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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Thousands Around World Marched Against Monsanto
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday as part of a global series of marches against seed giant Monsanto and genetically modified foods.
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Gas Industry Successfully Overturns Colorado Fracking Ban
The Fort Collins city council, buckling under the threat of a lawsuit by the oil and gas industry, decided last week to overturn a ban on hydraulic fracturing that had been in place for only a few months.
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U.S. House Votes to Force Approval of Keystone Pipeline
The House of Representatives voted to take the Keystone XL approval decision out of President Obama's hands.
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Wells Fargo Forecloses On Homeowner Who Made Payments Too Early
A homeowner in Orlando made his mortgage payments on time and in full to Wells Fargo, but the bank decided to foreclose on his home anyway.
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Homeowners Jailed, Protesters Brutally Tased at DOJ Demonstrations
A two-day long housing protest outside the Department of Justice this week has resulted in nearly 30 arrests and several instances of law enforcement unnecessarily using tasers on activists.
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Our Massive Homeland Security Apparatus Does the Bidding of the Big Banks
Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a nationwide "counter terrorism" apparatus emerged, and it has turned on dissenters such as the Occupy movement.
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In Europe, March Against Monsanto Is Latest Rejection of the GMO Giant
Momentum is building across Europe, country by country and region by region, to outlaw the biotech giant.
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Obama's Plan to Privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority
The TVA has provided public energy service for roughly eight decades, and its prices are lower than those of many private corporations. In other words, it's a "socialist" institution that is immensely popular.
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Billionaires Unchained: The New Pay-As-You-Go Landscape of American “Democracy”
There is no limit to the amount of money billionaires can give to influence the political discussion in this country.
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Apple Avoided Paying Billions in Taxes
Apple effectively paid no taxes on its international profits to anyone. And they didn't break any laws while doing it.
