Mass Transit & Energy Use
Kochworld
(Melissa del Bosque & Jen Reel; AUSTIN,Texas; Texas Observer; Oct. 28, 2012)
UN Chief Fires Up Private Investment for Global Energy Solutions
(Kim-Jenna Jurriaans; GENEVA; Inter-Press News Service; Oct. 28, 2012)
Multilateralism Is at a Crossroads
(Pascal Lamy; GENEVA; Inter-Press News Service; Oct. 21, 2012)
Trans-Pacific Partnership is Free Trade on Steroids
(Lori Wallach; SAN DIEGO; The Nation; July 16, 2012)
Nearly 6 Million Americans Can’t Vote Due to Felon Disenfranchisement Laws
(James Ridgeway and Jean Casella; WASHINGTON, D.C.; Mother Jones; July 13, 2012)
FSRN Live from Netroots Nations
(Live Coverage; PROVIDENCE; FSRN; June 8, 2012)
Texas’ Future: Blackouts and Higher Prices?
(Forrest Wilder; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; June 1, 2012)
Fighting New Nuclear Power Plants in Georgia
(Glenn Carroll; WAYNESBORO, IND.; If You Love This Planet; April 16, 2012)
Study: Cost of Going Solar Is Dropping Fast
(Maria Gallucci; BROOKLYN; Inside Climate News; March 16, 2012)
Keystone Pipeline: How Much Would It Really Help US Consumers?
(Mark Clayton; BOSTON; Christian Science Monitor; March 13, 2012)
Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Reveals US Corporate Agenda
(Neena Bhandari; SYDNEY; Inter Press News Service; March 9, 2012)
Moscow Protesters Explain Their Positions
(Christopher True; MOSCOW; Al Jazeera; March 2, 2012)
Syria Hit List Targets Thousands
(Hamed Aleaziz; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; March 2, 2012)
Africa: New Railway Line to Boost Southern Economies
(Mantoe Phakathi; MBABANE,Swaziland; Inter Press News Service; Feb. 28, 2012)
Oil: In Perpetuity No More
(Dahr Jamail; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Feb. 24, 2012)
Managing Dissent in Chicago
(Jeremy Gantz; CHICAGO; In These Times; Feb. 17, 2012)
Philippines Seeking US Help Against China’s Bullying
(Marwaan Macan-Markar; BANGKOK; Inter Press News Service; Feb. 17, 2012)
Arab Spring: Censorship Changes Colours
(Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau; CAIRO; AllAfrica.com; Feb. 14, 2012)
Fighting for Gender Equality in Iraq
(Rebecca Burns; CHICAGO; In These Times; Feb. 10, 2012)
Dallas Billionaire Wins Another Radioactive Favor
(Forrest Wilder; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; Feb. 8, 2012)
Solar Power Lights Up Bangladesh
(Naimul Haq; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Feb. 7, 2012)
US Sells Weapons to Iraq as Violence Escalates
(Anna Mulrine; BOSTON; Christian Science Monitor; Feb. 3, 2012)
US-Mexico: Crumbling Under Corruption
(Melissa Del Bosque; AUSTIN,Tx; Texas Observer; Jan. 31, 2012)
Chinese Growth Prompts Water Wars with Japan, US Initiatives
(Marwaan Macan-Markar; BANGKOK; Inter Press News Service; Jan. 31, 2012)
America’s Real Occupiers
(David Sirota; CHICAGO; In These Times; Jan. 20, 2012)
Shale Gas Turns the Tables on Petroleum Powers
(Humberto Márquez; CARACAS; Inter Press News Service; Jan. 13, 2012)
Military: Chen was Daily Target of Race-Based Hazing
(Amy Goodman; NEW YORK; Democracy Now!; Jan. 13, 2012)
Fallujah Babies: Birth Defects Blamed on US Weapons
(Dahr Jamail; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Jan. 10, 2012)
United Nations Readies for Austerity in New Year’s Budget
(Thalif Deen; GENEVA; Inter Press News Service; Jan. 10, 2012)
Looking to Leave: Young Iraqis Scarred by War
(Gregg Carlstrom; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Jan. 3, 2012)
Occupy’s Next Target: The Iowa Caucus
(Gavin Aronsen; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Dec. 30, 2011)
Iraqi Women’s Activist Rebuffs U.S. Claims of a Freer Iraq
(Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez; NEW YORK; Democracy Now!; Dec. 20, 2011)
Iraq: We Are Happy That US Forces Have Left’
(Dahr Jamail; DOHA; Al Jazeera; Dec. 16, 2011)
Obama’s Risky Oil Threat to China
(Michael Klare; AMHERST,Mass; The Nation/TomDispatch; Dec. 13, 2011)
Cyber Security: Report Finds Increased Vulnerablility to Attack
(Mark Clayton; BOSTON; Christian Science Monitor; Dec. 6, 2011)
Can Finance Provide the Crown Jewels of a Durban Climate Accord?
(Tim Ash Vie; DURBAN,South Africa; Inter Press News Service; Dec. 1, 2011)
Should Fair Trade Certify Nestle and Folgers?
(Tom Philpott; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Dec. 1, 2011)
Pakistani-Controlled Kashmir See Autonomy as ‘Illusion’
(Issam Ahmed; BOSTON; Christian Science Monitor; Nov. 28, 2011)
Delayed—So Where’s the Keystone Oil Going Now?
(Kate Sheppard; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Nov. 22, 2011)
EU Backs Timoshenko, More Than Ukrainians
(Zoltan Dujisin; BUDAPEST; Inter Press News Service; Nov. 22, 2011)
Australian PM Backs Uranium Sales to India
(Staff Report; DOHA,Qatar; Al-Jazeera; Nov. 15, 2011)
Solar Power’s Good News
(Kevin Drum; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Nov. 11, 2011)
No Taxes for Defense Contractors Who Earn Billions
(Pat Garofalo; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout; Nov. 11, 2011)
Pakistani Nukes in Vans Have Ripple Effect on Iran
(Russ Wellen; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout; Nov. 8, 2011)
Occupy the Hood: Including All of the 99%
(Jesse Strauss; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Nov. 8, 2011)
Some Worry Even Worse Solyndra Coming
(Mark Clayton; BOSTON; Christian Science Monitor; Nov. 4, 2011)
Europe’s Lost Generation
(Robert Marquand; BOSTON; Christian Science Monitor; Nov. 1, 2011)
Xenophobia, Fear Follow Nairobi Blasts
(Staff Report; NAIROBI; Allafrica.com; Oct. 28, 2011)
Is the FDA Overhyping the Safety of Gulf Seafood?
(Tom Philpott; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Oct. 25, 2011)
Michigan: The Pipeline of ‘Poison’
(Dahr Jamail; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Oct. 21, 2011)
The New Libya
(Amy Goodman; NEW YORK; Democracy Now!; Oct. 18, 2011)
Dangerous Allegations in the Gulf of Mexico
(Dahr Jamail; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Oct. 14, 2011)
Afghanistan: A Suicide Mafia?
(Mujib Mashal; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Sept. 30, 2011)
Activists Take Battle for Syria Online
(Staff Report; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Sept. 27, 2011)
Libya: Dark-Skinned Migrants Hide
(Sidi Bilal; TRIPOLI; AllAfrica.com; Sept. 20, 2011)
Missing: Tons of US-Supplied Nuclear Weapons Material
(Adam Weinstein; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Sept. 16, 2011)
Rebuilt Ground Zero, But Costly Construction Projects Outsourced Overseas
(Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez; NEW YORK; Democracy Now!; Sept. 9, 2011)
9/11: The Informants
(Trevor Aaronson; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Sept. 9, 2011)
Brazil: South-South Cooperation Revs Up
(Thalif Deen; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Sept. 6, 2011)
Privatizing Nuclear Weapons in…Kansas City?
(Adam Weinstein; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Sept. 2, 2011)
Ft. Hood Shooting: What’s the Army Hiding?
(Adam Weinstein; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Aug. 26, 2011)
CIA-NYPD Alliance Yields Racial Profiling
(Kanya D’Almeida; WASHINGTON, D.C.; Inter Press News Service; Aug. 26, 2011)
Kenya: Storm Rages Over Proposal to Drop Women Seats
(Julius Sigei and Lillian Onyango; NAIROBI; Allafrica.com; Aug. 23, 2011)
Fukushima Radiation Alarms Doctors
(Dahr Jamail; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Aug. 23, 2011)
State Budgets: The Next Debtpocalypse
(Siddhartha Mahanta; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Aug. 12, 2011)
Turning Poverty Into an American Crime
(Barbara Ehrenreich; NEW YORK; The Nation; Aug. 12, 2011)
The Quiet Revolution: Latin America Moving Away from Washington’s Influence
(John Daly; NEW YORK; North American Congress on Latin America; Aug. 2, 2011)
High-Profile Energy Companies Reduce Lobbying Expenditures
(Tarini Parti; WASHINGTON, D.C.; Open Secrets; July 29, 2011)
Brazil’s New Nuclear Subs to Defend Oil Wells
(Fabiana Frayssinet; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; July 26, 2011)
Egypt Embraces Oil Monarchs, Dubiously
(Cam McGrath; CAIRO; Inter Press News Service; July 26, 2011)
South Sudan Journalists Facing Intimidation
(Gregg Caristrom; JUBA,South Sudan; Al Jazeera; July 22, 2011)
Texas: How the Budget Got Cut
(Dave Mann & Abby Rapoport; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; July 12, 2011)
Why Jamie Leigh Jones Could Lose Her KBR Rape Case
(Stephanie Mencimer; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; July 8, 2011)
Sudan: Africa Welcomes Its Youngest State
(Staff Report; NAIROBI; Allafrica.com; July 5, 2011)
African Union Divided Over Libya
(Thandi Winston; CAPE TOWN; Inter Press News Service; July 1, 2011)
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
(Amy Dean; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout; July 1, 2011)
Women-Only Buses Against Sexual Harassment
(Danilo Valladares; GUATEMALA CITY; Inter Press News Service; June 29, 2011)
Excellent WSJ Probe Finds Corporate Jet Abuse
(Ryan Chittum; NEW YORK; Columbia Journalism Review; June 17, 2011)
Cold Comfort at Senate Nuclear Safety Hearing
(George Zornick; NEW YORK; The Nation; June 17, 2011)
Running Big Oil Off the Road
(Steve Bunk; CHICAGO; In These Times; June 13, 2011)
House Cuts TSA Funding, Eliminates Collective Bargaining
(Akito Yoshikane; CHICAGO; In These Times; June 8, 2011)
The Health Crisis Surrounding Natural Gas Extraction
(Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman; NEW YORK; Democracy Now!; May 28, 2011)
Sadr Supporters Rally Over US Troops in Iraq
(Staff Report; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; May 26, 2011)
The Banks with $335 Million of Libyan Oil Money
(Press Release; LONDON; Allafrica.com/Global Witness; May 26, 2011)
Digging Deep for Transparancy in Oil and Mining
(Pierre Klochendler; QUITO,Ecuador; Inter Press News Service; May 23, 2011)
Sunni Monarchies Close Ranks
(Barbara Slavin; RIYADH; The Atlantic Council/IPS; May 16, 2011)
Climategate: What Really Happened?
(Kate Sheppard; WASHINGTON D.C.; Mother Jones; April 26, 2011)
The Wages of Climate-Change Denial
(Ari Phillips; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; April 26, 2011)
China Rethinks Nuclear Power
(Lucia Green-Weiskel; NEW YORK; The Nation; April 21, 2011)
BP Still Being Awarded Government Contracts
(Jason Leopold; WASHINGTON D.C.; Truthout; April 21, 2011)
BP Anniversary: Toxicity, Suffering and Death
(Dahr Jamail; DOHA,Qatar; Aljazeera; April 19, 2011)
How Many Chernobyls Before We Get It?
(H. Patricia Hynes; WASHINGTON D.C.; Truthout; April 19, 2011)
Radiation Detected in Milk, Air and Water
(Mike Ludwig; WASHINGTON D.C.; Truthout; April 12, 2011)
Koch Industries, Keystone XL Pipeline … a BP on the Prairie?
(Jeanine Molloff; WASHINGTON D.C.; Truthout; April 7, 2011)
‘No Safe Levels’ of Radiation in Japan
(Dahr Jamail; DOHA,Qatar; Aljazeera; April 5, 2011)
Is the Government’s Nuclear Regulator Up to the Job?
(Kate Sheppard; WASHINGTON D.C.; Mother Jones; March 17, 2011)
Will Japan Disaster Halt US Nuclear Renaissance?
(Kate Sheppard; WASHINGTON D.C.; Mother Jones; March 15, 2011)
Belo Monte and Brazil’s ‘Pandora’
(Kenneth Rapoza; CHICAGO; In These Times; Feb. 16, 2011)
Violent Protests Break Out in Libya
(Wire Agencies; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Feb. 16, 2011)
The Man Who Said No to Coal Companies
(Kari Lydersen; CHICAGO; In These Times; Jan. 28, 2011)
Candidates Pad Profits of Embattled BP, Citgo
(Evan Mackinder; WASHINGTON, D.C.; Open Secrets; Jan. 28, 2011)
Gulf Coast Fighting for Recompense
(Wire Agencies; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Jan. 24, 2011)
Fracking Opponents Take Big Industry Money
(Abrahm Lustgarten; NEW YORK; Pro Publica; Jan. 19, 2011)
Auto Bailouts: A Success Story?
(Andy Kroll; WASHINGTON, D.C.; Mother Jones; Jan. 13, 2011)
Virgin Withholds Heathrow Payments
(Wire Agencies; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Jan. 11, 2011)
Shell Faces Dutch Parliament Over Niger Delta
(Chika Amanze-Nwachuku; LAGOS; Allafrica.com; Jan. 6, 2011)
Halliburton Pays U.S. $35 Million
(Paul Ohia; LAGOS/WASHINGTON, D.C.; Allafrica.com; Dec. 31, 2010)
Overrated
(Forrest Wilder; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; Dec. 14, 2010)
US Loses Track of 119,000 Planes
(Wire Agencies; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Dec. 10, 2010)
Sudan Armies to Safeguard Oil Flow
(Wire Agencies; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazzera; Dec. 7, 2010)
The Fire Down Below
(Forrest Wilder; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; Dec. 6, 2010)
Strategy: Movements React to Midterm Losses
(The Editors; NEW YORK; The Nation; Dec. 3, 2010)
South Sudanese ‘Flee Border Area’
(Wire Agencies; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Nov. 30, 2010)
Iran Building Ties With Latin America
(Richard Javad Heydarian; SAN FRANCISCO; AlterNet; Nov. 29, 2010)
Lawmakers Invested in Maker of Airport Body-Scanning Machines
(Michael Beckel; WASHINGTON, D.C.; Open Secrets; Nov. 24, 2010)
New Jersey Moves to Ban TSA Scanners and Pat Downs
(Rady Ananda; SANTA ROSA; Dissident Voice; Nov. 19, 2010)
Bolivia Bets on State-Run Lithium Industry
(Emily Achtenberg; NEW YORK; North American Congress on Latin America; Nov. 15, 2010)
Canada ‘Quits’ Pipeline Bomber Hunt
(Chris Arsenault; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Nov. 12, 2010)
Brazil: Ethanol Interests on Guaraní Land
(Sean Power; NEW YORK; North American Congress on Latin America; Nov. 11, 2010)
A Referendum on Energy Issues?
(Curtis Brainard and Cristine Russell; NEW YORK; Columbia Journalism Review; Nov. 8, 2010)
Senators Protest Proposed Pipeline
(Kate Sheppard; WASHINGTON, D.C.; Mother Jones; Oct. 31, 2010)
Arrest Over DC Metro Bomb Plot
(Wire Agencies; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Oct. 28, 2010)
BP Dispersants ‘Causing Sickness’
(Dahr Jamail; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Oct. 27, 2010)
Revamping America’s Rail Infrastructure
(Will Wlizlo; MINNEAPOLIS; Utne; Oct. 20, 2010)
West Virginia Senate: The Battle of Who Can Love Coal More
(Kate Sheppard; WASHINGTON, D.C.; Mother Jones; Oct. 8, 2010)
Ex-Mend Leader Implicates Nigeria
(Wire Agencies; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Oct. 5, 2010)
Research: Scientist Finds High Levels of Carcinogens in Gulf
(Kate Sheppard; WASHINGTON, D.C.; Mother Jones; Oct. 1, 2010)
How Much Water Does Your iPhone Drink?
(Richard Borge; MINNEAPOLIS; Utne; Sept. 26, 2010)
New Arrests in Oakland Police Brutality Case
(Jesse Strauss; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout; Sept. 24, 2010)
Study: Wind Energy Can Power Much of East Coast
(Renee Schoof; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout; Sept. 24, 2010)
The Texas Gas Industry’s Potemkin Village Tour
(Forrest Wilder; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; Sept. 23, 2010)
Deaths in Mozambique Riots
(Wire Agencies; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Sept. 1, 2010)
Pair Convicted over New York Plot
(DOHA, QATAR; Al-Jazeera; Aug. 2, 2010)
Iran Hit with New EU Sanctions
(DOHA, QATAR; Al Jazeera; July 26, 2010)