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Former FCC Chair Joins Secretive Carlyle Group The former head of the Federal Communications Commission is starting a new job at the secretive private equity … NewsRead more

ALEC Plots Extensive Campaign Against Environmental Regulation, Clean Energy A secretive group known for authoring and pushing through right-wing laws is preparing a new campaign … NewsRead more

Obama Admin “Cherry-Picked” Intel on Syria Chemical Strike A new report says the Obama administration may have misled the public on the chemical attack in … NewsRead more

Gas Pipeline Explosion Kills 2 in Poland While the U.N. climate summit continued in Warsaw Thursday, a village in western Poland was rocked by a … NewsRead more

Koch Pipeline Spills Crude Oil in Texas The protest against Keystone XL came amid reports that a pipeline in Texas owned by the Koch Pipeline … NewsRead more

Bangladeshi Workers Strike Grows, 250 Factories Closed In Bangladesh, garment workers are continuing a massive protest against low wages at the factories producing cheap goods … NewsRead more

NSA Secretly Breaking Into Google, Yahoo Data Links The Washington Post reports the National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main links connecting Google … NewsRead more

6 Dead, Thousands Without Power in Midwest Storms, Over 4 Million Displaced from Typhoon Haiyan At least six people are dead and dozens more wounded … NewsRead more

Brazilian Judge Halts Construction of Belo Monte Dam A Brazilian judge has ordered a halt to construction of a major hydroelectric dam in the Amazon … NewsRead more