Environment

After a long winter, tropical rain forest sounded lovely

March 25, 2013 By Beatrice Lumpkin

I learned that the political left was influential in Costa Rica. But they were divided. A united left could form a winning coalition. The people of Costa Rica deserve nothing less.

GOP plans to litter budget with anti-environment amendments

March 22, 2013 By Blake Skylar

Republicans plan to attach 110 anti-environment amendments to the Senate budget bill, not merely in the interest of climate change denial, but as a way of giving gifts to big corporations.

Just outside of Vegas, coal plant gambles with lives

March 21, 2013 By Blake Skylar

For years, the NV Energy-owned Reid Gardner coal plant just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada has been poisoning the Moapa tribe of Paiute Native Americans.

Largest union sportsman’s event in Ohio highlights conservation project

March 18, 2013 By Bruce Bostick

The Pipefitter's Hall was packed, over 500 folks filing in for what was the eighth in a series of Union Sportsmen's Alliance public events.

Semiotic Weapons: Advertising is the focus of two recent films.

March 15, 2013 By Frederick Barr

Two very different foreign films focus on the advertising industry. They intersect at the idea that advertising feeds upon our innate desire for happiness.