- Bill McKibben to Obama: Say No to Big Oil
- With Only $93 Billion in Profits, the Big Five Oil Companies Demand to Keep Tax Breaks
- The Oil Industry's Fight to Kill Renewable Fuels—and Why It May Win—"For all its faults, the Renewable Fuels Standard is the only federal policy that is steadily eroding the oil industry's de facto monopoly on motor fuels."
- Ex-BP oil disaster and fracking executive to lead big government projects—"Government appoints John Manzoni as head of Major Projects Authority, which oversees HS2 and nuclear programme."
- Ex-Shell Oil president: 'I felt extorted'—"The former president of Shell Oil USA didn't candy-coat it: America's political fund-raising system, he said, amounts to legalized extortion." Tit-for-tat.
- The Sochi scandal no one's talking about: How Russia is silencing its environmentalists—"Olympic construction is destroying Sochi. And the government is cracking down on the people who dare to speak out." Salon
- This Land Was Your Land—"In Utah and other Western states, the country's most pristine wilderness faces new threats from Big Energy and its powerful allies."
- Muddying the waters far from home—"Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a brief — paid for with your taxes — attacking the legality of the Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint."
- Oil Companies Are Planning to Drill in Florida Panther Habitat
- The Republican Party Now Wants States To Seize Public Lands For Drilling And Mining
- The Scientist Who Took on a Leading Herbicide Manufacturer—"After Tyrone Hayes said that a chemical was harmful, its maker pursued him."
- Donald Trump to appeal Aberdeen offshore wind farm defeat—"A legal challenge to a planned offshore wind farm which could be seen from Donald Trump's golf resort in Aberdeenshire has been rejected."
- NC river turns to gray sludge after coal ash spill
- NC authorities say river has elevated arsenic from coal ash spill—"Levels four times higher than what's considered safe for swimming; critics charge lax regulation."
- North Carolina Protected Duke Energy from Pollution Complaints Before the Company's Coal Ash Disaster
- Despite Not Using Water, West Virginians Say Water Bills Have Spiked Since Chemical Spill
- Company Responsible For West Virginia Chemical Spill Skips Congressional Hearing
- West Virginia officials avoid calling state's water safe
- Exxon oil spill town 'deserted land', residents still getting sick, forced to abandon homes
- Ethanol spill flows into sewage treatment plant
- 12,000 gallons of crude oil spilled between Winona and Red Wing
- 'Significant' slurry spill blackens Kanawha creek—"100,000 gallons escapes Patriot Coal facility."
- Clive Palmer's nickel refinery pumped toxic waste into Great Barrier Reef park—"Company discharged nitrogen into world heritage area on several occasions despite being forbidden from doing so."
- Three Oil Spills in Two Weeks Foul Singapore's Waters
- BP sued by Minnesota for fraud over $25 million in tank cleanups—"Minnesota's $25 million case alleges that the oil giant lied about having insurance coverage to clean up leaking underground tanks."
- Oil Companies Were Paid Twice to Clean Up Their Own Leaking Tanks—"Oil companies used state-allocated funds to clean up underground fuel leaks while also accepting payment from insurance companies for the same task, essentially defrauding state governments, according to a new report from Reuters."
- California's Drought Could Be the Worst in 500 Years
- Fracking is depleting water supplies in America's driest areas, report shows—"From Texas to California, drilling for oil and gas is using billions of gallons of water in the country's most drought-prone areas."
- Sao Paulo Biggest Water-Supply System May Run Dry Within 45 Days
- Fake-food scandal revealed as tests show third of products mislabelled—"Consumers are being sold drinks with banned flame-retardant additives, pork in beef, and fake cheese, laboratory tests show."
- Recall of nearly 9 million pounds of meat not fully inspected
- Wal-Mart China to Step Up Vendor Checks After Donkey-Meat Recall
- Subway to remove 'dough conditioner' chemical from bread
- Chick-Fil-A to Use Chicken Without Antibiotics
- UK's Prince William: We will fight illegal wildlife trade together
- Illegal hunting on the rise in Afghanistan
- US launches crack down on Africa's $10bn a year ivory poaching trade
- 400 arrested, tons of ivory seized in global trafficking crackdown
- Polish woman guilty of killing two million bees with anti-mosquito spray
- N.F.L. Prospect Michael Sam Proudly Says What Teammates Knew: He's Gay NYT
- Michelle Obama: Michael Sam is an 'inspiration to all'
- Dale Hansen Unplugged: Celebrating our differences
- Michael Sam Coming out as Gay Hits His Father Hard
- Limbaugh: Straight People Are 'Under Assault By The 2-5 Percent That Are Homosexual'
- The Daily Show: Friday Night Rights—"University of Missouri defensive lineman Michael Sam threatens his own NFL draft prospects by coming out as gay."
- Kentucky ban on gay marriages from other states struck down by federal judge
- Nevada attorney general seeks to withdraw gay marriage brief; Sandoval agrees
- Alabama, 9 States Join Utah Bid to Save Gay-Marriage Ban
- Gay Marriage Emerges As Issue In Colorado's Attorney General Race—"The Democrats' candidate for Colorado attorney general says the state's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional rights of gay couples and that the law shouldn't be defended."
- Couples Sue to Force Ohio's Hand on Gay Marriage
- Texas ban on same-sex marriage challenged in federal court
- 'New Black' explores marriage equality in U.S.—Yoruba Richen's documentary honestly portrays a polarized public as it tries to reconcile points of view on race and LGBTQ issues."
- Meet Katya, the young Russian sadist who kidnaps gay youth for sport
- Video: Gays arrested in Moscow's Red Square, singing national anthem
- You can thank Putin for these 11 amazing new gay rights protest songs
- Lesbian Sochi athlete thinks fuss over anti-gay Russia is exaggerated—Easy for her to say. She doesn't have to live there when the Olympics are over.
- Despite anti-gay laws, it's business as usual in Sochi's Mayak bar
