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Trump Administration Seeks to Delay Findings on Pesticides
"It's appallingly clear that the pesticide industry is now essentially running Trump's EPA – rather than following the science and the law, the agency is turning its back on endangered species across the country."
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More Than 400 Millionaires Tell Congress: Don’t Cut Our Taxes
The wealthy Americans — including doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs and chief executives — say the GOP is making a mistake by reducing taxes on the richest families when the nation's debt is high and inequality is at the worst level since the 1920s.
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Germany's Coal Problem: A Growing Question Mark At the UN Climate Summit
Many agree that Germany's continued mining of lignite coal – the dirtiest type there is – undermines its green image. This past week, the Greens in Germany abruptly dropped their commitment to stopping coal and reducing car emissions.
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The Effects of Sears Crash Show Capitalism is Morally Bankrupt
No coherent theory of justice could endure such successive material indignities as the ones poor people in America endure every single day.
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Paradise Papers: Apple Secretly Moved Parts of Empire to Jersey After Row Over Tax Affairs
Apple reacted to widespread criticism of its tax affairs by secretly shifting key parts of its empire to Jersey as part of a complex rearrangement that has allowed it to keep an ultra-low tax rate on holdings of more than $250 billion.
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Robert Mercer Invested Offshore Dark Money to Sink Clinton. He Must Be Delighted
According to the Paradise Papers, billionaire Robert Mercer achieved his political objectives while making very nice tax savings
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Probe Demanded After Wilbur Ross, Rex Tillerson Implicated in Paradise Papers
The latest revelations are part of a disturbing pattern of Trump administration officials seeking to hide their links to Russian business interests and members of Vladimir Putin's inner circle.
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Paradise Papers Leak Reveals Secrets of the World Elite's Hidden Wealth
The world’s biggest businesses, heads of state and global figures in politics, entertainment and sport who have sheltered their wealth in secretive tax havens are being revealed this week in a major new investigation into Britain’s offshore empires.
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"New Gilded Age" Reaches New Heights With World's Billionaires Owning Staggering $6 Trillion
In a new study, the Swiss financial firm UBS found that the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by 17 percent in 2016, bringing their combined fortune to more than double the GDP of the United Kingdom.
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America’s Secretive Private Prison Industry Is About to Become Much Less Secret
Dilley, a remote Texas town of 4,000 people, has enjoyed a booming local economy thanks to its most controversial feature: its private prison.
