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After Greenpeace Protests, Apple Promises to Dump Coal Power
Business  (tags: activists, corporate, consumers, news, politics, energy, society, money, economy, corruption, business )

Cal
- 4 days ago - motherjones.com
The computer company says that by early next year, the energy used to power its data centers will come from renewable sources.
22 comments
VIDEO | Where to Find World's Cheapest Gas | Hugo Chavez Could Teach Obama a Lesson
Business  (tags: consumers, cover-up, economy, energy, ethics, government, humans, money, oil, news, politics, world, society )

John
- 23 days ago - cnn.com
In Venezuela, you can fill a Hummer for as little as $2. CNN's Paula Newton finds out how.
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Bolivia Nationalizes Spanish Company | Political Spin By CNN
Business  (tags: government, business, corporate, economy, energy, GoodNews, news, society, politics, world )

John
- 23 days ago - windstream.net
Bolivian President Morales nationalizes Spanish power company. Some leaders understand they have the power over greedy corporations, and they use it. When Obama chooses to lean in this direction the corporate response is immediate, they lower prices.
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Oil Spill Whistleblower Settles,Vows to "Fund a Nationwide Attack" On His Former Employer
Business  (tags: whistleblowers, business, corruption, corporate, energy, politics, society, news, law, technology, cover-up )

Cal
- 26 days ago - motherjones.com
John Bolenbaugh says he agreed to take money from one company in order to keep exposing a larger coverup.
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Honda to Recycle Rare Earth Metals From Hybrid Batteries
Business  (tags: environment, recycling, Honda, batteries, rare metals, energy, corporate, business, technology, SustainableDevelopment )

Michael
- 34 days ago - ecogeek.org
If you follow clean tech news at all, you've heard of the impending shortage of rare earth metals that are used in everything from electric vehicle batteries to solar panels, which could cause major problems for clean tech growth down the road.
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Are Walmart's Chinese Factories as Bad as Apple's?
Business  (tags: walmart, world, ethics, corporate, money, SustainableDevelopment, economy, energy )

Nancy
- 61 days ago - motherjones.com
Walmart's supply chain includes some 30,000 Chinese factories, which produce an estimated 70 percent of all of the goods it sells. Walmart's global sourcing headquarters, the nerve center for its international operations, is also located in Shenzhen...
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The Charts That Prove Obama Doesn't Set Gas Prices
Business  (tags: americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, energy, finance, government, marketing, politics, society )

Kit
- 64 days ago - truth-out.org
The public understands Obama isn't to blame for high gasoline prices, as recent pollsmake clear. Even the Wall Street Journal and Cato Institute agree: "It's not Obama's fault that crude oil prices have increased."
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URGENT ACTION ALERT ARCTIC : Tell Shell: Don't Destroy the Arctic
Business  (tags: arctic, oil, shell, oil spill, polarbears, whales, narwhal, Arctic fox, destruction, endangered, ecosystems, energy, habitatdestruction, wildlife, habitat, pollution, protection, animals, conservation, environment, corruption, corporate, oil )

Xil
- 66 days ago - secure3.convio.net
Please share and sign this important petition.A global fleet of Arctic destroyers is speeding towards one of the last unspoiled places on earth. The ships are part of oil giant Shell's mission to drill the very first wells in the pristine waters off the
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Winds of Fortune Sweep West Texas
Business  (tags: environment, energy, green, nature, society, interesting, SustainableDevelopment, oil, investing, investments, greenbuilding, corporate, government )

Robert
- 79 days ago - chron.com
BP and other energy companies are funneling millions into building and operating wind farms in West Texas, helping to transform oil country into one of the nation's leading hubs for green energy production.
26 comments
The REAL Happily Thereafter Fairy Tale of the 21st Century.
Business  (tags: ecosystems, conservation, energy, environment, GoodNews, healthconditions, habitat, pollution, Sustainabililty, world, activists, culture, ethics, environment, GoodNews, goodnews, government, interesting, society, world, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', government, humanr )

Michael
- 89 days ago - opednews.com
I always liked the idea of a Global Year of Jubilee for the forgiveness of debts. It sounds to me, a lot like Isaiah 24:21-24, when the profits are not stored or hoarded up, but are used for that big party of Isaiah 25.
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Deepwater Horizon Victims Ready for Epic Court Battle With BP
Business  (tags: BP, Deepwater Horizon, corporate, pollution, legal case, corruption, ethics, energy, environment, dishonesty, business, society, news, government )

Cal
- 91 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Trial to establish cause and fault for the worst oil spill in US history is set to begin in New Orleans federal court on Monday
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell Hershey to Go Fair Trade!
Business  (tags: corporate, politics, news, CHILD LABOR, child labor, energy, business, economy, SustainableDevelopment, ethics, dishonesty, labor )

Cal
- 92 days ago - greenamerica.org
Ten years after making a commitment to put an end to child labor on cocoa farms, the Hershey Company continues to source cocoa that is tainted by the worst forms of child labor.
42 comments
Futaba Mayor Angered By TEPCO and Gov't Disregard
Business  (tags: dishonesty, corruption, government, energy, TEPCO, Fukushima, Futaba Town, anger, disregard, nuclear crisis, nuclear power plant, safety myth, money )

Naoko
- 102 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
"Do you think of Futaba county residents as Japanese citizens?" Futaba town mayor Katsutaka Idogawa pressed the prime minister in a meeting on Jan.8.
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We Are The Many - Makana   video
Business  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, dishonesty, culture, education, children, freedoms, government, goodnews, GoodNews, humans, politics, religion, sadness, society, world, violence, usa, tv, abuse, americans, dishonesty, bush, bushadministration, candidates, ch )

Michael
- 108 days ago - youtube.com
No doubt MTV and other corporatist American channels won't touch this video with a light-year long pole. Many people here in amayricka, particularly the middle-aged and elderly, have been made so comfortably numb, it may take a total collapse.
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GOOD NEWS! ACTIVISM--Canadian Firm Osisko Halts Argentina Mining Project
Business  (tags: activists, world, mining project, environment, activism, finance, energy, environment, world, politics, society, corporate, business )

Cal
- 114 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Canadian mining company Osisko has suspended a gold mining project in Argentina after protests by locals.
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