All News Articles for 2014-03-18
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This Is Our Country: Living with the Wild West Oil Boom Film explores what it is like to live in the Western North Dakota alongside oil and gas production Read more |
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'Prove It': Leaders Challenge Obama on Natural Gas Claims Environmental leaders issue letter to President Obama calling for an end to liquified natural gas exports Read more |
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Pipeline Leak Fouls Nature Preserve Up to 10,000 gallons of oil spills into conservation area in Ohio Read more |
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The Great Lakes: 'Liquid Pipeline' for World's Dirtiest Fuels? 'If governments continue to allow projects like this, what are our lakes going to look like in 20 or 50 years?' Read more |
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Report: NSA Can Swallow a "Nation’s Telephone Network Whole" Washington Post reveals NSA can store, replay 100 percent of calls in a foreign country Read more |
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High Stakes Fracking Ban Fails in Illinois Local vote over fracking rights drew national eyes, wallets Read more |
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400 PPM: 'Just a Matter of Time' Before We Cross Climate Threshold 'Forever' Fossil fuel burning increasing greenhouse gases to levels 'not seen in human history' Read more |
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'Stop Risking Europe!' Aging Nuclear Plant Occupied in Call for Energy Transition Greenpeace activists scale France's oldest nuclear power plant Read more |
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Amid Public Outcry Against Duke Energy, Grand Jury Convenes 'This is an opportunity to highlight statewide concerns about one company ruling politics in the state' Read more |
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Putin Blasts US Hypocrisy Over Ukraine American belief in their own 'exceptionalism' betrays rhetoric and actions, says Russian president Read more |
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Head of CIA's Iran Operations Suspended Agents who worked under Jonathan Bank were said to be in 'open revolt' over management style of man tasked to head one of agency's most important divisions Read more |
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Energy Company Caught Pumping From Toxic Pond Rachel Maddow reports on the discovery by environmental activists of water being pumped from Duke Energy coal ash ponds into local waterways, and a new report that NC law has been changed to protect Duke’s coal ash pits. Read more |
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Scientists: Wake Up, America! US Climate Inaction Imperils Earth Given all the information, warnings, and urgings—the US ho-hum approach to global warming cannot be tolerated Read more |
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As US/Russia Relations Freeze Up, Will Iran Talks Suffer? As fight over Crimea creates diplomatic strain will fate of Iran nuclear talks fall victim to spiraling power struggle over Ukraine Read more |
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Apple, Microsoft Hoard Cash – US Taxpayers Pay the Bill In recent years, America’s technology giants have increased profits to epic levels. So you’d think this good fortune would prove a boon to the fragile American economy. Read more |