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CO2 Emissions Growth Takes a Bite Out of Apple's Sustainability Claims
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Antonia Darder, Truthout:</strong> In Brazil, the disturbing impact of a "Chega Freire" or "Enough With Freire" reactionary movement appears to be gaining momentum, bolstered by the interests of right-wing activists and their sympathizers who seek to advance a staunchly instrumental and prescribed form of education across the country.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SdxY%2BoBfCYfA%2FHrXrcoVYSgg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tavqLhE9FFAg9aHpHcBK7Hc3G4DjK6rq" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>James Petras: Syriza's Deception Must Stop</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Michael Nevradakis, Truthout:</strong> Scholar, analyst and author James Petras discusses his relationship with former Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, the continuation of austerity and debt repayments by the new government and why he believes that Greece's new Syriza-led government is a continuation of the corrupt old guard of Pasok.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=D61aCV5Inw%2F%2F43BT3dE%2BOSgg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Interview</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sQiOcoeIj7drXdIlJRWX6Sgg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Mine Games: How Federal Coal Program Loopholes Can Cheat Taxpayers</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Mia Steinle, POGO:</strong> The US Department of the Interior is planning to modernize the way it collects royalties from companies that mine coal from federal lands, potentially closing a loophole that may have been cheating the federal government - and taxpayers - out of money for more than 25 years.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zMGNylg%2F0zzae8tr2jcUMSgg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=s2Bhy1k8iEGsn%2FyEiKLnligg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin Is a Two-State Faker</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Robert Naiman, Truthout:</strong> Sen. Ben Cardin claims to support a two-state solution in the Middle East, but then takes actions to try and make a two-state solution harder to achieve by trying to protect Israeli settlements in the West Bank from international sanctions.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=K%2FvHUx%2Fe8qvn4FViY6kDMigg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OhWPDuws639O%2F3NmfFiAfSgg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Why the FDA Doesn't Really Know What's in Your Food</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Chris Young and Erin Quinn, The Center for Public Integrity:</strong> Companies have taken advantage of a loophole in a decades-old law that allows them to deem an additive to be "generally recognized as safe" without the US Food and Drug Administration's blessing, or even its knowledge. The loophole is so big that companies can market additives that the agency has found to pose dangers.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=btoQkfoBCSQTsGoyh9KrzSgg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article and Watch the Video</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3WkIKHzQ62SnE%2Brid0mj3Cgg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Green Energy Job Growth Outpaces Losses in Coal Industry</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Sean Cockerham, McClatchy DC:</strong> Far more jobs have been created in wind and solar in recent years than lost in the collapse of the coal industry, and renewable energy is poised for record growth in the United States this year. However, government incentives that have fueled the growth are under fire.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6pkbX2Lr5MybZO3eEwJz%2Bigg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ykrFtw%2BcY7SBDDFpVqmk1Sgg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Atlanta Trial: The Ultimate in Test-and-Punish</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Jan Resseger, The Progressive:</strong> We can send teachers to jail for cheating when it is demanded that they provide a quick fix for our society's greatest tragedy, but that isn't going to help the children in Atlanta's impoverished schools or the children in any other poor city.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QzwDyRR9ojls6ZVGAOyZWSgg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UHwaPdiYObvfLj6AzZt4GXc3G4DjK6rq" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Where the Argentine Debt Case Stands Now, and Why It Still Matters</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Aldo Caliari, North American Congress on Latin America:</strong> Allowing a US court ruling to determine the process for international debt repayments sets a dangerous precedent and exposes gray areas in international legal jurisdiction.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nAx7OHMiDFFalZJKc3HQFSgg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lEcoJ4qhn5vrnt2zQDgRxSgg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>It's Time to Invest in the United States Rail System</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> Ever since Ronald Reagan came to Washington, we've been shooting ourselves in the foot by not funding public infrastructure projects. It's time for that to change. Trains are an environmentally friendly form of transportation that provide a boost to local economies.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=t844v3Nwzad3f2UWutgMzygg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Um9ck1gslPT7WTziiR9asSgg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Earth Day Special: Goldman Prize Awarded to Burmese Photographer Who Fought Dam Project</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now!:</strong> The Asia 2015 Goldman Prize has been awarded to Myint Zaw, a Burmese journalist and activist who used photographs and art to organize protests against a dam on the Irrawaddy River that would have displaced 18,000 indigenous people and impacted millions more.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3Qq4rwuNlnjdseDRReUvMSgg4k3fKtb9" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
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