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Next fracking controversy: In Midwest, a storm brews over 'frac sand'
2014-03-09 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Monitor: Kyle Slaby bounds up the slope behind his house, stopping at the sandstone outcrop he hopes will save his family's farm. The Slabys grow corn and soybeans on the ridgeline above. But these days there's more money a lot more in mining the sand below. "A lot of people look on it as an extension of farming," Mr. Slaby says. "It's another crop you're harvesting." Sand has become a valuable and deeply divisive commodity in the upper Midwest. Hydraulic fracturing, a method of extraction also...
American Apparel stirs up controversy with topless Asian American model
2014-03-07 22:11:43| Apparel - Topix.net
Meet Maks, a Bengali-American woman who decided to bare it all for American Apparel.
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UK: Phusion Projects courts new controversy as Four Loko ruled "irresponsible"
2014-02-28 15:11:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Phusion Projects is facing fresh criticism over its Four Loko brand after the UK's industry watchdog ruled that the alcoholic drink's name breached packaging rules.
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Coca-Cola Super Bowl Ad Stirs Controversy With Multilingual Singing...
2014-02-04 05:52:12| Beverages - Topix.net
This year, a Coca-Cola ad landed in the proverbial hot seat, but not for being lewd - it showed Americans of different races and ethnicities singing "America, the Beautiful" in a variety of different languages.
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VIDEO: Airbnb chief responds to controversy
2014-01-28 01:01:39| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Airbnb is shaking up the travel industry by allowing home owners to rent out rooms to tourists - but its business model is facing controversy.
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