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North Carolina: A Banana Republic for Dirty Energy Interests?
Most of the North Carolina lawmakers pushing to repeal the state's renewable energy law have ties to coalition groups.
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Apple Dodges Enough Taxes to Cover Much of the Sequester
This week, Apple financed a $55 billion stock buyback for its shareholders to avoid paying $9.2 billion in taxes.
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The Tea Party and the Muslim Brotherhood: Twins Separated at Birth
On two different continents, two conservative social movements, which on the surface may seem to have nothing in common, are conspiring against democracy to derail any progress of individual …
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Honey Bee Die-Off Caused by Multiple Factors Including Pesticides
New legislation in Europe curves the use of pesticides in order to fight the decline in bee populations.
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Help Yourself
Help yourself to some fossil fuels.
Fears Peru’s Gas Expansion will Generate Conflict in UNESCO World Heritage Site
In Peru, there is concern that the planned expansion of the country's biggest gas project deeper into its Kugapakori-Nahua-Nanti Reserve will generate conflict between the different groups of indigenous …
Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanians are speaking up, organizing, and doing what they can in the face of long odds and tough times.
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The Mines That Fracking Built
The frack industry's demand for natural resources has pitted neighbor against neighbor in Cooks Valley.
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Fukushima: A Dire SOS Message
There is nothing clean, carbon-wise, about nuclear power, and the only thing green about it is the glowing radioactivity.
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Sand Land: Fracking Industry Mining Iowa’s Iconic Sand Bluffs in New Form of Mountaintop Removal
The landscape is an issue that tugs on the heartstrings of locals, yet it's just one concern on a long list of objections.