Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
Steve Horn
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How Defending Private Intelligence Firm Collaborators Screws Grassroots Activists
Collaborating with such an insidious firm is bad enough, but defending that collaborator in spite of all the evidence that’s been made public is irresponsible and potentially hazardous to activists in the long run.
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Exposed: Frackademics at USC Release "Powering California" Study
Frackademia—shorthand for bogus science, economics and research results paid for by the oil and gas industry—has struck again in California, this time touting the future of Monterey's shale deposits.
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In Florida Fracking Sham, Legislature Pushes ALEC's Chemical Disclosure Bill
Florida may soon become the fourth state with a law on the books enforcing fracking chemical disclosure. But the law contains a "trade secrets" loophole pushed by ALEC and the Council of State Governments.
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Shale Gas Bubble Looms, Aided by Wall Street
Two reports published this week conclude that the current fracking boom could lead to a "bubble burst" akin to the housing bubble burst of 2008.
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"Environmental Literacy Improvement Act" to Require Teaching Climate Change Denial in Schools
The American Legislative Exchange Council has planted its "Environmental Literacy Improvement Act," mandating a "balanced" teaching of climate science in K-12 classrooms, in the Oklahoma, Colorado and Arizona state legislatures in 2013.
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Revealed: The EPA Censored Evidence Linking Methane Contamination to Fracking
An investigation published last week revealed that the Obama Administration's EPA censored a scientific report explicitly linking methane migration to hydraulic fracturing.
