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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Missouri Gets Sued for Defying Voters on Renewable Energy Law
A lawsuit filed Monday by the Great Rivers Environmental Law Center contends that Missouri legislators removed two important paragraphs from the state's 2008 energy law, allowing utilities to do an end run around new renewables investing.
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Major Corporations Drop GMOs in Europe, But Keep Feeding Them to the U.S.
Corporations like Kellogg, Pepsi, Kraft, Coke and Heinz will now drop GMO foods from their European products, while leaving GMO-sourced food in the U.S. supply. Don't Americans deserve to eat GMO-free food too?
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History of Oil Spills Plagues Future of Keystone XL Pipeline
Poor construction practices and a willful ignorance of engineering codes and regulations make oil pipeline leaks more likely.
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What Are the U.S. And Russia Really Fighting Over? Pipelines!
Wrapped up in the excitement of Edward Snowden's NSA leaks, many have missed the “Great Game” geopolitical standoff between the U.S. and Russia, who are vying over the future global control of natural gas.
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Their Unfair Share: How Oil and Gas Drillers Avoid Paying Royalties
Thousands of landowners are receiving far less royalties than they expected from the sale of gas or oil produced on their property while gas companies get rich.
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Royals and Aristocrats Seek Big Gains From Fracking in Britain
If England's aristocracy and royal family continue to support — and aim to benefit from — fracking, it may be worth focusing more attention on the concentration of land ownership to understand how old money holds the power to frack us all.
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Battling India's Monsanto Protection Act, Farmers Demand End to GMO
On August 8, thousands of farmers and activists from across 20 Indian states demonstrated in New Delhi against the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, and demanded an end to GMOs in India.
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Defending the Commons: Civil Disobedience as Law Enforcement
The failure of governments to protect the global commons is currently driving the climate protection movement — which is why climate protesters can proudly proclaim that they are upholding the law, not violating it.
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All Things Are Connected: A Sovereign Indigenous Movement to Heal Mother Earth
It may be time to devolve into the Traditions of Natural Law and begin to seek some answers to the pathology of current governments.
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Exposed: Undercover Agents Infiltrated Tar Sands Resistance Camp
Investigators from an Oklahoma county sherriff's department infiltrated and spied on a Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance training camp.
