Tim Pelzer
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Pelzer
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World
Canadian conservative senators back off of voter suppression efforts
April 24, 2014A Canadian Senate Committee has joined the ranks of critics demanding that the Conservative government revise Republican-style voter suppression legislation that it is determined to implement.
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Arts
In Gasland Part ll, Josh Fox continues to expose the destructive effects of fracking
April 15, 2014Beginning from where his first award winning Gasland left off, Fox's worse nightmare has come true as his childhood house in a sleepy Pennsylvania forest has been surrounded by gas drilling rigs.
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World
Canadians fight voter suppression efforts
March 21, 2014Opposition continues to grow against efforts by the right-wing Conservative government of Stephen Harper to impose voter suppression legislation in Canada.
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World
Canadian right trying to copycat U.S.-style voter suppression
February 26, 2014The right-wing Conservative Party government of Stephen Harper is trying to push through U.S. Republican-style voter suppression legislation in Canada.
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World
Community self-defense groups confront Mexico’s drug cartels
February 3, 2014An armed insurgency is emerging across Mexico. However, rather than being a movement to overthrow a government, it aims to defend communities and combat drug cartels.
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World
New left-wing party forms in Mexico
January 15, 2014A new left-wing party led by former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will soon appear on the ballot in Mexico.
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World
Mexican lawmakers OK privatization of nation’s oil industry
December 19, 2013The measure will allow foreign multinational corporations to explore, drill and sell Mexican oil and gas.
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Environment
Oil sands are Canada’s environmental nightmare
November 25, 2013Oil companies have not yet fulfilled promises to develop new technologies to treat toxic water in the tailing ponds, and fears exist that this dirty water will sit there for decades, leaking toxic water.
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