Why our brains love the ocean:...

Jul 23, 2014 by

Why our brains love the ocean: Science explains what draws humans to the sea

[Translate] Since time immemorial, humans have been captivated by water. And the reasons go beyond evolution Wallace J. Nichols ...

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Helsinki Aims to Be Car-free b...

Jul 23, 2014 by

Helsinki Aims to Be Car-free by 2025

[Translate]   07/23/2014 by Jared Green   THE DIRT The Guardian‘s excellent environmental coverage has been supplemented by a...

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US Provides Israel the Weapons...

Jul 23, 2014 by

US Provides Israel the Weapons Used on Gaza

[Translate]  By Ken Klippenstein and Paul Gottinger, Truthout | News Analysis Israel Air Force (Photo: The Israel Project / Flickr)...

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The Rise of the Bankster Landl...

Jul 23, 2014 by

The Rise of the Bankster Landlord

[Translate]   By The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program | Op-Ed Bankster landlord (Photo: thinkpanama / Flickr)It’s...

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How Hot Will Summer Be In Your...

Jul 22, 2014 by

[Translate] Climate CentralHUFFINGTON POST   Research Report by Climate Central If it feels hot to you now in the dog days of...

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US Empire Reaches Breaking Poi...

Jul 22, 2014 by

US Empire Reaches Breaking Point: Time to End It

[Translate]  By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance | Op-Ed   TRUTHOUT This is Part I of a two part series on...

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“US Complicity Brought U...

Jul 22, 2014 by

[Translate]   By Anton Woronczuk, The Real News Network | Video Interview More at The Real News TRANSCRIPT: ANTON WORONCZUK, TRNN...

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Meet the Online Tracking Devic...

Jul 22, 2014 by

Meet the Online Tracking Device That Is Virtually Impossible to Block

[Translate]   By Julia Angwin, ProPublica | ReportTRUTHOUT Digital fingerprint. (Image via Shutterstock)Update: A YouPorn.com...

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Wind Turbine Manufacturer Hiri...

Jul 22, 2014 by

Wind Turbine Manufacturer Hiring 800 People In Colorado As Orders Pile Up

[Translate] By Ari Phillips CLIMATE PROGRESS Mark Udall, Senator from Colorado, tours the Siemens Test Wind Turbine at the National...

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Phoenix is cooking the planet ...

Jul 22, 2014 by

Phoenix is cooking the planet to refrigerate its buildings

[Translate] Lloyd Alter (@lloydalter) Design / Urban Design © Cover, Henry Miller’s Air Conditioned Nightmare Many years ago in...

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Screeching to the Choir: Anti-...

Jul 22, 2014 by

Screeching to the Choir: Anti-Abortion Terrorism and Christian Fundamentalism

[Translate]   By Douglas Jamiel, Truthout | Op-Ed Shirley Phelps-Roper, a member of the Westboro Baptist Church, pickets the funeral...

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To Measure Summer Smog, Plant ...

Jul 21, 2014 by

To Measure Summer Smog, Plant an Ozone Garden

[Translate] 07/21/2014 by Jared Green Community Radio of Northern California asks: “What if you could look at the plants in your...

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CHEAP TALK AT THE FED

Jul 21, 2014 by

CHEAP TALK AT THE FED

[Translate]  By Dean Baker, Truthout | Op-E Janet Yellen, chair of the Federal Reserve, speaks during a news conference in...

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Dahr Jamail | The Brink of Mas...

Jul 21, 2014 by

Dahr Jamail | The Brink of Mass Extinction

[Translate]  Monday, 21 July 2014 09:24 By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | News Analysis (Image: Polluted dawn, ice bergs via Shutterstock;...

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Thoughts on Turning 70, Americ...

Jul 21, 2014 by

Thoughts on Turning 70, America’s Decline, and About a Dozen Shocking Developments I Never Saw Coming

[Translate] World   TomDispatch / By Tom Engelhardt  VIA ALTERNET We may be hardwired for prediction. But we’re terrible at it....

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Russia’s Anti-West Isola...

Jul 21, 2014 by

[Translate] JULY 20, 2014  NYTIMES Contributing Op-Ed Writer By MAXIM TRUDOLYUBOV MOSCOW — Russia’s quasiwar in eastern Ukraine is in...

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The Fiscal Fizzle

Jul 21, 2014 by

The Fiscal Fizzle

[Translate] An Imaginary Budget and Debt Crisis JULY 20, 2014 Paul Krugman For much of the past five years readers of the political...

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Comcast’s worst nightmar...

Jul 21, 2014 by

Comcast’s worst nightmare: How Tennessee could save America’s Internet

[Translate] Chattanooga’s public electric utility offers residents lightning-quick connections — much to big...

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Organic food’s dirty secret: W...

Jul 20, 2014 by

Organic food’s dirty secret: What the “seductive” label fails to tell you

[Translate] Just because food is labeled organic doesn’t mean it’s what you’re expecting, journalist Peter Laufer...

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Israel: America’s Frankenstein...

Jul 20, 2014 by

Israel: America’s Frankenstein monster

[Translate] Israel’s harshest critics and most ardent defenders agree on one thing: The battle is really about America Andrew...

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The Senate flunks basic biolog...

Jul 20, 2014 by

The Senate flunks basic biology: Inside a disgraceful hearing

[Translate] Specious arguments against the Women’s Health Protection Act reveal how misinformed Congress truly is Andrea Flynn,...

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Breaking the Grip of the Fossi...

Jul 20, 2014 by

Breaking the Grip of the Fossil Fuel Economy: If It Can Happen in Appalachia, It Can Happen Anywhere

[Translate]  By Laura Flanders, Yes! Magazine | News Analysis A mural in Benham, Kentucky. Photo by Catherine Moore for Appalachian...

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Earthquake Swarms Spur Frackin...

Jul 20, 2014 by

Earthquake Swarms Spur Fracking Wastewater Disposal Debate

[Translate]   Fracking   DeSmogBlog / By Sharon Kelly  VIA ALTERNET Oklahoma continues to tremble, making some residents call for a...

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California Couple Tries To Con...

Jul 20, 2014 by

California Couple Tries To Conserve Water, Ends Up Facing $500 Fine For Brown Lawn

[Translate]   By Kiley Kroh CLIMATE PROGRESS Michael Korte walks across his lawn in Glendora, Calif. Korte and his wife face a...

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Foreign Governments Consider R...

Jul 20, 2014 by

Foreign Governments Consider Reverting To Typewriters To Thwart NSA Surveillance

[Translate] By Lauren C. Williams THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock Russia and Germany may be rejecting digital technology, instead...

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Parents Blast Climate Denial I...

Jul 20, 2014 by

Parents Blast Climate Denial In Schools: ‘You Have To Teach Real Science’

[Translate] By Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Darron Cummings New national standards for teaching science in...

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Global Solar Module Prices Jus...

Jul 20, 2014 by

Global Solar Module Prices Just Reached A Record Low

[Translate]   By Jeff Spross CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock Spot prices for solar modules around the world hit 63 cents...

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California Halts Injection of ...

Jul 19, 2014 by

California Halts Injection of Fracking Waste, Warning it May Be Contaminating Aquifers

[Translate] ProPublica / By Abrahm Lustgarten  via ALTERNET COMMENT NOW! State’s drought has forced farmers to rely on groundwater,...

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What If Climate Change Trigger...

Jul 19, 2014 by

What If Climate Change Triggers Cooperation, Not Conflict?

[Translate] Diana Liverman HUFFINGTON POSTCo-director, Institute for the Environment, University of Arizona; Public voices fellow,...

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The top ten posts of the week,...

Jul 19, 2014 by

The top ten posts of the week, from Teslas to tiny houses

[Translate] Lloyd Alter (@lloydalter) House Ad la   10. Women’s personal care the green way Brian Bilek/CC BY 2.0...

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