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Debate on Proposed Alaska Mine Waste Storage Facility Spreads the Myth of “Monitoring in Perpetuity“
Some of the world's greatest disasters have resulted from failed and inadequate monitoring systems.
Fracking’s Health Calamities Left to Fester
Despite slick PR campaign, fracking is turning huge parts of American into toxic industrial zones.
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French Study Finds Tumors and Organ Damage in Rats Fed Monsanto Corn
The study could majorly impact the battle over a California ballot proposal that would require groceries containing GE ingredients to be labeled.
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Romney’s “47 Percent:" Here’s Who’s Actually Not Paying Federal Taxes
The reason that more than 38 million, or roughly half of the 76 million households that paid no taxes last year, simply didnu2019t earn enough to have a tax …
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Winning New Contract, Teachers Vote to End Chicago Strike
Karen Lewis, the union president, described the voice vote as 98 percent to 2 percent in favor and a sign that the deal was seen as good, though hardly …
Economists Identify the 100 Top Air Polluters and Highlight the Economics of Environmentalism
What do General Electric, Koch Industries, Bayer, Dow Chemical and ExxonMobil all have in common? They all rank in the top ten of the Toxic 100.
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Corporations Create the Problem, Co-Ops Offer the Solution
By bringing democracy to our communities - in our workplaces, grocery stores and beyond - we can transform society and the economy.
Getting Real on Jobs and the Environment: Pipelines, Fracking, or Clean Energy?
Politics has pushed President Obama away from the green agenda and towards fossil fuels, but fracking and pipelines are not the answer to our nation's energy dilemma.
Romney Calls 47% of Voters Dependent in Leaked Video
WASHINGTON — During a private reception with wealthy donors this year, Mitt Romney described almost half of Americans as “people who pay no income tax” and are "dependent upon …
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Five SCOTUS Cases That Could Be Overruled In A Romney Court, And Five That Could Be Overruled Under Obama
On Monday, the Center for American Progress Action Fund released a report outlining many of the Supreme Court cases that could be overruled if President Obama appoints just one …