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A gag too far: How ag-gag laws can backfire
As Big Food pushes harder to limit farm exposés, it may only broaden and strengthen the animal protection movement.
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Sierra Club comes out in favor of immigration reform
The group's board has unanimously endorsed a pathway to citizenship, a big shift after years of internal fighting over immigration.
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Obama’s group Organizing for Action finally takes up climate change … sort of
The Obama team isn't pushing for climate legislation, it's just trying to embarrass climate deniers in Congress. But better than nothing, right?
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A big blow for Big Coal in Wisconsin
One coal-fired power plant will be shut down and others will be cleaned up to make amends for air pollution violations, thanks to the EPA.
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The state(s) of the ag-gag
Check out our interactive map of all of America's farm protection, or ag-gag, laws, from 1990 to today.
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Troubled slaughter: Big Ag fights to keep out prying eyes
The industrial farm lobby is pushing tough laws that turn documenting animal abuse into a criminal activity. How did we get here?
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Free-market fans hate climate science, heart conspiracy theories
Why do climate deniers refuse to accept that climate change is happening despite overwhelming scientific evidence? A new study may provide a clue.
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Court hands EPA a victory in fight against mountaintop-removal mining
A federal appeals court has ruled that the EPA can block a permit for a big, controversial coal mine in West Virginia. Activists are celebrating.
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EPA bashes State Department’s ‘insufficient’ Keystone report
The EPA says State still hasn't done its homework on the Keystone XL pipeline's potential environmental effects.
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Koch brothers want to buy L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, six other papers
Billionaire oil barons Charles and David Koch -- mega-funders of climate denial and right-wing causes -- are looking to get into the media business.
