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Peabody Energy Lobbyist Schools Legislators on Getting More ALEC Travel Perks
An internal ALEC document provided to the Center for Media and Democracy shows that a Peabody Energy lobbyist provided ALEC legislators with a presentation on how to get more …
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Ecosocialism: Putting on the Brakes Before Going Over the Cliff
Ecosocialism is an attempt to provide a radical, civilizational alternative to capitalism, rooted in the basic arguments of the ecological movement, and in the Marxist critique of political economy.
Keystone PipeLIES Exposed: The Facts on Petroleum Politicians, Crude Money and Media Spin
TransCanada aimed to build this pipeline five years ago, and they still haven't. That's saying something about the efforts of activists throughout the country.
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Profiteers Are Lining Up To Make Money Off Global Warming
Yes, there are profiteers positioned to make fortunes off of the misery of climate change. Read about the details in “Windfall: The Blooming Business of Global Warming.”
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Next Report From the IPCC Is Due in March, and More
The next report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is due at the end of March, and according to the Associated Press, we shouldn't expect good news, and …
Are Any Plastics Safe? Industry Tries To Hide Scary New Evidence on BPA-Free Bottles, Containers
A new expose by Mother Jones magazine may shock anyone who drinks out of plastic bottles, gives their children plastic sippy cups, eats out of plastic containers, or stores …
Liberty, Equality, Geography: An Interview with John P. Clark on the Revolutionary Eco-Anarchism of Elisée Reclus
Reclus believed that solutions to ecological crises must involve restoring balance, equality, and a sense of interrelationship between humans and other humans, and between humans and the biosphere.
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Chris Hedges | Suffering? Well, You Deserve It
Avner Offer, an economic historian describes neoclassical economics as a “just-world theory,” one that posits that not only do good people get what they deserve but those who suffer …
Hundreds of Keystone XL Protestors Arrested, Look To Influence Obama’s Final Decision on Pipeline
Hundreds of students demand President Obama reject the Keystone XL pipeline deal, but Obama has already fast tracked the southern half of the pipeline which is currently delivering Canadian …
Five New Reasons Monsanto’s “Science” Doesn’t Add Up
How long can Monsanto ignore the mounting actual scientific evidence that their technology is not only failing to live up to its promises, it's putting public health at risk?