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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From Housing to Health Care, 7 Co-ops That Are Changing Our Economy
Here's how manufacturers, retailers, restaurants and others are doing business the cooperative way.
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Renewable Energy—a Jobs Producer—Wins Vote in North Carolina
The Tarheel State's economy lost more than 100,000 jobs from 2007 to 2012, but clean energy development led to a net gain in employment of 21,162 "job years"—a factor that helped legislators defeat ALEC and House Bill 298.
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19-Year-Old Kennedy: Why It’s Worth Going to Jail to Stop Keystone XL
Ever since I chained myself to the White House fence with 47 other protestors urging President Obama to kill the Keystone pipeline, people have asked me why I felt so strongly about the issue.
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11 U.S. Cities Push to Dump Fossil Fuel Investments
Mayors and city councils in nearly a dozen cities announced their interest in withdrawing municipal investments from fossil fuel companies.
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Greenpeace Launches Whistleblower Site for Oil Workers
The group launched The Arctic Truth to attract whistleblowers from oil companies to reveal risks associated with drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic.
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In Oklahoma, Blockader Encases Arm In Concrete to Halt Keystone XL Construction
A member of the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance shut down pipeline construction Thursday morning with a daring act of civil disobedience.
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Nestle's CEO Says Water Is Not a Human Right
Raking in $35 billion in annual profits from water bottle sales alone is not enough for Nestle—its Chairman wants corporations to own every last drop of water on the planet.
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What Went Wrong in West, Texas — and Where Were the Regulators?
Authorities still don’t know exactly why the West Chemical and Fertilizer Company plant exploded.
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In Unusual Setback, the EPA Rejects State Dept's Keystone Pipeline Review
Calling the State Department's 2,000 page oil industry-funded review of the Keystone XL pipeline "insufficient," the EPA rejected it.
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Introducing the Green Shadow Cabinet
The Cabinet will serve as an independent voice in U.S. politics, putting the needs of people and protection of the planet ahead of profits for big corporations.
