Truthout
Environment
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Russia Temporarily Bans Monsanto Corn Linked to Cancer in Rats
The Russian consumer watchdog, known as Rospotrebnadzor, asked scientists to review the French study on the potential health impacts of Monsanto's NK603 corn variety, which is commonly grown in …
Texas Tar Sands Tree-Sit Launches to Halt Keystone XL Indefinitely
Two blockaders locked down to construction equipment in Winnsboro, Texas, to defend the nine people now occupying a tree village on Texas landowner David Daniel's property.
20 Dollar Per Ton Carbon Tax Could Reduce Deficit by $1.2 Trillion in 10 Years
With the election in full swing and Republicans campaigning against climate action, talks of using a carbon tax as a deficit reduction tool may be halted.
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Elizabeth Warren Expresses Support for Medical Marijuana Legalization
“If there’s something a physician can prescribe that can help someone who’s suffering, I’m in favor of that,” said Warren, whose father died of cancer.
Introducing “Planet or Profit?”
The drive for profits -- no matter what the threat to the ecosystem all humanity depends upon -- is a force for global destruction.
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Romney Energy Plan: Hot Cow Manure on Planet’s Open Wounds
We are left with this chilling conclusion: Mitt Romney is willing to risk the lives of billions of people, and a climate that could end modern civilization, so that …
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A Must-Read Book That Exposes the Impact of Big Food, Big Ag and Big Pharma on Our Lives
Born with a Junk Food Deficiency is a thoroughly researched and documented exposu00e9 of what Big Food, Big Ag, and Big Pharma are doing to us, to animals, and …
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New Law Will Make Birth Control Easier to Access in California
Assembly Bill 2348 grants registered nurses, certified nurse-midwives and physicians' assistants the power to dispense birth control.
Mitt Tells the Truth
At least on one subject: the huge amount of money he needs to compete in a presidential election.
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Data Centers Waste Vast Amounts of Energy
Jeff Rothschildu2019s machines at Facebook had a problem he knew he had to solve immediately. They were about to melt.