- Ancient Libyan necropolis threatened by real estate speculators—"Ancient artefacts were thrown away like mere rubbish."
- Mining firm desecrated Australia Aboriginal site
- Indian villagers defeat British billionaire over plans to mine sacred mountain—"A primitive Indian tribe which worships its remote jungle mountain as a living god has inflicted a humiliating defeat on one of Britain's wealthiest billionaires over his plans to open a vast aluminium ore mine on their land."
- Don't touch the exhibits! American tourist accidentally snaps finger off priceless 600-year-old statue in Florenc—Thankfully, "the broken finger was not original to the piece, and had been added at a later date."
- Peru's archaeologists turn to drones to help protect and explore ancient ruins—"Remote-controlled aircraft can save months of survey work and defend against growing threat from miners and squatters."
- Undercover at the Tar Sands: What It's Really Like Working for Big Oil—"An anonymous worker reveals conditions at ground zero for Canada's controversial pipelines."
- Ecuador Scraps Plan to Block Rain Forest Oil Drilling
- China's Environment: 1 In 2 Gallons Of Water Polluted—"Seventy percent of China's power comes from coal. That has consequences."
- Who cares about the Keystone XL oil pipeline? Not U.S. refiners
- Fukushima plant: Nuclear agency seeks leak alert level upgrade—Maybe this is what alerts the kaiju to our presence.
- Glenn Beck Vows To Fire Employees For Buying Fluorescent Bulbs, Recyclables
- With Rooftop Solar on Rise, U.S. Utilities Are Striking Back—"Faced with the prospect of a dwindling customer base, some U.S. power companies are seeking to end public subsidies and other incentives for rooftop solar. In Arizona, the issue has sparked a heated public relations battle that could help determine the future of solar in the United States."
- Youngstown man admits dumping toxic fracking waste into Mahoning River—"An employee of a Youngstown company that stored, treated and disposed of oil and gas drilling liquids admitted this morning to dumping tens of thousands of gallons of fracking waste on at least 24 occasions into a tributary of the Mahoning River."
- Groundwater Contamination May End the Gas-Fracking Boom—"Well water in Pennsylvania homes within a mile of fracking sites is found to be high in methane."
- Report: Frackers cheating Pa. landowners and gov't out of billions—"Thousands are receiving far less money than they were promised by energy companies to drill their properties. Some are being paid virtually nothing."
- After 234 Years without an Earthquake, Youngstown had 109 in One Year Once Fracking Began—As myths go, this one is confirmed.
- Colbert Calls Out Fracking Company for Lifetime Gag Order on Children
- Romanians take to the streets to protest gold mine—"A government-supported deal worth billions would build Europe's largest open-pit mine if approved."
- Dead Dog in Reservoir Helps Drive Venezuelans to Bottled Water—"The carcass of a dead dog floats on the lake that supplies tap water to 750,000 Venezuelans. Witch doctor Francisco Sanchez has just dumped the previous night's sacrifice from a cliff, contaminating the resource that has become more scarce than gasoline in Caracas."
- Air 'so polluted it can't be worsened': Volume of flights over UK leave atmosphere thick with greenhouse gas
- 5 Terrifying Statements in the Leaked Climate Report—"Is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change getting blunt about how bad global warming is going to be?"
- Climate Scientist Can Sue National Review For Defamation, Judge Rules
- Trees near 'carbon saturation point'
- Zimbabwe elephants poisoned by poachers in Hwange
- Taiwan seizes 2,500 rare turtles bound for China—"The animals were to be eaten by rich Chinese or used as an ingredient there in traditional medicine..."
- India bans shark 'finning'—"Hunting solely for sharks fins grown due to demand from China for shark fin soup."
- Dubai police intercept half a ton of smuggled ivroy
- Ben Hill Griffin Inc. Accused of Killing Honeybees, Faces Fine—"One of Florida's largest citrus growers has been fined after a state investigation found it illegally sprayed pesticide that caused the death of millions of honeybees." The fine was $1,500.
- Desert tortoise faces threat from its own refuge as BLM closes Vegas rescue center—"Federal funds are running out at the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center and officials plan to close the site and euthanize hundreds of the tortoises...."
- Dolphins dying by the dozens along East Coast
- 'Quadruple rainbow' caught on film for the first time
- Lakes... 650ft Beneath the Waves!
- Austria's Green Lake: The park that becomes a lake for the summer
- Obama faces steep climb in House on Syria—Americans don't want to get into another war [Salon].
- G.O.P. Agrees: The President Doesn’t Need Approval to Attack Syria—So Long as He's a Republican
- AIPAC to deploy hundreds of lobbyists to push for Syria action—"Pro-Israel lobby says 250 activists will meet with their senators and representatives in Washington in a bid to win support Congressional support for military action in Syria."
- Why You're To Blame for the NSA (and So Am I)
- John C. Dvorak on NSA Spying: Are Americans Now the Enemy?
- Thousands protest NSA spying in Berlin—What is the US waiting for?
- Obama administration had restrictions on NSA reversed in 2011
- President Obama Says He Learns What NSA Is Doing From The Press, Then Goes To NSA For Details
- Privacy Scandal: NSA Can Spy on Smart Phone Data
- Internet experts want security revamp after NSA revelations
- Legislation Seeks to Bar N.S.A. Tactic in Encryption —"A congressman's proposal would prohibit the agency from installing 'back doors' into encryption, the electronic scrambling that protects e-mail and other communications." NYT
