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The US Chamber of Commerce Is Killing the Copenhagen Climate Treaty

James Hoggan | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Brian Flannery, Center for Public Integrity, Lobbyists, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Exxon Mobil, Green, Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy, cop15, International Chamber of Commerce, Copenhagen Climate Summit, Nick Campbell, General, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability, Astroturf, Global Warming, Oil Industry Lobbyists, Bingos, Green News
James Hoggan

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has already done everything it can to kill the chances of a legally binding agreement emerging from the Copenhagen climate change summit.

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Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Clearcutting, Coal, Center for Public Integrity, West Virginia, Campaign, Coal Industry, Climate, Grassroots, Coal River Mountain, Climate Change, Virginia, Coal Lobby, Mountaintop Removal, Unions, Environmentalism, JP Morgan Chase, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Wto, Mother Jones, Labor, Clean Energy, Congress, Green, Global Warming, Government, Mountains, Epa, Harlan County, Mines, Bush Administration, Blair Mountain, Tennessee, Climate Action Partnership, President Obama, Washington, Obama, Coal Czar, Bush, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Naacp, Appalachia, Workers, Climate Justice, Office of Surface Mining, Civil Disobedience, Kentucky, Henry Waxman, Forests, Department of the Interior, Dirty Coal, Green Jobs, Wall Street, Astroturfing, Coal Mining, Duke Energy, Green News, Mining, Water, Clean Coal, Osr, Appalachian Mountains, Activism, Protest, Massey Energy, Green News
Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.

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Many States Still Fail To Disclose Finances For Lawmakers

The Center For Public Integrity | Caitlin Ginley | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Center for Public Integrity, State Financial Disclosure, Politics News

Two southern states -- Louisiana and Mississippi -- made the biggest strides in the Center for Public Integrity's latest financial disclosure rankings...

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How To Fix American Journalism

Sara Catania | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Newspapers, Non-Profits, Nonprofits, Mainstream-Media, New Media, Columbia-University-Journalism, Media, Media News, Journalism, Propublica, Center for Public Integrity, Reporters Committee on Freedom of the Press, Fund-for-Independence-in-Journalism, Media News
Sara Catania

If American journalism is to save itself, it must look to non-profits and universities for funding and support.

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Broken Government: Top Ten Failures of the Bush Administration

Craig Newmark | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Center for Public Integrity, George W. Bush, CPI Bush Failure List, George Bush Failures, Bush Failures, Bush Failings, Top Ten Bush Failures, Politics News
Craig Newmark

The folks at the Center for Public Integrity have documented, in one place, the failures of the current administration, and enabled the public to vote on the worst.

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'Yes We Can' Create a Sane Food Policy in the U.S.

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Charlie Stenholm, Whole Foods, Time Magazine, Pew Foundation, Center for Public Integrity, John Carlin, Pew Commission, Larry Summers, Joe Klein, Barack Obama, Clinton Administration, Farm Bill, Michael Pollan, John Salazar, Colin Peterson, Union of Concerned Scientists, Dwight Eisenhower, Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture, John Podesta, Rosa DeLauro, Obama Transition, National Economic Council, Eric Schlosser, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Bruce Friedrich

In January, we will have a president who understands and cares about the broader implications of our food policy. This will be an impressive first.

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