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The EPA Censored A Key Pennsylvania Fracking Water Contamination Study

A new report shows the Obama administration put the kibosh on a key EPA study on groundwater contamination from fracking.

Steve Horn
Por Steve Horn

A must-read Los Angeles Times story by Neela Banerjee demonstrates that -- once again -- the Obama administration put the kibosh on a key Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study on hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") groundwater contamination, this time in Dimock, Pennsylvania. Though EPA said Dimock's water wasn't contaminated by fracking in

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What’s The Real Reason Behind The EU’s Blacklisting Of Hezbollah?

The U.S.-Israeli narrative of events in the Middle East appears to have triumphed, but is it a legitimate one?

Magda Fahsi
Por Magda Fahsi

BRUSSELS – The decision last week by the 28 EU ministers for foreign affairs to put Hezbollah on the list of ‘terrorist organizations’ did not come easy. It was only after France and Germany, who had long opposed the move, finally decided to rally to the U.K., a long-time defender of the blacklisting of the Lebanese Shia organization, that they

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Think Political Violence In Egypt Is Bad? Bangladesh Might Have It Worse

Bangladesh has the highest death toll outside a conflict zone, and probably still worse than in Egypt.

Maher Sattar
Por Maher Sattar

DHAKA, Bangladesh — This nation of 150 million is mired in turmoil. Some 322 people have perished this year from political violence. That’s the highest death toll outside a conflict zone, and probably still worse than in Egypt. Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets in riots that have seen buses burned, cars torched, and policemen

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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Risks Political Suicide With Continued Protests

Both the Brotherhood and the military-backed interim government are upping the ante as the struggle for power escalates.

Dale Gavlak
Por Dale Gavlak

As Egypt’s turmoil deepens, analysts believe the embattled Muslim Brotherhood is committing political suicide by continuing street protests in an attempt to reinstate deposed President Mohamed Morsi. They say the Islamist group’s struggle portends a painful return to its all-too familiar role as opposition. This past weekend witnessed the

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Outside Washington, Oil Industry Skeptics Are Both Red And Blue

The debate over North American oil production isn’t black and white. It’s not red and blue, either.

Trisha Marczak
Por Trisha Marczak

Despite national lawmakers’ commitment to the party line, the debate over North American oil production isn’t red and blue. Just ask North Carolina Rep. Chuck McGrady, a Republican who isn’t convinced that the hydraulic fracturing boom in his state is in the best long-term interest of his constituents. “The facts are important and I do want to

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Waterless Fracking Moves Into The Market, With Its Own Set Of Safety Issues

Dry-fracking is expected to make its way to California communities soon if the oil industry has its way.

Trisha Marczak
Por Trisha Marczak

As debate rages on over the health impacts associated with petroleum companies’ practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the industry is coming up with a new but equally controversial technique to get at oil and natural gas deposits thousands of feet below the surface of the earth. Californians are bracing for a new form of fracking that

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