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How to Buy a City: Chevron Spends $3 Million on Local California Election to Oust Refinery Critics
The oil giant Chevron is being accused of attempting to buy the city government of Richmond, California.
Why There’s a Real Chance My Texas Town Might Ban Fracking
The history of Denton's struggle with fracking reveals why the gas industry's “responsible drilling” propaganda is deceitful and why a total ban is necessary.
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A Trip to Kuwait (on the Prairie): Life Inside the Boom
This summer, driven partially by North Dakota's boom, the United States surpassed Saudi Arabia in total oil and gas production.
Dahr Jamail | Climate Disruption’s “Confederacy of Dunces“
Given that over 97 percent of climate scientists agree on the matter, the fact that anyone is questioning the reality of human-caused climate disruption remains an amazing phenomenon.
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American Lung Association Contradicts Its Own Mission
The public deserves to know the shameful truth about the American Lung Association.
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A Dispatch from 350’s Divestment Trenches
The 350 movement is using a variety of strategies and tactics to convince investors to divest of fossil fuel and related companies' financial instruments.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Living Close to Nature Improves Our Mental Health, and More
Studies like these prove that our natural environment should be protected as the valuable resource it really is.
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Death by Corporation, Part II: Companies as Cancer Cells
Many corporations work like tumor cells for the relentless destruction of the environment.
Divestment Campaigners Look Beyond Fossil Free to Fund Solar Utopias
Divesting from fossil fuel companies would investment funds to finance green energy ventures.
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Why Can’t EPA Tighten Safety Regulations at Chemical Facilities Like West Fertilizer?
On Capitol Hill, industry has repeatedly lobbied to death labor and environmental groups' demands for tighter regs. And as long as the McCarthy confirmation standoff continues, an executive order …