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The public is wrong on climate, as it was on slavery, womens rights

2014-11-21 13:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: The latest public opinion study out of Yales Project on Climate Change Communication has all the usual hints of optimism we`ve seen in the Project`s many other climate reports. According to Climate Change in the American Mind, released this week, a majority of Americans support regulating carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants, funding research for renewable energy, yada, yada. But theres also some chilly stuff in there: Only one in 10 Americans knows that over 90 percent of climate...

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How electronics industry can end supply chain slavery

2014-09-27 01:02:18| Electronics - Topix.net

Workers are being lured to work in factories producing electronic goods but have to pay a fee to secure the job. After that they are in debt and have to work to pay it off, sometimes being forced to surrender travel documents.

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Cablevision worker claims he was fired for slavery remark

2014-09-22 09:14:28| Telecom - Topix.net

Jerome Thompson, a tech employee and union activist, says James Dolan's company canned him after he complained a small group of workers were being oppressed by the television giant. Jerome Thompson, a union activist, claims Cablevision fired him after 11 years for comments he made comparing treatment of some workers to slavery.

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