By MARTIN FACKLER
TOKYO — About 100 tons of highly radioactive water leaked from one of the hundreds of storage tanks at the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said Thursday, calling the leak the worst spill at the plant … Read more »
By Paul Krugman
Remember the “death tax”? The estate tax is quite literally a millionaire’s tax — a tax that affects only a tiny minority of the population, and is mostly paid by a handful of very wealthy heirs. Nonetheless, … Read more »
By Grant Schulte, Associated Press
A Nebraska judge on Wednesday struck down a law that allowed the Keystone XL pipeline to proceed through the state, a victory for opponents who have tried to block the project that would carry oil … Read more »
By Katherine Paul and Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association
“It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray.” – Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
When the … Read more »
UNITED NATIONS — Twenty years after a landmark United Nations summit meeting in Cairo called on countries around the world to allow women greater control over their health and destiny, women worldwide have fewer children, are less likely to die … Read more »
By Paul Kane, The Washington Post
Republicans Block Vote on Extending Unemployment Benefits.
The Senate remained gridlocked Thursday over an effort to renew emergency unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless, including more than 1.7 million Americans who lost their benefits … Read more »
By Ana Marie Cox, Guardian UK
The president should be talking about guns (and gun control) a lot more. This goes way beyond horrific school shootings
President Obama opened his remarks at McGavock High School in Nashville, Tennessee with a … Read more »
By Warren Cornwall, Slate Magazine
Monsanto’s Roundup and genetically modified crops are harming everybody’s favorite butterfly.
Feeding on a weed seems like a good evolutionary bet. And for a long time, it worked well for the monarch butterfly.
The butterfly’s … Read more »
By Ryan Koronowski, ThinkProgress
Following 40 years of sustained fighting on behalf of human health, the environment, and a livable climate, Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) announced on Thursday that he would retire from Congress after this year.
“In 1974, I … Read more »
