Unconventional Coal Technologies 'Could Blow the Global Carbon Budget'

Underground Coal Gasification and Coal Chemicals represent 'not just a crime against our planet, but a crime against humanity'

Sanders, Warren, and Michelle Obama to Address DNC Tonight

After contentious day within party, key progressive figures take stage on first night of Democratic National Convention

US Must ‘Shore Up Relations With Russia’ Instead of Making False Accusations

Dennis Kucinich, two-time Democratic candidate for President of the US, has said in an exclusive interview with Radio Sputnik that the attempt by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign to accuse Russia of leaking Democratic National Committee internal correspondence is a simple “dodge” aimed to avert a “deeper discussion.”

Australian Detention Center Tortured Children

ABC’s Four Corners show has released disturbing footage showing six young boys being tear-gassed and held in isolation at the now-shuttered Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin, Australia.

Amazon to Test Drones in UK After Breakthrough Decision by Aviation Authority

Amazon will begin field tests for its drone program in the UK rural areas following a breakthrough permission to fly drones outside pilot's line of site.

Democrats pull convention back from the brink

Bernie Sanders loyalists heckled and hassled Democratic stars all day. But when Sanders himself addressed the Democratic National Convention on Monday, the party's nightmarish day finally brightened.

New York City police upgrade gear after Texas, Louisiana shootings

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• The New York City Police Department has acquired $7 million in military-style protective equipment for patrol officers in response to recent shooting attacks on police in Baton Rouge and Dallas earlier this month, officials said on Monday.

Behind Democrats' email leak, U.S. experts see a Russian subplot

If the Russian government is behind the theft and release of embarrassing emails from the Democratic Party, as U.S. officials have suggested, it may reflect less a love of Donald Trump or enmity for Hillary Clinton than a desire to discredit the U.S. political system.

At least 19 killed, about 20 injured in knifing near Tokyo

At least 19 people were killed and about 20 wounded in a knife attack Tuesday at a facility for the handicapped in a city just outside Tokyo in the worst mass killing in generations in Japan.

Tom Vilsack Biography

U.S. Governor, Government Official (1950–)
Tom Vilsack has served as mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, state senator and governor of Iowa. He became the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in 2009.