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Robin Hood Meets Wall Street
Just imagine. Nearly $1.5 trillion changes hands on international currency exchange markets each day, almost all of it through untaxed transactions made by wealthy speculators. What if…
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Groups Question Role of Oil Lobbyist in State Department’s Review of Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
Friends of the Earth is fighting to secure the Obama administration’s veto on a massive proposed pipeline called the Keystone XL, which would carry extremely polluting tar sands oil from Canada…
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Ship Shape: No more dumping in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
The 3,801 square-mile Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary supports one of the most diverse assemblages of underwater plants and animals in North America – but it has been threatened by ship sewag…
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New Consumer Genetic Privacy Manual
The consumer is faced with almost daily risks to their genetic privacy from human health a…
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Keystone XL stories: Ernie Fellows
Ernie Fellows is a 65-year-old retired rancher living in Mills, Nebraska, a remote community that sits atop the Ogallala Aquifer along the South Dakota border. Fellows has spent his entire adult life…
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Keystone XL stories: Theresa Landrum
Theresa Landrum, 56, is a native Detroiter and has lived on the same block in the city’s southwest side since she was born. Her neighborhood, known by its 48217 zip code, is the most polluted ar…
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Keystone XL stories: Karla Land
Karla Land settled in Channelview, Texas in 1979. She was born and raised in Texas, leaving the state for college and to pursue her passion for scuba diving in the Bahamas. She returned after marrying…