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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.
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Banks Threaten Elderly Veterans With Foreclosure
King pointed out that there was a time when banks u201credlinedu201d blacks and Hispanics and routinely rejected their loan applications.