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How Big Pharma Distorts Science to Get FDA Approval for Dangerous Drugs

How Big Pharma Distorts Science to Get FDA Approval for Dangerous Drugs April 20, 2009 | Posted in Health and Wellness

How does Big Pharma keep getting dangerous drugs approved? Through the best articles and spokesmen money can buy.

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Maria 'Mother' Gunnoe- Mountaintop Removal Organizer Wins Prestigious Goldman 'Environmental Nobel'

Maria 'Mother' Gunnoe- Mountaintop Removal Organizer Wins Prestigious Goldman 'Environmental Nobel' April 20, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

The West Virginia and Cherokee native has been one of the most vocal advocates for justice in the Appalachian coalfields.

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The Consequences of 'Drill, Baby Drill': More Than 90 Oil Spills a Day in the U.S.

The Consequences of 'Drill, Baby Drill': More Than 90 Oil Spills a Day in the U.S. April 17, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

And that's just the fraction of reported spills. While big tanker disasters make the headlines, the daily toll of the oil industry is huge.

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1,500 Indian Farmers Commit Mass Suicide: Why We Are Complicit in these Deaths

1,500 Indian Farmers Commit Mass Suicide: Why We Are Complicit in these Deaths 6 comments | April 17, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

Crop failure may have pushed farmers over the edge, but American companies have been leading them to the cliff for years.

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Sea Levels Are Rising: It's Time to Decide Which Coastal Cities Are Worth Saving

Sea Levels Are Rising: It's Time to Decide Which Coastal Cities Are Worth Saving April 17, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

Ice cubes the size of American states are melting into the ocean; we face frightening scenarios and tough choices for coastal habitation.

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Red Meat or Chicken? Why It's Wise to Stay Away from Both

Red Meat or Chicken? Why It's Wise to Stay Away from Both April 17, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

Cutting out red meat while still eating chicken doesn't address the fact that the industrial model for raising both is very bad for the environment.

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The Worst Giveaway Yet: Another 50 Billion for Rust-Bucket Nukes?

The Worst Giveaway Yet: Another 50 Billion for Rust-Bucket Nukes? April 17, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

The latest demand for a $50 billion taxpayer handout to the nuclear power industry has been sleazed into the Senate budget bill.

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Have We Hit the Limits of Human Population?

Have We Hit the Limits of Human Population? April 13, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

The last 200 years of economic growth have been based on a monumental Ponzi scheme that has pushed us toward the ultimate tipping point.

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New Public Database Reveals First-Hand Accounts of How Toxic Burn Pits Are Making U.S. Troops Sick

New Public Database Reveals First-Hand Accounts of How Toxic Burn Pits Are Making U.S. Troops Sick April 7, 2009 | Posted in Health and Wellness

Two months in, everyone was coughing up black stuff. Three months, in my black stuff started to include blood.

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Will new food safety bills outlaw backyard gardening and end farmers' markets?

Will new food safety bills outlaw backyard gardening and end farmers' markets? April 7, 2009 | Posted in Environment and Society

There's been a lot of hype about a few new food bills. And while most of it is conspiracy theory, there are some reasons to be alarmed.

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