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Climate Alarm Is Ringing – And Until Now the United Nations Has Failed To Act
Tackling the influence of Big Industry and financiers over the UN is now the prime focus.
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Will New York Protests At U.N. Be the Last Gasp for Climate Change Liberals?
Resistance will come from those willing to breach police barricades. Resistance will mean jail time and direct confrontation. Resistance will mean physically disrupting the corporate machinery.
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U.S. Energy Commission Sneaks Permit to Canada's Enbridge for Tar Sands-by-Rail Facility
The announcement came days after the State Department gave Enbridge a controversial permit to transport 350,000 barrels of tar sands per day across the U.S.-Canada border without public hearings or environmental review.
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Corruption Costs Poor Countries $1 Trillion, Causes 3.6 Million Deaths A Year
Report: Developing countries’ efforts to fight poverty, disease and hunger are damaged by a web of corrupt activity siphoning off hundreds of billions every year.
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No Punishment for Criminal Executives As Bank Settlements Leave Consumers Hanging
The colossal dollar figures amount to a smokescreen as the real costs to banks get muddled in tax deductions, unclear directives and accounting loopholes – while Americans receive pennies for wrongful foreclosures.
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The American Bankers Association and the Quiet War on Students
Exposed: For half a century, the ABA has actively fought against the interests of students by lobbying to make it harder for students to avoid loan default.
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Brazil’s “Dalai Lama of the Rainforest” Faces Death Threats
Davi Kopenawa, the leader of the Yanomami people in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, who is internationally renowned for his struggle against encroachment on indigenous land by landowners and illegal miners, is now fighting a new battle – this time against
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How America's Largest Worker Owned Co-Op Is Lifting People Out of Poverty
Cooperative Home Care Associates has 2,300 workers who enjoy good wages, regular hours and family health insurance.
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: UK Supply Chains Likely Beset with Slavery
11% of business leaders in Britain think that modern slavery is taking place somewhere within their company’s production of goods. Will the Modern Slavery Bill make a dent?
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DC Court Ruling Helps Preserve Historic West Virginia Labor Battle Site from Coal Mining
The Blair Mountain Battlefield was the scene of a 5-day clash in September 1921 between more than 5,000 West Virginia coal miners and 3,000 men backed by coal companies – the largest armed labor conflict in US history.
