Pennsylvania Township Declares Freedom from Fracking
Published by Yes! Magazine October 27, 2010
Licking, Pennsylvania defies state law by banning corporations from dumping fracking wastewater.
by Mari Margil, Ben Price
In Pennsylvania—a central target for natural gas drilling and the controversial drilling practice known as horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”—local communities don’t have the legal authority to keep unwanted drilling from happening.
As fracking’s impacts on [...]
Could 62 Million Homes Be Foreclosure-Proof?
Published by Yes! Magazine August 18, 2010
The financial juggling that helped cause the 2008 crisis may be coming back to haunt banks — and help homeowners.
by Ellen Brown
Over 62 million mortgages are now held in the name of MERS, an electronic recording system devised by and for the convenience of the mortgage industry. A California bankruptcy [...]
Restoring California’s Wild Watersheds (Reprint from Yes!)
Published by Yes! Magazine May 27, 2010
Why more water for wildlife means more water for people.
by Jane Braxton Little
Jim Wilcox is sitting on a rock near a quarter-acre pond watching a pair of willow flycatchers flit in and out of the brush across the water. The 15-inch rainbow trout he spied a week ago does not [...]
Western Showdown: Saving the Klamath
Published by Yes! Magazine May 27, 2010
How the tribes of the Klamath River stood up for the salmon—and won.
by Alice Outwater
It was a dramatic scene in a classic Western water war: Thousands of dead fish, washed up on the shores of the Klamath River. A move meant to help farmers—using Klamath water to irrigate crops—triggered a [...]
The Little Town That Sent a Corporation Packing
Published by Yes! Magazine May 27, 2010
Why controlling your water supply is so important
by Tara Lohan
In 2008, weeks after communities all over the United States celebrated the Fourth of July, the tiny town of Felton, Calif., marked its own holiday: Water Independence Day. With barbecue, music, and dancing, residents marked the end of Felton’s six-year battle [...]
Move Your Money and Save
Big banks don’t just undermine local economies—they’re bad for your wallet, too.
by Stacy Mitchell
Bigger banks were supposed to lower costs for consumers. That was the promise made repeatedly in 1994 and again in 1999, when Congress dismantled laws that had long restricted the size and scope of banks, ushering in a wave of mergers that left [...]
The Growing Movement for Publicly Owned Banks
Published by Yes! Magazine March 17, 2010
We the people have given away our sovereign money-creating power to private, for-profit lending institutions, which have used it to siphon wealth from the productive economy. Some states are moving to take that power back.
by Ellen Brown
“Hundreds of job-creating projects are still on hold because Michigan businesses and entrepreneurs [...]
Can a Video Game Teach Sustainability?
Published by Yes! Magazine on March 15, 2010
Designers of the new “City Rain” believe that it can.
by Rik Langendoen
In the video game Grand Theft Auto, players perform crimes ranging from theft to murder to rise through the ranks of organized crime. In Civilization IV, players are European settlers in the Americas—they can win the game [...]
In Iceland, Unlike U.S., Democracy Defeats the Banksters
Published by Yes! Magazine on March 10, 2010
In a symbolic decision, democracy trumps capital as Icelanders say “no” to big bank bailouts.
by John Nichols
What if Americans had been asked whether they wanted to bail out big bankers and Wall Street speculators?
How many would have voted “no”?
A measure of patriotism feeds the hope that they would have [...]
Giving Nature Constitutional Rights
Published by Yes! Magazine on March 2, 2010
Simply regulating pollution will never really stop it. Mari Margil of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund discusses why we need a fundamental change in the way we use law to protect nature.
The environmental movement, with its army of professional advocates, lawyers, grassroots campaigners, and dedicated funders, has [...]
