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NRA's Business Partners Feel The Heat

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.21.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- As pressure builds on the National Rifle Association to give up some of its hardline positions in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook...

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Phasing-Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies Must Be One of the Major Outcomes of Rio+20

Jake Schmidt | Posted 08.15.2012 | Green
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Jake Schmidt

What if I told you that governments around the world were spending almost $1 trillion dollars a year to subsidize activities that are driving global warming?

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Massive Online Petitions Decry CISPA

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 04.25.2012 | Technology
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An online petition to stop the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has reached nearly 800,000 signatures. The petition, launched ...

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Thousands From Canada And Europe Praise Their National Health Care On Global Message Board

Huffington Post | Matthew Palevksy | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Yesterday, global online advocacy network Avaaz.org attempted to inject a dose of reality into the heated debate over health care reform by launching ...

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Naked Activists Respond To Lobbyists' Forged Anti-Climate Letters to Congress (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Waxman-Markey Energy and Climate Bill, Slideshow, Naked Protester Pictures, Waxman-Markey, Forged Anti Climate Letter, Energy and Climate Bill, Friends of the Earth, Naked Protesters, "Grassroots" Anti-Climate Letter, Naked Protest Pictures, avaaz.org, Transparency, Politics News

In response to the discovery that lobbyists had forged "grassroots" anti-climate letters to congress to sway votes against the Waxman-Markey energy an...

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