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Hate Summer? Just Wait Until Global Warming Really Kicks In
If you think summer is unbearable now, just wait until the end of the century.
SCOTUS Ruling Limits EPA Regulatory Power
A Supreme Court ruling affecting the Environmental Protection Agency's regulatory power came down on Monday. It will limit their right to require permits from stationary polluters like power plants …
The Carnage of Pollution
US land grant universities - funded by petrochemical companies to maintain the fiction of the safety and usefulness of pesticides - earn small amounts of money at the cost …
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Iraq Exit
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If it were a just world
Heathens of Wall Street
This song draws attention to many of the issues we must address today.
Failure of Democracy
America's existing social and political system has not responded in a sane manner to a critical call from scientists worldwide.
White House Meeting Logs: Big Rail Lobbying Against “Bomb Train” Regulations It Publicly Touts
Behind closed doors, the June 10 OIRA meeting makes clear that public relations pitch goes by the wayside in favor of hard-nosed lobbying muscle to avoid accountability.
Henry A. Giroux | Data Storms and the Tyranny of Manufactured Forgetting
“As historical memory is erased, critical thought is crushed by a sterile instrumental rationality under the guise of mass information and a data storm.”
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Two States Beef Up Oil-by-Rail and Pipeline Safety After String of Accidents
Other states that have surging oil-by-rail traffic and pipelines carrying tar sands are expected to consider similar safety requirements.