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Greg Palast

Hugo Chavez Told Me He Won't Sell Oil to the Kochs

I’ve been tracking a tube of black putrid ooze, a toxic viper slowly slithering 2,000 miles across the belly of America, swallowing all water aquifers, politicians, and reason in its path. It's called the XL Keystone Pipeline. Full story

Coal Spills Can Ruin Everything, Too

Oil spills and nuclear meltdowns hog the spotlight when we're talking energy disasters, but let's not forget about black-old coal here. Full story

The Death Aquatic

Louie Psihoyos’ ambitions have escalated, his subject has opened up, and he’s taking consultation left and right from greeny showbiz vets. Needless to say, I was pretty stoked to get on the line with the creator of 'The Cove' and chat about his upcoming film. Full story

I Tried to Get the Guys Behind the Plus Pool Arrested

Here is a little behind the scenes anecdote from the filming of Motherboard's "Plus Pool" documentary. Full story

Cat Fighters

Without The Forester Guerilla There’d Be No More Caucasian Leopard Kitties

Now, that the last 20 (or less) Caucasian leopards living in the area are facing extinction, the war torn Nagorno-Karabakh enclave has finally become a matter of international concern, and the old war veterans have received all the supplies they need. To save the cats. Full story

Kagomaniacs

Emissions Trading. Full story

Ode on a Grecian Pile of Crap

A Visit to Athens’s Secret and Massive Garbage Town

A brisk walk along Dionysiou Areopagitou and Panathinea streets, just ten minutes from the Acropolis, brings you to probably the crummiest neighborhood in all of Athens, Greece. Full story

The Battle Of Lazy Dog Hill

Even a Multimillion-Dollar Gas Company Can’t Just Kill a Man’s Coonhound and Expect to Get Away With It

In the air was a sound Ken Ely had become all too familiar with over the past year: the dull rumble of truck tires on the old two-lane that ran past the bottom of his 183 acres of bluestone and timber in this remote corner of northern Pennsylvania. Full story

VICE Mail

Letters - The Fashion Issue

Well, it finally happened! A Vice writer got his head out of his introspective ass and did an article on an environmental issue! Full story