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Four-decade old nuclear plant Vermont Yankee closing its doors 27 Aug 2013 | 08:50 pm
Vermont residents and activists join a Greenpeace rally outside the Statehouse In yet another blow to the mythical “nuclear renaissance,” Entergy Corporation announced Tuesday that Vermont Yankee, it...
What you need to know about fracking 27 Aug 2013 | 02:45 am
With a recent study documenting public health impacts from fracking in Pennsylvania and revelations about fracking’s impact on our national parks, the topic is certainly bubbling into a national conve...
You Did It! Koch Industries ends bid for major US newspapers after public outcry 27 Aug 2013 | 12:08 am
Good news for the half-million people who signed the Coalition to Save Our News petition: the Koch brothers have dropped their plans to buy Tribune Company’s eight national U.S. newspapers. Greenpeac...
Wildfire continues to rage in California, reaching Yosemite National Park 26 Aug 2013 | 10:26 pm
Rim Fire in California The Rim Fire in California is now one of the largest in California state history. Firefighters have battled the growing flames for 10 days now while it’s burned more than 240 s...
Tribune newspapers safe from Koch brothers purchase 23 Aug 2013 | 09:57 pm
Anyone who reads a Tribune newspaper can exhale now. The Koch brothers, notorious climate-denying billionaires, are no longer interested in buying the media company, according to their spokesperson. ...
Worst incident at Fukushima for two years 23 Aug 2013 | 09:40 pm
The seemingly endless torrent of scandals rushing from the damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima continues with the news that a serious incident is underway at the stricken plant. Once again we see th...
Stephen Colbert on fracking: “America enjoying a new golden age of flammability” 22 Aug 2013 | 10:19 pm
Crossposted from EcoWatch On The Colbert Report Thursday night, Stephen Colbert put the spotlight on Range Resources for imposing a gag order on a Pennsylvania family whose water was contaminated by ...
Greenpeace activists climb all over the world for the Arctic,a nuke-free future and whale protection 22 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
Every day we have to make choices. For many, the choice is whether or not to do something to protect our environment. For a few of us, there is no choice at all. We do what we have to do to tell the ...
Russia blocks Greenpeace ship from entering Arctic waters 22 Aug 2013 | 09:37 pm
Crossposted from the Guardian Russia has blocked a Greenpeace ship from entering Arctic waters where the environmentalist group was planning to protest against oil exploration activities by Rosneft a...
Bureau of Land Management threw a coal giveaway party, and no one showed up 22 Aug 2013 | 09:29 pm
August 21st could go down as a small watershed moment for the US coal industry. As the Associated Press put it, “For the first time, nobody has bid on a tract of federal coal offered for sale in Wyomi...
