Category Archives: Breaking
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Smokey Bear; anti-fracking insurgent
Leave a commentMay 8, 2013 by Posted by Peter Rugh
Smokey the Bear thought he smelled a fire in the woods. But as he approached the clearing and saw a …
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After slaying teen, police haunted by #BrooklynProtest
Leave a commentMarch 16, 2013 by Posted by Peter Rugh
“You’re going to miss me when I’m gone.” Those words were posted on Facebook by teenager Kimani “Kiki” Gray shortly …
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Frackademic to ride Flying Unicorn of Climapocalypse to Washington
1March 5, 2013 by Posted by Peter Rugh
President Obama’s choice to appoint Dr. Ernest Moniz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the next Energy Secretary has …
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Tens of thousands join historic climate rally in front of the White House
Leave a commentFebruary 19, 2013 by Posted by Peter Rugh
There is no doorbell at the front gates of the White House–at least not for the public anyway–but the estimated …
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Environmentalists win major battle in fight to ban fracking in New York
Leave a commentFebruary 14, 2013 by Posted by Peter Rugh
A major battle in America’s frack war came to a head in New York this week. Opponents of drilling in …
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‘My struggle, is your struggle’ – Occupy Sandy’s collective recovery
Leave a commentFebruary 1, 2013 by Posted by Peter Rugh
It was Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, and the sound of pounding drums mingled with subway steel rattling underground, sending …
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Class War Goes from Classroom to School Bus in New York City
Leave a commentJanuary 21, 2013 by Posted by Peter Rugh
The wheels on New York City’s school buses aren’t going round. In what’s becoming a familiar song these days in …
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As New York’s fracking moratorium nears expiration, activists vow civil disobedience
1January 11, 2013 by Posted by Peter Rugh
Hundreds of clenched fists were raised Wednesday afternoon at Albany’s Empire Convention Center. Behind a security checkpoint defended by state …
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As Mayan calendar ends, fight for another world continues in the Chiapas
Leave a commentDecember 23, 2012 by Posted by Peter Rugh
Activist comedian Lee Camp quipped back in September, “Mayans say the world ends in a few months and they might …
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Communities hit by Sandy “form like Voltron” and fight back
1December 19, 2012 by Posted by Peter Rugh
The stakes are high for people in the Rockaways. More than month and a half after Superstorm Sandy, winter is …
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