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Transnational Companies Sue Developing States
Western Europe is becoming a big hub in the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism of the TTIP.
Big Water vs. the National Parks: The Fight Against Bottled Water Goes Federal
Major corporations are fighting the National Park Service's efforts to ban the sale of bottled water in national parks.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Chemical Industry Is Hiding the Truth About Everyday Toxins, and More
Congress agreed to $680 billion in new tax breaks.
Casualties of the Vanishing West
The American wild horse continues to lose habitat to special interest groups.
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In Ohio, Communities Work to Defend Themselves Against Fossil Fuel Industry
Passing a law is one thing - building a movement to demand its enforcement is another.
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Indigenous Peoples of Ayutla, Dying of Neglect
In the indigenous region of Ayutla de los Libres, persecution against community leaders has intensified since 1998.
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United Nations Discovery of Secret Detention Center Revives Nightmares
The discovery has opened up old allegations of the existence of such camps.
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How Oil Lobbyists Won the Fight to Drill in the Alaskan Wilderness
How oil industry lobbyists played the long game - wearing down an overmatched federal bureaucracy to gain access to a fuel-rich corner of the Alaskan wilderness.
Coal Mining’s Financial Failures: Two Thirds of World’s Production Now Unprofitable
A wave of bankruptcies has swept the coal mining industry.
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Labor: 2015 in Review
As the assault on union standards continues, glimmers of hope in 2015 came from grassroots resistance.