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Act Out! [34] - Think before you pink, Lee Camp & California battles the bottle
This week, think before you pink – it's October and pink-washing is in full swing but here are several reasons why you should abstain from the cancer fanfare, and how you can really battle the big C's – corporations and cancer.
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Water or Wine: California Facing Record Drought Must Pick A Side, And Fast
The crisis for many in northern California comes down to this: we're exporting our precious water in the form of profitable wine.
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ACT OUT! EPISODE 7 - Water Shortages, Edward Snowden busted and the surveillance state
This week we dive into the shallow waters of California’s extreme drought, and what you can do about it (hint: it’s not just about cutting back on personal hygiene).
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California Water Wars: Another Form of Asset Stripping?
It’s no longer just the farmers against the ranchers or the urbanites – it’s the people against the new “water barons” like Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Monsanto and the Bush family, who are buying up global water at unprecedented pace.
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How Corporations Are Creating a Life-Threatening Water Shortage
Nestlé is draining America's vital groundwater resources at a stunning rate – with 29 water bottling facilities across North America, it pocketed $4 billion in revenue from bottled water sales in 2012 alone.
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Practicing Random Acts of Kindly Conservation As Drought Grips California
In a state of emergency in which conservation is voluntary, citizens of the Golden State write their own individual water plans and adhere to their own rules.
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Drought Dystopia: Are We Seeing the Prelude to the California Water Wars?
California is the only U.S. state that doesn't monitor groundwater thanks to the political clout wielded by corporate farming – but that may be changing as the drought creates sharp new divisions.
