Environment
Climate change moves and countermoves
February 1, 2010From right to left, players on all sides of the legislative and political battlefield are trying to move the debate their way.
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‘This fracking sucks,’ concerned residents say
February 1, 2010ITHACA, N.Y. - Residents in this town, known for its picturesque waterfalls, are protesting a plan to extract gas from the ground by a process known as horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
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Ray of hope for environmental justice
February 1, 2010SAN FRANCISCO - What do a hazardous waste disposal plant, a refinery, a former power plant site and a housing complex under construction have in common?
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10th World Social Forum in Porto Alegre
January 28, 2010The 10th World Social Forum opened on Jan. 26 in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre with a call for activists across the world to "unite to change the world.
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AFL-CIO launches online college
January 26, 2010AFL-CIO is joining the National Labor College and the Princeton Review to launch an online College for Working Families.
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