Oil
Keystone XL struck down for now
November 19, 2014The Keystone XL pipeline is down, but not out; despite losing in the Senate, Republicans threatened to bring the bill back next year.
Read moreKeystone XL heads to Senate for vote
November 18, 2014Many activists fighting against Keystone are expecting - or hoping - that if the bill does get its 60 votes, Obama will simply veto it anyway.
Read moreEnvironmental leader David Beach issues urgent call to action
October 14, 2014"Overcome the temptation of the present generation to pass the problem onto future generations."
Read moreU.S. foreign policy, what is going on?
September 19, 2014The U.S. foots 75 percent of NATO's bill, increasingly hard to do given the enormous costs of the Afghan and Iraq wars, the pivot to Asia, and the war in Syria.
Read moreGermany: sanctions and weapons deals, follow the money
September 3, 2014In Germany today, references to Putin evoke all too sharply recollections of German language used against every Russian leader since the start of World War I.
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