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EPA Caps Toxic Air Pollution From Power Plants After Years of Industry Opposition
More than 20 years after Congress passed the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Wednesday new national standards that will limit the amount of mercury, …
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Will Young Voters Steal the Show in 2012? Maybe, If Lawmakers Listen
Before the 99 percent captured the world’s attention, another number helped energize an often overlooked part America’s electorate: 58 percent. That’s the percentage of black voters between the ages …
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Bomb Assaults Throughout Baghdad Kill at Least Sixty-Three
Baghdad - Four car bombs, one of them a suicide car bomb, and 11 roadside bombs, shook Baghdad Thursday morning, killing at least 63 and wounding 185 people, adding …
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Speaker Cuts Off C-SPAN Cameras When Democrats Attempt to Bring Vote on Payroll Tax Cut
During a quick pro-forma session of the House this morning, Republicans rebuffed a Democratic attempt to force an up-or-down vote on the Senate-passed payroll tax holiday extension, which Republicans …
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Thirty Thousand Chinese “Occupy” Highway to Protest Polluting Coal Plants
Tens of thousands of residents in China’s southern Guandong Province gathered in the streets yesterday, occupying a highway to demonstrate against the development of a new coal plant near …
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Hearing in Bradley Manning’s WikiLeaks Case Ends
Fort Meade, Maryland - The military hearing against Pfc. Bradley Manning closed on Thursday, with lawyers and onlookers alternately portraying him as a premeditated traitor or an accidental hero …
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USDA Deregulates Two Monsanto Genetically Engineered Seeds
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Thursday its decision to deregulate two Monsanto genetically engineered (GE) seed varieties: a corn variety engineered to resist drought conditions …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Obama to Issue a Signing Statement on National Defense Authorization Act, and More
Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Tons of Radioactive Waste Found Underneath Fukushima, and More
Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Three Million Could Lose Jobless Pay in Impasse
Washington - More than three million people stand to lose unemployment insurance benefits in the near future because of an impasse in Congress over how to extend the aid …