Yearly Archives: 2016
Fracking fluid caused months-long earthquake events in Alberta: New study
Eaton says he hopes the research will result in better regulation and risk assessment processes.
Parents receive $9 million settlement after police kill handcuffed son
The state of Missouri is paying the Ellingson family for their loss.
The Koch connection
Donald Trump is not the only — or even the biggest — real and present danger to our democratic republic.
Suddenly time—and the oil market—are on the side of the Standing Rock Sioux
This week’s new Army Corps decision and a fresh lawsuit could delay the Dakota Access pipleline more than makes economic sense.
2016 as prologue, not aberration
Our media is strangling our democracy, and without a course correction it will only get worse.
New Jersey to become first U.S. state to ban declawing of cats
The procedure is considered to be physically and mentally painful for cats, which is why it might soon be banned in New Jersey.
TPP is dead. What did we learn from this great progressive victory?
We must insist that trade deals never be written to override policies that sovereign governments might later decide are best for their people, culture key industries and the environment.
Drastic education cuts could be coming under Trump
The U.S. Department of Education probably won’t be abolished, but will it be effective?
No
What will happen when Trump takes office? It’s scary to many. I hope we can all ponder and prepare.
Dakota access pipeline protests spread to 300 cities as pipeline owner sues to continue...
As actions against the Dakota Access pipeline swept the country and world Tuesday, Energy Transfer Partners, which owns the pipeline, filed documents in federal court in Washington, D.C.