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Big Ag Exploiting Carbon Markets to Intensify Grip on Food System: Report <[link removed]>

"Corporations are designed to serve their investors, not the public, and that's exactly what these carbon offsetting schemes will do," said one researcher. <[link removed]>

Kenny Stancil <[link removed]>

 

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Climate Coalition Targets Big Banks and Insurance Giants With New Shareholder Campaign <[link removed]>

"The planet is running out of time and the banks are running out of excuses," said climate leader Bill McKibben. <[link removed]>

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First-of-Its-Kind Report Details Hundreds of Millions Pumped Into Academia by Big Oil <[link removed]>

Universities have used millions of dollars to fund research promoting natural gas as a "clean" alternative to oil and coal and downplaying the negative impacts of fossil fuel emissions. <[link removed]>

Julia Conley <[link removed]>

 

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Rail Labor Leader Calls Norfolk Southern's Business Model 'Dangerous to America' <[link removed]>

"They gamble with your money, and you hold all the risk if they lose by putting a toxic train in the ditch in your community." <[link removed]>

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'Schultz Has Given Us No Choice': Sanders Plans Vote to Subpoena Starbucks CEO <[link removed]>

"He has denied meeting and document requests, skirted congressional oversight attempts, and refused to answer any of the serious questions we have asked," noted the Senate HELP Committee chair. <[link removed]>

Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>

 

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'Brilliant PR Move': Advocates Skeptical as Eli Lilly Vows 70% Insulin Price Cut <[link removed]>

"Congress, not greedy corporations trying to redeem their tarnished reputations, should be leading the way on reforms that put patients ahead of pharmaceutical profits." <[link removed]>

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Why Far-Right Republicans Cannot Be Trusted on the Pentagon Budget <[link removed]>

We have plenty of good reasons to cut the military budget. But we can't trust the extremist caucus with either ending wars abroad or funding urgent human needs at home. <[link removed]>

Phyllis Bennis <[link removed]>

 

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Shareholder Showdown: The Most Important Climate Votes You've Never Heard Of <[link removed]>

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Burning Books and Destroying Education on the Path to Fascist Dictatorship <[link removed]>

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