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As Obama pushes for rural jobs, his regulators obliterate them
FDA crackdowns on food clubs across the country intimidate producers at a time when our country can least afford to be trashing jobs and opportunity.
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70 arrested on first day of tar-sands-pipeline protest
Seventy people from across the U.S. and Canada were arrested in front of the White House Saturday morning on the first day of a two-week sit-in aimed at pressuring President Obama to deny a permit for the massive new Keystone XL oil pipeline.
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Sorry, NY Times: GMOs still won't save the world
Nina Federoff touts GMOs in The New York Times. But after more than 15 years of commercialized GMOs, we know not to believe the promises any longer.
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Tar-sands protesters in jail longer than expected
Despite assurances from the police that tar-sands-pipeline protestors would get just a few hours in jail, they're now being locked up for 48 hours or more.
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Buddhist wisdom for the green soul [VIDEO]
Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh talks with Canadian enviro David Suzuki on why maintaining inner peace is vital to fighting the world's climate woes.
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Tar-sands pipeline 'safety conditions' are smoke and mirrors
Hillary Clinton gives TransCanada props for agreeing to 57 conditions, which are really just a hodgepodge of current regulations and red herrings.
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Airport beekeeping project is a win-win-win
A new project raises bees on undeveloped land near O'Hare Airport, trains ex-convicts in beekeeping, and sells the resulting honey and beeswax.
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Mass Movements in the USA Today
What does it take to build a popular movement that has a chance of succeeding in its objectives? I thought about this a good bit during my recent vacation in the West Virginia mountains. I’ve been personally involved in several mass movements over the course of my adult life: the draft resistance and anti-Vietnam war […]
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Politics, farmers, and change: The end of rural America
Big Ag-friendly policy has put family farms in crisis, but Obama can reverse the trend if he delivers on campaign promises.
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Cool new game is like SimCity for the whole environment
Is environmentalism a GAME to you? Does it look like some kind of GAME??? Oh, it doesn't? Well, it could. Upcoming game Anno 2070 lets you go all Sims on the fate of the planet.
