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Environment
GMOs, Seed Wars and Knowledge Wars
The only way corporations can push GMO seeds on farmers is by destroying alternatives.
Fracking: We Know What We’re Against. What Are We FOR?
While the anti-fracking campaign is very vocal about what they are against, Maura Stephens outlines what goals the movement wants to accomplish.
Climate Change and Historic Superstorm Sandy: 70+ Dead, Streets Submerged, Millions Without Power
Estimates of the damage so far have reached as high as $20 billion.
The Curious Case of How Libya Became an Election Issue
Ira Chernus: This campaign season teaches us how little has changed since the early Cold War days.
Stopping Trans Canada’s Keystone XL Pipeline—Activism from the Trees and on the Ground
It seems as though most Americans donu2019t know that the Obama administration has backed off its commitment to stop a Canadian oil firm from bringing dangerous and toxic tar …
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The Eye of the Storm That Sees Us All
William Rivers Pitt: We're a funny lot, in that we must be led to the edge of the precipice and then kicked in the back before saying, 'Wow, this …
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Support for California GMO Labeling Proposal Drops Following Industry-Funded Ad Blitz
Dramatic shift in Prop 37 polls demonstrates the power of a Monsanto/Dupont-funded ad campaign against GMO food labels.
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HOT Lanes Make My Blood Boil: Fast Tracks for the Rich on the Rise
For $2 or $4 - or, in Virginia, as much as $20 - a trip, you can commute to work in style.
Hurricane Sandy Brings Wind, Rain and Irony to US Nuclear Plants
Twelve hours after NYC shut down its subways, at 7 AM Monday, with Hurricane Sandy lashing the Mid-Atlantic coast with heavy rain and 85 mph winds, at least a …
Manufacturing Corporate-Friendly State Legislation
Truthout contributor Steve Horn explains to RNN that ALEC is only one of several right-wing organizations that write big-business-friendly model laws for state legislatures across the country.