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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Moms For Labeling Fined $10,000 in Washington's GMO Showdown
A group of mothers has been fined $10,000 for suing the Grocery Manufacturers Association for its violation of state campaign finance laws.
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Message from Mexico to Occupy Wall Street: Stop the TPP!
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is the most anti-democratic international tool of dispossession and exploitation designed in human history, allowing multinational corporations’ rights to supersede the constitutional provisions of all countries and peoples’ rights.
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Cashing in on Catastrophe: How to Stop the Climate Crisis Profiteers
Rather than burying their heads in the sands, political and business leaders are maintaining the pretense to tackle climate change while actually focusing instead on how to manage its impacts—through militarization-—in the interests of elites.
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3 Things to Know Ahead of the Global March Against Monsanto
Despite the funding with which it shapes public policy and tries to prevent GMO labeling, and its overall reckless corporate behavior, Monsanto is nothing compared to the power of the consumer at large.
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Seattle Social Justice Film Festival Brings New Voices to the Big Screen
This week in Seattle, the second Social Justice Film Festival draws a sharp focus to injustice and unfairness.
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Groundbreaking Report Reveals High-Scale Damage From Fracking
A new study found that 280 billion gallons of toxic wastewater and 450,000 tons of air pollution was generated by hydraulic fracturing in 2012 alone.
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Jersey Shore: Hubris on a Sea Coast Battlefield
On the Jersey Shore, a unified vision to withstand a surging, energy-fed climate of storms and rising seas remains a pipe dream. Message to Gov. Chris Christie: you can't saddle climate change with hubris and repeated rebuilds.
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Piracy Charges Could Mean 15-Year Sentences for Greenpeace Activists
Russia charged 14 Greenpeace activists with piracy on Wednesday for their peaceful demonstration last month scaling a Gazprom oil platform in the Arctic.
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Millions Mobilize For March Against Monsanto - Again
Following the two-million-strong global March Against Monsanto in May, citizens worldwide are gearing up for the second stage showdown next Saturday.
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Economic Growth and Low Carbon Future Will Co-Exist
A report found that the key to reducing CO2 emissions while furthering growth is to harness technologies that radically decarbonize the energy sector.
