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The Right’s War on Moderation
Washington - Political moderates and on-the-fencers have had it easy up to now on budget issues. They could condemn “both sides,” and insist on the need for “courage” in …
Energy Is Ugly
For years, “not in my backyard” has been the battle cry of residents in Cape Cod who stand opposed to an offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound. The …
Profit Pathology and the Disposable Planet
(Photo: NOAA/NASA GOES Project; Edited: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Some years ago in New England, a group of environmentalists asked a corporate executive how his company (a …
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States Vie for Money from Florida’s Canceled High-Speed Rail Project
Washington - Despite the efforts by Republican lawmakers to scrap President Barack Obama's funding for high-speed rail projects, 24 states have submitted applications for additional money, the Department of …
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Senate Votes Down Effort to Weaken EPA Authority
Washington - The Senate voted Wednesday against a measure that would have blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing new regulations on greenhouse gasses — a move that further …
Koch Industries, Keystone XL Pipeline … a BP on the Prairie?
In a provocative demonstration against the tar sands, clean energy advocates poured “oil” onto a female model draped with the Canadian flag on Parliament Hill. Those pouring the oil …
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Representing Knowledge Workers in the New Era
Signs from a Writer's Guild of America East Solidarity Rally in Washington Square Park, in November of 2007. (Photo: Amber Baldet) Recent ideologically-driven attacks on collective bargaining …
Where Will We Find the Money? (4)
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David Cameron’s Gift of War and Racism, to Them and Us
UK Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during the Special Address at the Annual Meeting 2011 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 28, 2011. (Photo: Moritz …