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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The GMO Coup: How Monsanto Took Over the U.S. Agriculture Department
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been taken over by an outside organization. RootsAction has launched a campaign demanding a Congressional investigation.
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"Fearless Summer" from the Grassroots: Get Ready for Action
When people stand up against the destructive extraction industries of big energy interests, we gain community support and sometimes we even win.
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Vermont House Passes GMO Labeling Bill Ahead of Global March Against Monsanto
Vermont took a decisive step in favor of GMO labeling ahead of the worldwide March Against Monsanto set for May 25.
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In Oregon, Another Coal Export Terminal Bites the Dust
Kinder Morgan's decision to halt plans for a new coal export terminal in Oregon sent shockwaves across the Northwest, while protestors from Appalachia descended on D.C. to demand an end to mountaintop removal.
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Operation Green Jobs: Join the 150-mile March to DC
An upcoming action is simultaneously taking on the unemployment crisis, the climate crisis, and the corporate corruption of Congress all at once. And it needs your support.
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The Downwinders: Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania
A new generation of downwinders is getting sick as an emerging industry pushes the next wonder technology: high-volume hydraulic fracturing.
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Monsanto's Astonishing Rise to Power
How Monsanto went from selling aspirin to controlling our food, poisoning our land and influencing all three branches of government.
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Former Obama Communications Director Profits Big with Keystone XL Pipeline
Obama's former communications director Anita Dunn is a corporate PR chief whose private firm will gain from tar sands extraction and shipment.
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Sandra Steingraber’s Latest Experiment For a Fracking-Free World
The renowned biologist, author and activist was just released from two weeks in jail for blocking the driveway of Inergy Midstream, an energy company in upstate New York that plans to pump fracked gas.
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In New Mexico, First U.S. County Bans Oil and Gas Extraction
On Monday, the County Commission of Mora County in northeastern New Mexico became the first in the U.S. to pass an ordinance banning all oil and gas extraction.
