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“Are You Here to Save Face – or Save Us?”: Brittany Trilford, 17, Addresses World Leaders at Rio+20
On Wednesday, 17-year-old environmental activist Brittany Trilford of Wellington, New Zealand, addressed more than a hundred heads of state at the opening plenary of the Rio+20 U.N. Earth Summit, …
Tom Horne, Death Threats and the US Constitution
Arizona school's then-superintendent, Tom Horne, unleashed what would become a six-year campaign to dismantle Tucson's highly successful Mexican-American studies (MAS) department.
Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us
Until recently, scientists and environmental officials have assumed that deep layers of rock beneath the earth would safely entomb the [fracking] waste for millennia.
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Senate Rejects Resolution to Repeal EPA’s Air Pollution Standards
The Senate voted 46-53 on Wednesday to reject a resolution to repeal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards aimed at reducing the amount of toxic pollution emitted from coal burning …
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Is Barack Obama Morphing Into Dick Cheney?
When it comes to international energy politics, it is not Bush but his vice president, Dick Cheney, who has been providing the role model for President Obama.
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Elect the Dream: Strategy for Progressive Political Power
One way to do it is to have more progressive people actually running for state and local offices.
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Mubarak Said to Be in Critical Condition in Egypt Hospital
The confusion over his health injected new volatility into the country's growing political and constitutional crisis.
Election Countdown 2012: Quebec’s Political Parties Are Awash in Kickback Money, and More
Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!