Environment

Uprising in Montana: Activists Take a Stand Against Coal Exports

By Scott Parkin / AlterNet

Five days of civil disobedience took place in Montana to protest the coal industry’s latest scheme to save itself from obsolescence.

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A World of Hillbilly Heroin: The Hollowing Out of America, Up Close and Personal

By Chris Hedges / TomDispatch

Inside ALEC's Powerful, Right-Wing Indoctrination Machine

By Alexander Zaitchik / Media Matters

Debris Headed to a Beach Near You? Sailors Track Tsunami's Destruction from Japan to US

By Stiv Wilson / AlterNet

10 Mind-Blowing Discoveries This Week

By Liz Langley / AlterNet

We Have to Be on Guard About False Solutions for Climate Change

Whistleblower: Nuclear Disaster in America Is More Likely Than the Public Is Aware of

Watch: Bill O'Reilly-Loving Climate-Denier Breaks Down After Watching Documentary 'Chasing Ice,' Vows to Stop Climate Change

Environment

Tar Sands Pipeline Construction Begins in Texas, Activists Launch Blockade

Candice Bernd / Occupy.com

Why Are No Women Celebrity Stoners Willing to Come Out of the Greenhouse?

Greta Gaines / AlterNet

Toxic Wastewater Dumped in Streets and Rivers at Night: Gas Profiteers Getting Away With Shocking Environmental Crimes

Aaron Skirboll / AlterNet

Fracking, Coal and Nukes Wreak Havoc on Fresh Water Supplies

EcoWatch

Exporting Natural Gas to Foreign Markets Doesn't Serve U.S. Interests

Deb Nardone / Other Words

The Hidden Costs of Hamburgers

Maureen Nandini Mitra / Earth Island Journal

Victory: A Working-Class Neighborhood Defends Itself Against a Dangerous Gas Project -– And Wins

Amanda Werner / AlterNet

The Triumph Of Fantasy Over Science

Rob Dietz / Countercurrents.org

Will Americans Ever Realize That a Good Life Is More Important Than Money?

David Korten / YES! Magazine

South Korean Island Takes Center Stage in Battle Over Regional Dominance and Environmental Preservation

Jon Letman / Inter Press Service

How Romney Could Blow Iowa

Andrew Korfhage / Other Words

10 Mind-Blowing Discoveries This Week

Liz Langley / AlterNet

Lobster Prices Hit Rock Bottom Thanks To Climate Change

Anna Fahey / Sightline Institute

We May Be in for a Movie-like Apocalyptic Event: Hunger Games for Real

Michael T. Klare / Tom Dispatch

How Huge Food Corporations Will Make Upcoming Food Price Hikes Even Worse

Jill Richardson / AlterNet

Why Imperial Greed Has a Huge Role to Play in India's Electricity Blackout

Daphne Wysham / Institute for Policy Studies

Our Oceans Are Dying--And Obama Wants to Let Shell Drill for More Oil in Arctic Waters

Subhankar Banerjee / Tom Dispatch

10 Mind-Blowing Discoveries This Week

Liz Langley / AlterNet

A Zero-Waste Olympics? Nice Try, But No Gold Medal

Jim Motavalli / Txchnologist

Western North America Faces 21st Century 'Mega-drought'

Environment News Service

How Smaller Cities are Taking the Lead in Sustainability Innovation

Sven Eberlein / AlterNet

Think Twice Next Time About Touching a Receipt with Your Bare Hands -- Your Unborn Child May Thank You for It

Scott Thill / AlterNet

The Top 5 Most Hypocritical Corporate Sponsors

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Thousands Converge in Washington to Launch National Movement Against Fracking

Sabrina Artel / AlterNet

The Sky Is Now Legally Protected, Thanks to a Texas Judge

David Morris / On the Commons

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