What Trump Would Be Doing if H...

Dec 16, 2016 by

What Trump Would Be Doing if He Actually Wanted to Drain the Swamp

[Translate] Election 2016 If Trump cares about unrigging the system like he’s said, here are five things he can do. By Gary D....

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IN THE DEMOCRATIC ECHO CHAMBER...

Dec 16, 2016 by

IN THE DEMOCRATIC ECHO CHAMBER, INCONVENIENT TRUTHS ARE CAST IN PUTIN PLOTS

[Translate] Glenn Greenwald THE INTERCEPT Photo: Alexander Utkin/AFP/Getty Images Glenn Greenwald October 11 2016, 6:14 a.m. Donald...

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BAYER-MONSANTO: A “MARRI...

Dec 15, 2016 by

BAYER-MONSANTO: A “MARRIAGE MADE IN HELL?”

[Translate] By Ty Bollinger Monsanto has agreed to be sold to Bayer for $56.5 billion − a deal worth a total of $66 billion when...

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JOSEPH MERCOLA, DO, ON THE DEC...

Dec 15, 2016 by

[Translate]  | Field Notes  THE VACCINEREACTION.ORG Mercury (thimerosal) exposure has declined significantly since it was eliminated...

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CALIFORNIA WATER BILL REWARDS ...

Dec 15, 2016 by

[Translate]   And it’s created a showdown between Democratic Sens. Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. Josh Harkinson  ...

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Trump’s Energy Agenda Ha...

Dec 15, 2016 by

Trump’s Energy Agenda Has Been Revealed— and It’s Totally Terrifying

[Translate] Environment Fourteen policies collectively amount to a fossil fuel industry wish list. By Nick Surgey / Center for Media...

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EXXON MOBIL HAS DOUBLED DOWN O...

Dec 15, 2016 by

EXXON MOBIL HAS DOUBLED DOWN ON DIRTY TAR-SANDS OIL

[Translate] Tar wars GRIST  Ben Adler The company recently admitted that it has invested heavily in Canada’s tar-sands oil reserves,...

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STATES WITH LOTS OF TRUMP VOTE...

Dec 15, 2016 by

STATES WITH LOTS OF TRUMP VOTERS DIDN’T GET THE JOB. NOW THEY WON’T GET THE TAX CUTS.

[Translate] PostEverything By Jared Bernstein Jared Bernstein, a former chief economist to Vice President Biden, is a senior fellow...

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CONGRESS PASSES CONTROVERSIAL ...

Dec 14, 2016 by

CONGRESS PASSES CONTROVERSIAL WATER BILL

[Translate] CA.AUDUBON.ORG waterfowl_sanluis_jim_gain.jpg Waterfowl at the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Jim Gain Over...

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HOW TO FIGHT FOOD WASTE WITH F...

Dec 14, 2016 by

[Translate] Apeel Sciences uses what might otherwise be trash to make a second skin for fragile fruit and vegetable products. (Photo:...

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How Turning Vacant Buildings I...

Dec 14, 2016 by

How Turning Vacant Buildings Into Urban Farms Can Help Eliminate Food Deserts and Reduce Emissions

[Translate] Food One woman’s mission to erase a food desert in Washington, D.C., tackles both nutrition and the climate. By...

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CITIES, CARS AND OTHER HUMAN-M...

Dec 14, 2016 by

CITIES, CARS AND OTHER HUMAN-MADE THINGS WEIGH 30 TRILLION METRIC TONS

[Translate]   By Tim Radford / Climate News Network     Scientists estimate that there are roughly 110 pounds of human artifacts...

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DEFYING POLITICAL PUSHBACK, PR...

Dec 14, 2016 by

DEFYING POLITICAL PUSHBACK, PRIVATE COLLEGES QUIETLY ENROLL UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS

[Translate] Being Undocumented in College Is Already Hard, and About to Get Harder Atlanta—Chalk graffiti supporting Donald Trump for...

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WAR OF WORDS IN UN SECURITY CO...

Dec 14, 2016 by

WAR OF WORDS IN UN SECURITY COUNCIL AS ALEPPO’S CIVILIANS SUFFER

[Translate]  By Lyndal Rowlands, Inter Press Service | Report A hospital, destroyed during a government bombing, in Aleppo, Syria, on...

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CLIMATE CHANGE FORCED OVER 1 M...

Dec 14, 2016 by

CLIMATE CHANGE FORCED OVER 1 MILLION AFRICANS FROM THEIR HOMES IN 2015

[Translate] Esther Yu Hsi Lee Immigration Reporter at ThinkProgress. Migration. Refugees. Disasters triggered by rapid-onset natural...

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GINGRICH BRAGS THAT REPUBLICAN...

Dec 14, 2016 by

GINGRICH BRAGS THAT REPUBLICANS ARE COMING FOR EVERYTHING FDR ACCOMPLISHED

[Translate] It’s a “great effort to break out of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt model.” THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo “Every...

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EPA ADMITS THAT FRACKING CAN C...

Dec 14, 2016 by

EPA ADMITS THAT FRACKING CAN CONTAMINATE DRINKING WATER

[Translate] Samantha Page Climate Reporter at @ThinkProgress. Good thing so many people in Trump’s cabinet have ties to the fracking...

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AIRLINE PASSENGERS ARE BEING S...

Dec 14, 2016 by

AIRLINE PASSENGERS ARE BEING SPRAYED WITH TOXIC PESTICIDES: HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

[Translate] By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World On my first trip to India about a decade ago, I distinctly...

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CLIMATE SCIENTISTS TAKE TO THE...

Dec 14, 2016 by

[Translate] As 26,000 scientists gather in San Francisco for an annual conference, some rally against the president-elect’s...

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10 SHADY GROUPS THAT CREPT INT...

Dec 13, 2016 by

10 SHADY GROUPS THAT CREPT INTO OUR ELECTION

[Translate]       Election 2016 A field guide to the national power brokers trying to shape elections. By Kytja Weir / The Center for...

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MEDIA, MORALITY AND THE NEIGHB...

Dec 13, 2016 by

MEDIA, MORALITY AND THE NEIGHBOR’S COW

[Translate] The value-neutral media “ideal” has left us with a society drained of kindness and mutual responsibility...

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HAVE WE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CLI...

Dec 13, 2016 by

HAVE WE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE ALL WRONG?

[Translate] Nexus Media  VIA THINKPROGRESS.ORG Stories from Nexus Media 7 hrs ago Look back, not forward, to connect with...

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ANONYMOUS LEAKS TO THE WASH PO...

Dec 13, 2016 by

[Translate] Glenn Greenwald   THE INTERCEPT The Washington Post late Friday night published an explosive story that, in many ways, is...

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Donald Trump Isn’t Yet Preside...

Dec 12, 2016 by

Donald Trump Isn’t Yet President, and the Hamilton Electors Have One Shot to Make Sure He Never Is

[Translate] The presidential election of 2016 is not over. It hasn’t even been held yet. Just ask the Hamilton Electors. By...

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DOES YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE NEED ...

Dec 12, 2016 by

DOES YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE NEED TO BE ORGANIC TOO?

[Translate] The answer has less to do with pesticide exposure at home than ag chemicals polluting waterways where trees are grown....

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HOW DO WE FEED A GROWING WORLD...

Dec 12, 2016 by

HOW DO WE FEED A GROWING WORLD?

[Translate] Less meat, higher yields, open minds, and the right incentives are among the realistic solutions experts see. A boy...

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TRUMP, PUTIN, AND EXXON MOBIL ...

Dec 12, 2016 by

TRUMP, PUTIN, AND EXXON MOBIL TEAM UP TO DESTROY THE PLANET

[Translate] Pick of Exxon CEO for Secretary of State clarifies why Putin wanted Trump elected: a $500 billion oil deal killed by...

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PATRIOTIC OPPOSITION TO DONALD...

Dec 12, 2016 by

PATRIOTIC OPPOSITION TO DONALD TRUMP

[Translate]   Charles M. Blow NYTIMES Photo People voicing their opinion in an anti-Donald J. Trump rally in New York in November....

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CAPITALISM IN THE TIME OF TRUM...

Dec 12, 2016 by

CAPITALISM IN THE TIME OF TRUMP?

[Translate]   Economy Brexit and Trump have brought the problems of capitalism into sharp relief. By Lynn Stuart Parramore /...

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Paul Krugman Lays Bare the Hor...

Dec 12, 2016 by

Paul Krugman Lays Bare the Horror of This Tainted Election

[Translate] Election 2016 The columnist dubs Trump the “Siberian candidate.” By Janet Allon / AlterNet   Photo...

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