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  • Mission accomplished: Labor kicks ass

    Mission accomplished: Labor kicks ass

    November 10, 2006

    Labor’s challenge in this election was to provide the organizing to transform the workers’ frustration and anger into political power, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said at a post-election press conference Nov. 8. It was not only...

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  • Voters clean house: Rejecting Bush agenda, Americans look for new direction

    Voters clean house: Rejecting Bush agenda, Americans look for new direction

    November 10, 2006

    WASHINGTON — Fired by anger and disgust with George W. Bush, the Iraq war, corporate greed, corruption and human needs cutbacks, voters went to the polls Nov. 7 and terminated 12 years of Republican control of...

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  • Waste to energy

    Waste to energy

    November 7, 2006

    Dear EarthTalk: What do you think of those “waste to energy” plants used by cities to generate power Waste-to-energy (WtE) facilities, which generate power by burning trash, have been in widespread operation in the U.S. and...

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  • Environmentally friendly home improvements

    Environmentally friendly home improvements

    November 7, 2006

    Dear EarthTalk: What kinds of home improvements could I do that would make my house healthier and more environmentally friendly? Most homes are not lacking in ways they can be healthier for family and kinder to...

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  • Action-packed month for peace

    Action-packed month for peace

    November 3, 2006

    The National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC) made October an action-packed pre-election month. Congress has the power to end this war, and we say: get out of Iraq or get out of office. Here are...

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