(Sherburne, NY – June 2011) Food & Water Watch, a national organization that works to ensure that our food and water are safe, has just released a comprehensive report called "The Case for a Ban on Gas Fracking" that cites several independent investigations supporting their conclusion that fracking
Earlier this week, I spoke with Kevin Smith, the CEO of Solar Reserve, about the vast potential of concentrated solar power. The grand advantage of solar thermal is that it can serve as baseload power -- CSP can store
Preparations and the political discussions continues to get Israel allows the entry of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The support for the second Freedom...
U.S. BOAT TO GAZA The Audacity of Hope will sail as a human rights mission to help end the illegal Israeli naval blockade of Gaza. The U.S. Boat to Gaza Camp...
The Command Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps addressed a group of Marines at a base in South Korea several key topics, including the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli newspaper reported on Friday that one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's sons had posted anti-Islamic remarks on his Facebook page.Terror has a religion and it is
In case you needed another reason to oppose mountaintop removal coal mining (in addition to utter ruination of ecosystems, pollution of streams for a millennia): New research in Environmental Research shows the MTR 'significantly' increases birth defects in areas
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is stepping up pressure on activists planning to challenge Israel's sea blockade of the Gaza Strip, warning that they will face action from Israeli authorities and that American participants may also be violating U.S. law.
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Support for nuclear energy has plummeted following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that crippled the Fukushima power plant with 62 percent of people around the globe opposed
Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher implored a small crowd of supporters Thursday to sacrifice themselves in the fight against climate change the same way suffragists and
In a few days, slightly more than a year since a flotilla of ships attempted to breech Israel's naval blockade to call attention to the plight of the 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, 50 passengers, including three from the Chicago area, will sail to the Gaza Strip on a boat named "The Aud
What's the price of gasoline? In the U.S. it's about $4 a gallon. But some experts say the true price of gas is much higher. What about the costs of pollutio...
By Christina DiPasquale Today, leading Republicans released a letter urging President Obama to set aggressive motor vehicle efficiency and emissions standards. Signatories include ten former Republican members of Congress, two former Republican governors and four former EPA Administrators (Christin