Publication archives

Mar 2, 2016

How Michigan Laws Led to the Flint Water Crisis by Subverting Democracy

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Shiney Varghese
The tragic situation in Flint, Michigan, is in many ways a cautionary tale of democracy subverted, one that ties directly to the United States refusal to recognize basic human rights such as the right to water.
Feb 25, 2016

Obama Undermines Climate Efforts in Solar Trade Dispute

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Ben Lilliston
At the Paris climate talks, negotiators chose not to address the sticky issue of trade rules, and how those rules undermine each nation’s efforts to address climate change.
Obama Undermines Climate Efforts in Solar Trade Dispute
Feb 25, 2016

Drinking water and Democracy: Tale of Two Cities

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Shiney Varghese
The tragic situation in Flint is in many ways a cautionary tale of democracy subverted, one that ties directly to the United States’ refusal to recognize basic human rights such as the right to water.
Feb 23, 2016

Climate, Livestock, Carbon & the Lobby #LivestockDebate

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Shefali Sharma
While the debate continues about holistic management and what “true cost” actually means for livestock production models and climate change, technocrats and governments are busy establishing standards for carbon intensity reduction in industrial animal agriculture.
Climate, Livestock, Carbon & the Lobby #LivestockDebate
Feb 16, 2016

Congress: Defending Wall Street in the Name of Defending Main Street, Again

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Dr. Steve Suppan
In a February 4 speech at the Georgetown University Law School, Commissioner Sharon Bowen, of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), responded concisely to one of two questions she was asked to discuss: “Is Wall Street reformed?
Feb 12, 2016

Supreme Court decision on Clean Power Plan deals a blow to rural communities

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Tara Ritter
On Tuesday, a Supreme Court decision temporarily halted implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. The decision was prompted by a lawsuit from 29 states and state agencies challenging the EPA’s authority to impose the Clean Power Plan under the Clean Air Act.
Feb 2, 2016

Behind closed doors–the vulnerability of big meat production

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Ben Lilliston
This blog first appeared as a contribution to #Livestockdebate hosted by the European coalition ARC2020 (Agriculture and Rural Convention 2020). You can read contributions to the #Livestockdebate from other experts at the ARC2020 website.
Behind closed doors–the vulnerability of big meat production
Feb 2, 2016

Building international alliances to bury the TPP

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Karen Hansen-Kuhn
One reason the TPP is in such trouble, especially in the United States, is that we’ve heard this story before. Passing NAFTA, CAFTA or other free trade agreements was supposed to mean more and better jobs, improved farm incomes and increasing prosperity all around. But that’s not what happened.