Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
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Lima Climate Change Talks Reach Global Warming Agreement
The UN plan agreed Sunday is a crucial step towards a climate change deal due to be finalized in Paris next year – for the first time committing all countries, including developing nations, to cutting emissions.
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Proposed Fracked Gas Pipeline Sparks Opposition In Virginia and West Virginia
If construction crews come on 78-year-old Virginia landowner Andrew Gantt's property, “Then I’ll lie down under their bulldozer. I’m serious.”
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Exposed: Kentucky Coal-Ash Dumping Tracked By Hidden Cameras
Environmental groups allege that dumping is illegal and plan to sue a company they say is responsible for continuous discharge.
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In Southern Eclipse, Duke Energy and ALEC Are Sabotaging North Carolina Solar Power
North Carolina’s solar sector is shining bright, but monopoly utility Duke Energy and ALEC are about to launch a coordinated attack on rooftop solar there.
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Feds Launch Criminal Probe of N.C. Agency After Coal Ash Spill
Gov. Pat McCrory, a former head of Duke Energy, has thus far blocked a probe into the spill.
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Massive “Moral March” in North Carolina Puts Tea/Repubs on Notice Setting Tone for 2014
The 80,000-person turnout last Saturday in Raleigh was an indicator of widespread outrage at a state legislature whose backward, rightwing agenda raised taxes for 95% of North Carolinians while lowering them for the wealthiest 5%.
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Duke Energy Lobbied Hard Against Coal Ash Safety – Then Gave Us the Dan River Spill
If the EPA had acted quickly and assertively, Duke would have been required to clean up unlined dumps like the one currently spilling into the Dan River.
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Massive Coal Ash Spill Chokes North Carolina River as E.P.A. Considers Waste Rules
A ruptured Duke Energy pipe in Eden, N.C., caused the release of up to 82,000 tons of toxic coal ash and 27 million gallons of contaminated water into the Dan River.
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Exposed: Globally Renowned Activist Collaborated With Intelligence Firm Stratfor
An exclusive Occupy.com investigation reveals that Srdja Popovic, one of the leading architects of the overthrow of Slobodan Milodevic, has served as an intelligence gatherer for Strator and the U.S. government, informing on activists worldwide.
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Dirty Hands: 77 ALEC Bills in 2013 Advance a Big Oil, Big Ag Agenda
A new report reveals the American Legislative Exchange Council has pushed more than six dozen bills this year in 34 states that oppose renewable energy standards, support fracking and undermine environmental laws.
