Tag: united states
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Climate Change Fails to Make G8 Agenda, Report Finds 80 Percent of Fossil Fuels Need to Stay in the Ground
As world leaders gather at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, tackling climate change is not even on the agenda. In fact the opposite will happen: Canada will use the meeting to push for the expansion of the tar sands. Last week, Canada’s Prime Minister …
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U.S. Coal Exports Causing Deaths in Europe
As U.S. decision makers weigh the costs and benefits of dramatically increasing this deadly export it’s worth asking ourselves is this an export we can justify? Thanks to this new report from Greenpeace we can conclusively give you 2,000 reasons it’s not.
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The Yes Men Want to be Sued by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Apparently, revenge isn’t a strong enough reason for the Chamber to to cough up information on their secret financial backers or their obstruction on solving the critical issue of global climate change, the issue which sparked …
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Fish on Prozac: Anxious, Anti-Social and Aggressive
When fish swim in waters tainted with antidepressant drugs, they become anxious, anti-social and sometimes even homicidal. New research has found that the pharmaceuticals, which are frequently showing up in U.S. streams …
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GE French Fries, Coming to a Fast Food Restaurant Near You
These potatoes will be used as frozen fries, potato chips and shoestrings, which make up approximately 50 percent of the potato market in the U.S. …