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Rush to Use Crops as Fuel Raises Food Prices and Hunger Fears
The starchy cassava root has long been an important ingredient in everything from tapioca pudding and ice cream to paper and animal feed. But last year, 98 …
Koch’s Web of Influence
David Koch, a billionaire known for his contributions to conservative causes. (Photo: Gretchen Ertl / The New York Times) At an EPA hearing last summer, representatives from …
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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 …