Large segments of the environmental movement declared a win on Jan. 18, 2012, the dawn of an election year in which partisan fervor reigned supreme.
On that day President Barack Obama kicked the can down the road for permitting
Steve Horn is a longtime freelance investigative reporter based in Madison, Wisc., Horn is also a research fellow at DeSmogBlog and contributing editor at CounterPunch. His work has appeared in The Nation, The Guardian (UK), In These Times, TruthOut, AlterNet and other publications. His writing focuses on energy, energy geopolitics, primary and higher education, civil liberties and U.S. foreign policy.
Even as President Obama cast a veneer of caution over the Keystone pipeline’s northern half, he quietly expedited dozens of similar projects.
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Large segments of the environmental movement declared a win on Jan. 18, 2012, the dawn of an election year in which partisan fervor reigned supreme.
On that day President Barack Obama kicked the can down the road for permitting
For both countries, the Snowden affair is just another ho-hum spat in the greater imperial rivalry.
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Nearly two months ago, former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden handed smoking-gun documents on the international surveillance apparatus to The
A new report shows the Obama administration put the kibosh on a key EPA study on groundwater contamination from fracking.
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A must-read Los Angeles Times story by Neela Banerjee demonstrates that -- once again -- the Obama administration put the kibosh on a key Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study on
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Part 1 of this exclusive Mint Press News investigation examined the strategies employed by Stratfor precursor Pagan International. So named for its founder Rafael Pagan, corporate clients hired the company with the aim of defusing
An investigation into the major players behind Mayor Emanuel’s push to privatize public education reveals the president’s ties to the issue.
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The Windy City is is undergoing a tumultuous historical moment, with the uprising of the Chicago Teachers Union occurring alongside the ongoing restructuring and privatization of the Chicago Public Schools system.
Most recently, Chicago