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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Monsanto and Big Food Pull Out the Big Guns, Challenging Washington's GMO Labeling Law
As the Washington State I-522 campaign to label genetically modified organisms in food products is gaining steam, Big Ag and Biotech are taking the battle for consumers' hearts and minds to the next level.
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Arctic Researcher: Methane Releases From Permafrost Signal "Urgent and Imminent" Climate Crisis
The rapid melting of the Siberian and Canadian-Alaskan permafrost means millions, if not billions of new methane tons will be released into the atmosphere, initiating an uncontrolled feedback mechanism.
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Revolving Door: Koch and Halliburton Are Lobbying Hard to Block a Carbon Tax
Despite an array of conservative economists and former Republican lawmakers, Koch and Halliburton lobbyists are funding the campaign against it.
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Nation On Fire: Climate Change And The Burning Of America
Huge, explosive fires are becoming commonplace because climate change is setting the stage with higher temperatures, widespread drought, earlier snowmelt and spring vegetation growth.
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Former EPA Directors Tell Government To Act Now on Climate Change
The costs of inaction on climate change are undeniable. The current political debate in Washington is either detail, which we can resolve, or purposeful delay, which we should not tolerate.
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What Are Exxon, Shell And ConocoPhillips Doing With Their Billions In Q2 Profits? Lobbying, Of Course
Three of the five Big Oil companies released second quarter profits last week, raking in a combined $11.4 billion this quarter for a total of $31 billion on the year.
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Big protest at Chevron Richmond refinery is latest example of climate activists stepping up rallies and marches
More than 2,000 people marched to the gates of the Chevron refinery, where 210 people were arrested as part of a protest against the oil giant and other fossil fuel companies.
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Greenland's Vote to Raise Corporate Taxes Deals Challenge to Global Mining Industry
Greenland's minister of business and natural resources helped turn taxing the value of minerals into a popular political cause — and voters recently decided against companies extracting their natural resources for free.
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Dirty Hands: 77 ALEC Bills in 2013 Advance a Big Oil, Big Ag Agenda
A new report reveals the American Legislative Exchange Council has pushed more than six dozen bills this year in 34 states that oppose renewable energy standards, support fracking and undermine environmental laws.
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Worldwide GMO Labeling Laws
Breakdown of GMO Labeling Laws in Each Country. Dozens of major countries, including the BRIC nations and nearly all of Europe, have mandatory labeling laws for genetically modified (GM) foods. The U.S., Canada and Mexico do not. Is there a disconnect here?
