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George Monbiot’s Nuclear Mistakes

British journalist George Monbiot has come out in favor of nuclear power. Do his arguments hold up? Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new...

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Biofuel Indigenous Latin America

Guatemala: Blood in the Biofuel

Internationally-funded Guatemalan bio-fuel interests are evicting Mayan Qeqchi families from their historic lands, destroying homes and crops, killing one and injuring more. Thousands are without food or shelter. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens...

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Canada & Quebec water

Protect the Great Lakes as a Commons

A new report from the Council of Canadians calls for the allocation of significant resources to protecting the Great Lakes as a Commons, a Public Trust and a Protected Bioregion Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...

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Nuclear

Wasserman: Nuclear cannot be made safe

Fossil and nuclear fuels are at war with the environment and with basic human rights. Until we shut down all the nuclear plants and get off of fossil and nuclear fuels, we’re not going to have any kind of social democracy. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share...

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Food and Farming Oil, Oil Industry

The Oil-Food Price Shock

Global prices are now higher than at any time since the FAO began compiling its Food Price Index two decades ago, and they are expected to keep climbing as oil costs rise. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter...

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