by sarah | Aug 10, 2015 | Nation, Politics
Published on Monday, August 10, 2015 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff writer It was by far the largest turnout for any presidential candidate this year, as nearly 30,000 people rallied in Portland, Oregon on Sunday evening for Bernie Sanders, filling the...
by sarah | Aug 10, 2015 | Environment
Published on Thursday, August 06, 2015 by Common Dreams by Lauren McCauley, staff writer An oil pipeline spill along the Santa Barbara coast this spring may have been up to 40 percent bigger than originally estimated, documents made public Wednesday revealed. The...
by sarah | Aug 10, 2015 | Global
Published on Wednesday, August 05, 2015 by Common Dreams by Sarah Lazare, staff writer Just a month after Governor Alejandro García Padilla said it will be impossible for Puerto Rico to climb out of its $72 billion in debt, the government this week missed a bond...
by sarah | Aug 10, 2015 | Climate
Published on Tuesday, August 04, 2015 by Common Dreams by Lauren McCauley, staff writer The amount of methane being leaked from natural gas production sites has been hugely underestimated, according to a “bombshell” new study released on Tuesday. In a...
by sarah | Aug 10, 2015 | Environment
Published on Tuesday, August 04, 2015 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff writer In a victory for animal rights advocates—and the animals on factory farms they seek to protect—a federal judge on Monday ruled Idaho’s controversial “ag-gag” law...