AP: EPA Buried Fracking Evidence at Drilling Company’s Behest

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 17, 2013 The Environmental Protection Agency may be making evidence of water contamination caused by hydraulic fracturing disappear to satisfy the drilling industry and lawmakers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Trillion-Gallon Loophole: Lax Rules for Drillers That Inject Pollutants Into the Earth

By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Sep 24, 2012 Injection wells have proliferated over the past 60 years, in large part because they are the cheapest, most expedient way to manage hundreds of billions of gallons of industrial waste generated in the U.S. each year. Yet the dangers of injection are well known: In accidents dating to the 1960s, toxic materials have bubbled up to the surface or escaped, contaminating aquifers that store supplies of drinking water. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

11 Percent of the World’s Population Still Without Clean Water

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 7, 2012 The United Nations' highest policymaking body declared access to water and sanitation to be a basic human right two years ago. But a coalition of “water justice activists” in late July said that goal remains little more than a good intention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Earth-Like Planet May Exist

Staff / Truthdig Sep 13, 2011 European astronomers said Monday that they may have found a celestial body with the right characteristics to host life: a "Goldilocks" planet circling a star at a distance that is not too hot, not too cold, but just right for liquid water to exist. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Several U.S. Nuke Sites Have Sprung Leaks

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2011 With so much focus recently on nuclear power sources in certain other parts of the world, it's important to note that the US has some considerable issues of its own in that department Take these results of a yearlong investigation into domestic power plants . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ukraine Wants to Store N-Waste Near Water Supply

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2011 Ukrainian authorities have made plans to store a portion of the country's nuclear waste at the site of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe, near the region's major water supply. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Soaring Food Prices Drive Millions Into Poverty

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2011 Food prices shot up 36 percent in the last year, according to the World Bank, adding 44 million people to the ranks of the impoverished. For people who spend most of their money on food, it's devastating when the price of maize, to take one example, goes up 74 percent as it did this year. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdig Radio: Keep McChrystal Retired

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2011 Mr Fish survives a MoveOn house party, Sandra Postel solves the water crisis, Daniel Denvir and James Harris take stock of segregation, Narda Zacchino puts Gen Stanley McChrystal in the dustbin of history, and Nomi Prins and Robert Scheer digest President Obama's speech Update: Full transcriptThis week we tackle the resurrection of Stanley McChrystal, segregation, the water crisis and Obama's deficit speech Plus: Mr Fish on MoveOn. Dig deeper ( 42 Min. Read )

The Collapse of Globalization

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 28, 2011 The last people who should be in charge of our food supply or our social and political life, not to mention the welfare of sick children, are corporate capitalists and Wall Street speculators. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Radioactive Iodine Taints Japan’s Tap Water

Staff / Truthdig Mar 20, 2011 Adding to safety fears for those in Japan, the government there has reportedly found trace amounts of radioactive iodine in the tap water of six areas, including Tokyo. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Millions of Dead Fish Puzzle Californians

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2011 Marine biologists are working to explain the millions of anchovies, sardines and mackerel that washed up dead in a Los Angeles area harbor Tuesday. Whether an algae bloom was a factor in the massive die-off is under investigation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Valentine’s Day Roses Are Bad for Kenya

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2011 Valentine's Day naysayers now have another reason to disdain the day: It's depleting Kenya's water supply. Specifically, the cultivation of roses in the African nation for holiday sales in Europe is taking a toll on the local ecosystem. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )