The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Pressured By Monsanto, Europe Backtracks On GMOs As Food Fight Shifts
Under planned legislation, expected to be finalized in March, E.U. member states would not be able to block the planting of GMOs through use of domestic health or environmental regulations.
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Keystone XL Pipeline Would Destroy Our Native Lands – This Is Why We Fight
The Oceti Sakowin people are mobilizing a resistance that could be the game changer in the fight to stop the proposed Keystone pipeline and help shut down the tar sand projects in northern Alberta.
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Solar Is Now Cheaper Than Grid Electricity In 80% of Large U.S. Cities
Most Americans are unaware of the true financial value of solar today.
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In Latest Pipeline Disaster, 50,000 Gallons Of Crude Oil Spills Into Yellowstone River
Some residents are reportedly smelling and tasting oil in their drinking water, causing the EPA to test water samples and the city water plant to cease drawing water from the river.
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After Hottest Year On Record, Is the Climate Movement at a Tipping Point?
Could right now, 2015, be a moment in history akin to the 1964-1965 period for the civil rights movement – when we escalate strategic, nonviolent direct actions as massive and coordinated as we can make them?
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From Colorado to Texas to Ohio, Oil Industry Retaliates Against Local Fracking Bans
Longmont, Colo., has become a cautionary tale of what can happen when cities decide to confront the oil and gas industry – which claims it has a right to extract underground minerals despite voter-approved drilling bans.
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Much of World's Fossil Fuel Reserve Must Stay Buried to Prevent Climate Change, Study Says
The new research published in Nature identifies for the first time which reserves must not be burned to keep global temperature rise under 2 degrees C.
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Quantum of Justice: Doug Boggs, the Foreclosure Crisis and the Truth "Right In Front Of Our Eyes"
"When I saw that fraudulent paperwork was being filed in order for Wells Fargo to expedite a foreclosure against our property, I knew then that the courts were failing our society."
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White House Vows to Veto Keystone XL Pipeline
Hours after supporters of the bipartisan bill announced its introduction on Tuesday, the White House said for the first time that President Obama would veto it.
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From California to British Columbia, a West Coast Climate Policy Block Is Gaining Traction
The continued passage of carbon policy by the Northwest states will spur further grassroots, bottom-up action in cities and regions across North America.
