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Tennessee Paid to Lure Lawbreaking Volkswagen to Chattanooga
Volkwagen's scheme to sell vehicles equipped to cheat US air pollution limits is worsening.
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Could These Two Environmental Challenges Be the Answer to Each Other?
In sub-Saharan Africa, entrepreneurs are exploring whether sanitation could solve a growing fuel crisis - and vice versa.
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Fiscal Austerity May Jeopardize Brazil’s Poverty Alleviation Program
Brazil has succeeded in lifting 36 million people out of extreme poverty over the past 12 years.
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Anti-Immigrant Frenzy May Not Significantly Impact Local Legislation
Anti-immigrant rhetoric is widespread, but legal experts say it's unlikely to translate into more stringent local immigration policies.
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Private Equity Asset-Stripping Strategy Meets Charter Schools to Produce Even Better Looting
It's bad enough to see this sort of thing take place in the dog-eat-dog world of Corporate America.
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“Refugee” or “Migrant” – Which Is Right?
Yes, there is a difference, and it does matter.
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Cities Are Finally Treating Water as a Resource, Not a Nuisance
From Houston to Melbourne, the surprising ways urban areas are dealing with water woes.
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Sixty-Five Percent of Deaths Worldwide Go Uncounted – Here’s How to Change That
It has been described as the most critical development failure of the past 30 years.
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Reversing Climate Change: What Will It Take?
Protecting the earth's climate is in the long-term interest of all humanity.
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On Government Lies, Human Bonfires and the Search for Truth
It was always too cut-and-dried to believe.