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Naomi Klein says climate activists get comfortable attacking capitalism
2014-10-09 20:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Naomi Klein the most visible and influential figure on the American left, as The New Yorker puts it dropped by the Grist office to chat with David Roberts about her new book. They kicked things off by discussing its provocative title: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate.
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Reevely: Horwath readies for leadership fight by attacking Liberal 'privatization' plans
2014-09-11 10:59:12| Energy - Topix.net
Andrea Horwath has emerged from a summer of wound-licking with a ferocious attack on the Ontario Liberals' still-vague plans to squeeze more money out of government properties like Ontario Power Generation. The message is as traditionally New Democratic is it could be, a return to basics for an NDP leader who tried something different in last spring's election campaign and didn't do all that well with it.
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Damaged Kochs launch new warm and fuzzy PR effort, while ruthlessly attacking liberal groups
2014-09-10 06:39:36| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Kochs are apparently feeling the blowback from their efforts to buy a Congress that will do their bidding, and are launching a new public relations effort with two aims: making them appear as warm and fuzzy patriotic job creators and attacking liberal groups. The Washington Post reports: In coming weeks, Koch Industries plans a fresh round of television ads casting itself as an all-American company with a diverse workforce-part of the first nationwide marketing campaign it has ever undertaken.
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Plainfield pair arrested after bringing bikes on rush hour train, attacking police, authorities say
2014-06-20 20:20:45| Railroads - Topix.net
A man and a woman from Plainfield were arrested after refusing to leave a New Jersey Transit train on Thursday.
Billionaire Environmentalist To Spend $100M Attacking GOP On Climate Change In 2014 Elections
2014-05-22 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Setting his sights on Republicans who reject climate change, an environmentalist billionaire is unveiling plans to spend $100 million this year in seven competitive Senate and gubernatorial races, as his super PAC works to counteract a flood of conservative spending by the Koch brothers. NextGen Climate Action said it plans to spend at least $50 million contributed by founder Tom Steyer, a retired hedge fund manager and longtime Democratic donor, and another $50 million the group is seeking to...
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