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Report: US Cities Increasingly Spurn Water Privatization
Industry countering with heightened PR, policy interference.
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As Sioux Tribe Calls Keystone XL an “Act of War,” TransCanada Hires PR Firm to Probe Critics
Strategy documents drafted for TransCanada by the public relations firm Edelman detail its lobbying strategy and efforts to mobilize some 35,000 supporters.
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This Will Make You Think Twice About Getting That Manicure
From Victorian Painted Ladies to Brazilian Blowout, the marketing blitz driving our beauty obsession has historically eclipsed the struggles of the women who make cosmetic fantasies come true.
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Wall Street Journal Reports: Bank of North Dakota Outperforms Wall Street
The answer is something the privately-owned major media have tried to sweep under the rug: the public banking model is simply more profitable and efficient than the private model.
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An Embattled ALEC, Buoyed by Election Results, Lays Blueprint for 2015
Although ALEC will come into its December meeting buoyed by the opportunities presented by November's election results, dark clouds will be hanging over the festivities.
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Subways Are an NYPD Hotspot in de Blasio’s New York
Within the arrests, some subway performers have noticed that there is a racial discrepancy.
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San Francisco Homeless Advocates to Public Transit Police: “Stop Criminalizing Homelessness“
One byproduct of this debate has been increased attention to the level of resources allocated to San Francisco's homeless.
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Senate Narrowly Rejects Keystone XL Amidst Protests by Climate Activists
The Keystone XL pipeline is a political football in Washington, but activists say it would make a devastating contribution to climate change.
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Oil Company VP/Ex-Halliburton Fracking Lobbyist Assaults EnviroNews Chief Outside Public Meeting
After EnviroNews Editor-in-Chief Emerson Urry began videotaping a conversation between Joe Morton, of Emmett, and industry attorney John Peiserich, the Vice President and general counsel of Alta Mesa Idaho, …
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G20 Climate Challenge Calls for a Rethink of Economics
The key problem of our time is the possibility of pursuing three goals simultaneously - ecological sustainability, economic development and a more equitable distribution of wealth within and among …