Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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New Offshore Leaks Database Reveals Names Behind Covert Companies and Trusts
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a new interactive database to search information about the ownership of tens of thousands of offshore entities in tax havens.
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How a Community Bill of Rights Is Empowering People Against Corporations
The public interest law firm Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund has coined the term “Community Bill of Rights,” setting standards at the municipal and county levels to privilege environment and health over corporate profit.
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Getting Money Out Of Politics: Delaware Becomes 15th State Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
Eight in ten Americans oppose the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that allows unlimited corporate spending on U.S. elections. Delaware is the latest state to demand to Congress step in and overturn it.
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Game-Changer: Could Elizabeth Warren’s "Bank on Students" Bill Be An Economic Breakthrough?
The Massachusetts senator's bill has been dismissed as “shameless populist demagoguery” and “a cheap political gimmick,” but could Warren’s outside-the-box bill be a game-changer that actually turns the economy around?
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"The Awakening That's Happening": How Local Sustainable Food is Transforming Communities
The movement toward healthy local-grown food is growing and it's growing fast.
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Stop Watching Us: New Petition Website Demands Congressional Investigation of NSA Surveillance
A coalition of 85 technology companies, organizations and privacy advocates launched a website Tuesday calling for a special congressional committee to investigate the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance program.
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"Boundless Informant" Revealed: The NSA's Secret Tool to Track Global Surveillance Data
The Guardian has acquired top-secret documents about the NSA datamining tool, called Boundless Informant, that details and even maps by country the voluminous amount of information it collects from computer and telephone networks.
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Former Drone Operator Says He's Haunted by His Part in More Than 1,600 Deaths
A former Air Force drone operator says he participated in missions that killed more than 1,600 people.
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Huge Proposed Alaska Mine Could Be Next Big Controversy
As environmental groups oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, a less talked-about fight in Alaska is bubbling over whether to allow construction of a massive mine near Bristol Bay, one of the most productive salmon fisheries in the world.
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Connecticut Is First State to Pass GE Food Labeling Law
This week, Connecticut won the honor of becoming the first state to pass a law requiring genetically engineered foods to be labeled.
