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Big Water vs. the National Parks: The Fight Against Bottled Water
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e-fight-against-bottled-water-goes-federal
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. But while the industry lobbies against bottled water bans, public interes=
t groups are advocating for better public water infrastructure, citing bott=
led water's negative environmental impacts.
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ng About It
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t these denials as the scandal they are.
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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>Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!:</strong> At least 43 people died over the Christmas holiday weekend in a series of storms that hit the South, Southwest and Midwest United States. Tornadoes were reported in 10 states, including Michigan, which recorded its first-ever tornado in December.</p>
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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>Helle Abelvik-Lawson, Energy Desk:</strong> Governments are taking steps to turn away from fossil fuels and toward renewables. But the transition to renewables won't necessarily be environmentally, economically or socially perfect. Here are three pitfalls of the transformation to renewable energy - and how they may be overcome.</p>
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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>In today's On the News segment:</strong> President Obama signs a $1.1 trillion spending package to fund our government through next September; two major medical organizations warn about toxic chemicals we're being exposed to, no thanks to the chemical industry's cover-up efforts; authorities investigate how a worker at the Hanford Nuclear Site in Washington State became contaminated with plutonium; and more.</p>
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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>Yifat Susskind, openDemocracy:</strong> What ends a war is not the piece of paper eventually signed by armed groups. The true path to peace often lies far beyond the negotiating table and is charted by grassroots activists, particularly women, who lay the groundwork in local communities.</p>
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