Environment
Bolivia’s law gives nature equal rights to humans
January 2, 2012Bolivia is set to pass the Law of Mother Earth, (in Spanish La Ley de Derechos de la Madre Tierra) which will grant nature the same rights and protections as humans.
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Wind industry blows off worker safety
December 22, 2011The wind industry has an ongoing situation that needs to be remedied; they have fallen short on worker safety.
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Six reasons to oppose Keystone pipeline
December 20, 2011There are many reasons to oppose the building of an oil pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, to the refineries off the shores of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico.
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New bill would open the way to cleaner ports
December 20, 2011Members of Congress are stepping up the fight to overturn a longstanding roadblock to cleaning up air pollution affecting some 87 million people living near major U.S. ports.
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GOP sets oil pipeline as condition for payroll tax cut for workers
December 16, 2011Republicans are holding payroll tax cuts hostage to their scheme to approve an environmentally devastating oil pipeline extension.
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