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GOP budget bombs at town halls

April 17, 2012 By John Wojcik

At town halls across the nation during the current two-week congressional recess Republicans are taking the heat like they may never have taken it before.

Activists say BP cut corners on Gulf oil cleanup

April 13, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Protesters and environmental activists declared that the oil company had seriously cut corners in its cleanup of the 2010 disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Environment and politics: one and the same

March 30, 2012 By Blake Skylar

"Capitalism is fundamentally incapable of dealing with climate change." These were the words of microbial ecologist Steve McCallister.

Gulf dolphins suffer post-oil spill illnesses

March 27, 2012 By Blake Skylar

In Barataria Bay, La. (located in the northern Gulf of Mexico), bottlenose dolphins are suffering from severe illnesses - the aftermath of the BP oil spill, according to a report by Click Green.

Keystone XL: Native Americans outraged

March 23, 2012 By Blake Skylar

After President Obama endorsed a southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline on Mar. 22 (which would carry oil from Cushing to Port Arthur, Texas), Native American activists in Okalahoma expressed outrage at the news. They...