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Moving Beyond Coal in Central Appalachia
Business  (tags: appalachia, coal, economy, report, trends, renewables, sustainable, businessconservation, pollution, Sustainabililty, destruction, economy, environment, SustainableDevelopment )

Stefanie
- 4 days ago - ecowatch.com
Energy efficiency is one such area where the economic return on investment could be substantial, creating thousands of jobs and supporting new and existing businesses while saving people money that can be reinvested locally.
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Mine in the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Blocked for Now
Business  (tags: conservation, destruction, environment, protection, pollution, wildlife, Sustainabililty, nature, news, goodnews, GoodNews, business, corruption, corporate, ethics, usa, SustainableDevelopment )

JL
- 5 days ago - wildernesswatch.org
A Montana court ruling has added a legal roadblock to plans by a Spokane company to develop a large silver and copper mine in northwest Montana, including a portion that bores under the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness.
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Activists to Fracking Corporation EQT: "Elections Are Not for Shale!"
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, corporate, corruption, conservation, destruction, water, nature, healthconditions, science, pollution, protection, corruption, corporate, dishonesty, ethics, investing, investments, investors, law, lies, marketing, money, socie )

JL
- 30 days ago - citizenvox.org
Activists gathered and rallied in Pittsburgh outside of EQT Corporation's April 17 shareholder meeting to call on the multinational gas giant to keep its corporate money out of the people's elections.
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The Only Way To End China's Pollution Disaster Is To Slow Down The Economy
Business  (tags: pollution, environment, growth, China, world, economy, politics, society, sustainabledevelopment, world, business, environment )

Cal
- 35 days ago - worldcrunch.com
Look at the numbers, both environmental and economic, and the solution is clear: slower growth.
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Video:Parachute Creek Contamination Spreads, Spurs Calls for More Regulations, Fines
Business  (tags: water, science, pollution, protection, healthconditions, humans, nature, abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, ethics, money, law, society, usa )

JL
- 38 days ago - kdvr.com
One month after workers first observed a hydrocarbon leak in groundwater beneath a gas treatment facility here, concerned residents and state investigators are still perplexed about how the leak began and when.
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Chemical Industry Clout Delays EPA Regulation of Hexavalent Chromium
Business  (tags: healthconditions, water, pollution, environment, abuse, americans, business, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, ethics, law, marketing, money, politics, society, usa, finance, government )

JL
- 42 days ago - prwatch.org
How is it possible for the chemical industry to wield so much power over the agency that is tasked to regulate it?
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Video:I Don't Like Being Lied To -- Neither Did This Documentary Crew
Business  (tags: conservation, destruction, ecosystems, energy, environment, habitat, habitatdestruction, pollution, oceans, protection, pictures, protection, safety, society, arts, news, oil, marketing, lies, economy, corruption, corporate, dishonesty )

JL
- 56 days ago - upworthy.com
BP cleaned the Gulf oil spill kinda like I used to clean my room when I was 9: poorly, and mainly by shoving things under other things. Don't miss the quote at 1:37, because it sums up pretty much everything that sucks about America.
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EXCLUSIVE: State Dept. Hid Contractor's Ties to Keystone XL Pipeline Company
Business  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, government, habitat, habitatdestruction, healthconditions, nature, humans, politics, pollution, protection, science, research, Su )

JL
- 59 days ago - motherjones.com
A top expert who helped write the government's latest Keystone report previously consulted on three different TransCanada projects--a fact the State Department tried to hide.
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No New Gulf Leases for BP Is Good News, But Activists Must Keep Pressure Up
Business  (tags: conservation, destruction, GoodNews, government, healthconditions, habitat, habitatdestruction, politics, nature, oceans, pollution, protection, water, energy, oil, corruption, corporate, abuse, americans, business, cover-up, dishonesty, ethics, law, mone )

JL
- 59 days ago - citizenvox.org
It's a victory for those still reeling from the havoc BP unleashed on the Gulf region, and it shows the power of activism. In November, the government suspended BP from bidding on federal contracts.
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Shell Barred From Returning to Drill for Oil in Arctic Without Overhaul
Business  (tags: conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, GoodNews, greenhousegases, habitatdestruction, habitat, healthconditions, nature, oceans, pollution, protection, science, weather, world, corporate, business, dishonesty, ethics, lies )

JL
- 67 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Review finds company had failed to plan for short drilling season and its equipment did not stand up to harsh conditions
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Take Action: Tell the Attorney General: No Tax Write-Offs for Spilling Oil!
Business  (tags: destruction, environment, energy, healthconditions, habitatdestruction, pollution, protection, nature, oil, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, abuse, dishonesty, ethics, finance, government, money, investments, investors, law, society )

JL
- 82 days ago - action.priceofoil.org
The Justice Department may offer a sweetheart deal to BP that is structured to help BP dodge taxes and force taxpayers to foot some of the burden of the 2010 gulf oil spill.
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Is Royal Dutch Shell Responsible for Irresponsible Operations of Shell Nigeria?
Business  (tags: corruption, law, ethics, environment, world, corporate responsibility, pollution, society, politics, business, finance )

Cal
- 93 days ago - theecologist.org
With the aid of Friends of the Earth Netherlands, Nigerian farmers whose lives and livelihoods were impacted by oil spilled from Shell pipelines took Shell Nigeria and its parent company Royal Dutch Shell to court.
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On Heels of Inaugural Address, Sierra Club Announces Coal Retirement Milestone
Business  (tags: energy, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, environment, globalwarming, globalwarming, greenhousegases, healthconditions, pollution, politics, nature, protection, Sustainabililty, GoodNews, ethics, corporate, business, law, news, usa )

JL
- 103 days ago - sierraclub.typepad.com
the Sierra Club and Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy Company announced a landmark settlement that requires the Iowa utility to retire seven coal-fired boilers, which pushes the total amount of coal retired or announced to retire since 2010 to over 50k
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Take Action: HOME TAKE ACTION SUBSCRIBE ABOUT US FIND ORGANICS DONATE Facebook Twitter Iow
Business  (tags: pollution, healthconditions, water, protection, politics, environment, ethics, farming, business, consumers, corporate, cover-up, society, usa, SustainableDevelopment, sustainabledevelopment, money )

JL
- 107 days ago - salsa3.salsalabs.com
the state is taking another swipe at citizens' right to know with a bill that would eliminate the requirement that factory farms notify the public when they apply for Clean Water Permits.
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Billionaires Like Koch Brothers Secretly Fund Attacks on Climate Science
Business  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, environment, energy, globalwarming, globalwarming, greenhousegases, healthconditions, pollution, protection, politics, science, research, world, weather, abuse, americans, business, corpo )

JL
- 107 days ago - organicconsumers.org
The Donors Trust, along with its sister group Donors Capital Fund, based in Alexandria, Virginia, is funneling millions of dollars into the effort to cast doubt on climate change without revealing the identities of its wealthy backers or that they have l
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