Civil Rights Groups Turn To Unorthodox Attempts To Stop The NSA At It’s Headquarters

The “anti-commandeering doctrine,” a 170-year-old legal principle, says the federal government cannot commandeer state agencies or resources to “administer or enforce a federal regulatory program.”

Matthew Heller
By Matthew Heller
An aerial view of the NSA's Utah Data Center in Bluffdale, Utah, Thursday, June 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

LOS ANGELES -- Deep in the heart of Mormon country, the Utah Data Center is a vital cog in the National Security Agency's surveillance network, intercepting and analyzing telecommunications from around the world. Despite all the technical sophistication, the heavily-fortified $2 billion facility depends on something very basic to keep operating —

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Winter Olympics Construction Destroys Village Water Supply

So far, Russia’s $50 billion Winter Olympic development has failed to deliver any help to rural areas.

Jo Erickson
By Jo Erickson

With only six weeks until the opening ceremony of the most expensive Winter Olympics in history, the International Olympic Committee has been severely criticized by Human Rights Watch for leaving villages without water for five years. The Russian Olympic bid was intended to bring prosperity to the region, but the $50 billion construction of the

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North Carolina Officials Reject EPA Funds For Fracking Impact Study

State commissioners insist there’s no need to research fracking’s impact on water — all while laying the groundwork for a fracking boom.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

North Carolina’s mining and energy commissioners are in the midst of a fracking battle -- and they’re winning. They’re arguing that the state’s regulations for clean water protection are over-the-top and unnecessary, all while corralling anti-fracking advocates into the same category as Bigfoot believers. “We all know this,” Commissioner George

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Toxins Found In Drinking Water Across the U.S: How Bad is the Problem?

“In short, more than 100 million Americans served by these large waterworks were exposed to toxic trash,” EWG reports in their study.

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

It may surprise most Americans to know that at least 100 million U.S. citizens are exposed to toxic carcinogens every day when they drink water from municipal water supplies. The announcement was first made by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), an environmental health research and advocacy organization, in a report released earlier this year.

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