Israel's security cabinet has voted to prevent an international flotilla from reaching Gaza, by any means possible. The group of boats is due to leave Greece...
The Juliano, a boat planning on joining the Gaza flotilla challenging Israel's blockade, was sabotaged in a Greek harbor earlier today, according to a spokesman.
The little boxes that usher cable signals and digital recording capacity into televisions have become the single-largest electricity drain in many American homes.
The lead story in the New York Times today is a detailed bubble bursting of the much vaunted boom in unconventional natural gas. Natural gas companies have been placing enormous bets on the wells they are drilling, saying they will deliver big profits and provide a vast new source of energy for the
The Washington Post can no longer be mistaken for a serious newspaper focused on informing its readers about the nation's pressing problems. Exhibit A is today's major 'investigative' front page report, "Obama's focus on visiting clean-tech companies raises questions." I use the phrase "loses touc
Just as activists from all over the world prepare to embark on the second Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Prisoners of Love, a comic book-style account of Israel's deadly raid on the first flotilla last year, has just been released.
(Sherburne, NY – June 2011) Food & Water Watch, a national organization that works to ensure that our food and water are safe, has just released a comprehensive report called "The Case for a Ban on Gas Fracking" that cites several independent investigations supporting their conclusion that fracking
Earlier this week, I spoke with Kevin Smith, the CEO of Solar Reserve, about the vast potential of concentrated solar power. The grand advantage of solar thermal is that it can serve as baseload power -- CSP can store
Preparations and the political discussions continues to get Israel allows the entry of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The support for the second Freedom...
U.S. BOAT TO GAZA The Audacity of Hope will sail as a human rights mission to help end the illegal Israeli naval blockade of Gaza. The U.S. Boat to Gaza Camp...
The Command Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps addressed a group of Marines at a base in South Korea several key topics, including the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli newspaper reported on Friday that one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's sons had posted anti-Islamic remarks on his Facebook page.Terror has a religion and it is
In case you needed another reason to oppose mountaintop removal coal mining (in addition to utter ruination of ecosystems, pollution of streams for a millennia): New research in Environmental Research shows the MTR 'significantly' increases birth defects in areas
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is stepping up pressure on activists planning to challenge Israel's sea blockade of the Gaza Strip, warning that they will face action from Israeli authorities and that American participants may also be violating U.S. law.