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Cashing In On Carbon: How Taxpayer Dollars Greenwash Dirty Energy
A supposedly green proposed Texas plant will just burn coal and then sell its emissions to allow for the extraction of hard to reach oil, which in turn will …
Top Ten Things Congress Should Get Done This Fall (and Beyond)
After a five-week recess, lawmakers return to work on September 8. Congress has a lot on its plate and only a dozen legislative days before the November elections to …
Willie Nelson and Neil Young Come to the Aid of Bold Nebraska
Country music legend Willie Nelson and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Neil Young will perform in Nebraska to help support activist efforts against the Keystone XL pipeline.
Groups Unite to Call on Brazil to Deny Application to Legalize Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees
Two letters signed by hundreds of organizations from around the world were delivered today to the Brazilian National Technical Biosafety Commission (CTNBio) calling on them to deny a pending …
USDA’s Controversial Wildlife Services Refuses to Help Endangered Ocelot
Wildlife groups announce plans to sue to protect the rare cat from unlawful snares and traps.
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“Illegal Immigration” Is a Policy Used to Exclude and Exploit
Aviva Chomsky explores how prejudice and the exploitation of inexpensive labor increasingly shaped US immigration policy in an excerpt from her book,
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Noam Chomsky | Owl of Minerva’s View: ISIS and Our Times
It's not pleasant to contemplate the thoughts that must be passing through the mind of the Owl of Minerva as she undertakes the task of interpreting the era of …
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William Rivers Pitt | Within Reach of Your Arm
"Sometimes, the simplest answers are correct. If I - if we - hold to this simplicity, hold it tight and never let it go, if we do that good …
Global Expansion of Fossil Fuel Transport, Drilling Underway as UN Climate Summit Approaches
Subhankar Banerjee: Don't expect much from global leaders gathering in NYC for the 2014 Climate Summit - most of their countries work with the fossil fuel industry.
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Guatemala Takes Stand Against “Monsanto Law” in Trade Agreement
One of the less well-known projects of the West is to convince developing countries that they need to convert traditional approaches to agriculture.