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Too High a Price for High Octane

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Refineries, Sunoco, Exxonmobil, Sulfuric Acid, Alcoa, Myron Arnowitt, Center for American Progress, Labor Day, Octane, Chemical Security 101, Hydrofluoric Acid, Public Interest Research Group, Holly Refinery, Marathon Petroleum, Citgo, Suncor Refinery, Pirg, Paul Orum, U.S. Department of Labor, Clean Water Action, Bhopal, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The refineries in this country still using unnecessarily hazardous hydrofluoric acid must ensure their workers and the residents of their neighborhoods live to see Labor Day 2010.

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American Students Hit Hard By Rise On Credit Card Interest Rates

The Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky and Thibault Chareton | Posted 08.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: College Students, Politics, Debt, Credit Debt, Los Angeles-California, Credit Card Interest Rate Laws, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, American Students Hit Hard, Student Loans, Pirg, Politics News

Surging credit card rates over the past few months have created a desperate situation for many college students and graduates. While the percentage o...

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Small Donors are Going on Strike: A Strike for Change

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Donor Strike, Common Cause, Congress, Public Financing, Americans for Campaign Reform, Public Citizen, Citizen-Funded Elections, Election Results, Lawrence Lessig, Pledge, Colbert, Change Congress, Pirg, Colbert Report, The Colbert Report, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

We're giving Congress a choice: you can either have our money or money from special interests, but not both. We'll reward the reformers. But those who oppose reform won't get any money from us.

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Keep the Gifts Under the Tree Toxics-Free

Nena Baker | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Walmart, Toys R Us, Toys, Lead, Children's Jewlery, Children Lead, healthytoys.org, Phthalates Children's Toys, Trouble in Toyland, Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals, Chemicals, Painted Toys, Phtalates, Toxins, Pirg, Green News
Nena Baker

A group called HealthyToys.org tested 1500 toys this year and found 20 percent of them contained lead, with children's jewelry leading the most contaminated category.

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