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On the court-martial of whistleblower Bradley Manning
Pfc. Bradley Manning will stand trial on 22 counts and could be imprisoned for life if convicted of the charge of aiding the enemy, for allegedly giving more than 700,000 secret US documents and classified combat video to the anti-secrecy … Continue reading
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Moving the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline fight into the election year
In a February 1 telecon, activist Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and key player in the fight against the proposed pipeline, discussed moving the fight against KXL into the election year, as well as making climate change an issue in … Continue reading
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Questions from Al Jazeera on US climate and environmental policy in an election year
Al Jazeera English asked us on Inside Story: US 2012: How do we assess Obama’s performance on climate change during the past three years? Environmental concerns don’t figure very highly when people are asked to prioritize their concerns ahead of … Continue reading
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PEER adopts the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, established last year to support climate scientists who are under attack by the global warming denial machine, has teamed up with a new sponsor, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. This is a good development … Continue reading
PEER alleges scientific misconduct at NOAA in lowballing of BP spill rate, traces political pressure to White House
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has filed a formal allegation of scientific misconduct by a senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, charging that he manipulated and falsified scientific communication to policymakers and the public so as to … Continue reading
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“Greedy Lying Bastards” – forthcoming film a “searing indictment” of the fossil fuel industry
“Craig Rosebraugh, a US filmmaker and political activist, has produced a feature-length documentary that demands to be seen,” writes Leo Hickman in the UK Guardian. “If the trailer and impressive roster of interviewees are anything to go by, it's likely … Continue reading
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“Obama Proposal Could Weaken Key Climate Agency”
“The White House proposal that would move the country’s oceans and atmosphere agency — the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) — from its current home in the Commerce Department and fold it into the Interior Department, could severely undermine … Continue reading
“Inside Story: US 2012” – Are environmental concerns being sacrificed?
“I think we have a situation now where politics are driven by the limits that are set by concentrated corporate power,” CSW director Rick Piltz said as part of a discussion of President Obama’s record on the environment and the … Continue reading
Honest Appalachia: New whistleblower website aims to promote corporate and government accountability
January 10 marked the launch of Honest Appalachia, a secure website meant to assist and protect whistleblowers who wish to reveal proof of corporate and government wrongdoing to citizens throughout the region. From coal and gas companies to banks to … Continue reading
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The American ‘99%’ as part of the global ‘1%’ in contributing to climate change
In response to our post on The Occupy Movement and the Climate Movement, we received two comments that raise issues suggesting a need to expand the discussion. We argued that the climate movement has much to learn and potentially adopt from … Continue reading
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