside.” Needless to say, Assad ignored him. He was […]
- Coal Ash Ponds will Leak and Kill our Fresh Water! July 24, 2013ASHEVILLE — Sampling of test wells surrounding two ash lagoons covering nearly 100 acres at Duke Energy’s Asheville power plant leaves no doubt that groundwater has been contaminated. > View Duke Energy well contamination in a larger map Illegal discharges of toxic heavy metals also have been detected seeping from the ash-laden ponds into the […]
- Anti-Fracking Activists Celebrate Cancellation of Gas Leases and Drilling Plans in NE Pennsylvania July 23, 2013Unprecedented mass lease cancellation occurs near homes of some of fractivism’s most effective mobilizers. Photo Credit: Pincasso/ Shutterstock.com July 19, 2013 | Certain powerful images really stick with you when you watch Gasland or Gasland 2. First is the shot of the tap water on fire. Equally powerful are the images of the film’s director […]
- Welcome to Portage County, the Fracking Waste Disposal Capital of Ohio July 22, 2013A small part of Ohio has secured the ignominious honor of becoming the most successful frackwater dumping ground in the state. Welcome to Portage County, Ohio, the biggest dumping ground for fracking waste in a state that is fast becoming the go-to destination for the byproducts of America’s latest energy boom. As fracking—pumping a briny […]
- This Is What Fracking Really Looks Like July 19, 2013By David Rosenberg Posted Friday, July 19, 2013, at 1:13 PM Jodie Simons demonstrates how her sink water, full of methane, lights on fire. Simons’ household’s water was pristine before gas drilling started, but now they’ve been without clean drinking or bathing water for months. Nina Berman/NOOR Photographer Nina Berman had just started focusing on […]
- Vincent Makes the News February 23, 2013Will Work for Change: Activists say their work might not be lucrative, but it’s fulfilling “It sounds noble but in reality, I’m broke.” by Lauren Daley Photo courtesy of Mel Packer Mel Packer with Marcellus Protest Someone has been shouting “get a job!” at Vincent Eirene since he was a little boy. The thing is, […]
- 10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down February 1, 201310 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down Fact-checking some of the gun lobby’s favorite arguments shows they’re full of holes. —By Dave Gilson | Thu Jan. 31, 2013 3:01 AM PST 620 By cutting off federal funding for research and stymieing data collection and sharing, the National Rifle Association has tried to do to the study of […]
- One Man’s Mission to Combat Pollution in Bejing China – Crazy Bad Air! January 29, 2013
- Climate Ground Zero Delivers Toxic Blasting Dust to Capitol Building in Charleston, West Virginia November 25, 2013
