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Lawmakers From Both Parties Move to Ban Fracking in Florida
The bill would place a permanent ban on "advanced well stimulation techniques" for producing oil and gas, including fracking and acidizing, across the state.
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Under Activist Pressure, Portland Agrees to End All Corporate Investments
In a sweeping move that follows a wave of divestment activism in Portland, Oregon, and across the country, the Portland City Council voted to pull all of the city's investments in corporate bonds and securities.
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EPA Plans to Allow Unlimited Dumping of Fracking Wastewater in the Gulf of Mexico
Environmentalists are warning the agency that its draft plan to continue allowing oil and gas companies to dump unlimited amounts of fracking chemicals and wastewater directly into the Gulf is in violation of federal law.
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Civil Rights Groups Tackle Illegal Bail Schemes As More Poor People Fill Jails
The Supreme Court and the Justice Department have both said that incarcerating someone solely because they can't afford to post cash bail is unconstitutional, but that was the policy in Ascension Parish until just a few weeks ago.
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On the Take: Private Prison Firms Are Buying Access to Public Officials at Lavish Conferences
Private corrections companies are spending millions of dollars
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WikiLeaks Reveals Secret Global Trade Deal for Corporations to Operate with Impunity
The Trade in Services Agreement would make it easier for transnational corporations to make huge profits without complying with national laws.
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Massive Coal Ash Spill Chokes North Carolina River as E.P.A. Considers Waste Rules
A ruptured Duke Energy pipe in Eden, N.C., caused the release of up to 82,000 tons of toxic coal ash and 27 million gallons of contaminated water into the Dan River.
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Why Monsanto and Big Foods Are Spending Millions to Defeat Washington's GMO Labeling Law
The Grocery Manufacturers of America has revealed that some of its most powerful members funneled millions of dollars through the trade group to oppose I-522, a Washington initiative that will require labeling foods with GMO ingredients.
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Monsanto Spends $4.6 Million to Defeat Washington GMO Labeling Initiative
The campaign for Washington's GMO-labeling initiative is looking a lot like last year's Prop 37 campaign in California, where biotech and agribusiness interests outspent the other side by nearly 5 to 1.
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California Lawmakers Demand Federal Investigation of Offshore Fracking
With fracking off the California coast elevated as a major regional issue, lawmakers are demanding to know why the federal government is approving such operations without following legally required environmental reviews.
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Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
To win the climate argument, advocates must show how Covid-19 bailout funds could be redirected – instead of making similar mistakes as the 2008 financial crisis.
The most analogous failure to the impending economic turbulence is the financial crisis of 2008, caused, primarily, by the deregulation of the financial industry.
Activists are continuing the fight but are exhausted, balancing careers and a movement, that, to most, has become a personal battle.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
He wrote about crushing debt, pointless jobs and the negative effects of globalization. And he played a leading role in the Occupy Wall Street movement.
To win the climate argument, advocates must show how Covid-19 bailout funds could be redirected – instead of making similar mistakes as the 2008 financial crisis.
The most analogous failure to the impending economic turbulence is the financial crisis of 2008, caused, primarily, by the deregulation of the financial industry.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Posted 6 days 13 hours ago
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
He wrote about crushing debt, pointless jobs and the negative effects of globalization. And he played a leading role in the Occupy Wall Street movement.
