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Teamsters’ teach-in spotlights environmental injustice at hazardous Missouri landfill
October 10, 2014The landfill contains 8,700 tons of un-containerized radioactive waste and there's a fire at the site.
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Climate march underscores the high stakes of using palm oil
October 3, 2014Palm oil imports to the U.S. have increased 485 percent in the last decade, and companies producing palm oil are cutting away massive tracts of rainforest.
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Walmart moms demand better pay and protections for women workers
September 24, 2014They have a list of changes the company must make to ensure that the women who are key to profits are not living in poverty or putting their health at risk.
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Cuba leads in the fight against Ebola in West Africa
September 16, 2014Cuba is the first nation in the world to answer an urgent call for personnel to help stop the spread of Ebola in West Africa and will send 165 medical professionals to Sierra Leone.
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California to dispose of plastic bags
September 9, 2014"Data from the over 121 local plastic bag bans in California has proven that bans are effective nd have refuted industry's claims of apocalyptic impacts on jobs."
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