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The EPA is rushing a gene-changing pesticide through the approval process which would open the door to similar products from Big Chemical

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An oil embargo against Israel looks unlikely to have much economic impact but it could promote other Middle Eastern joint action.

The Israel shelling of the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza was an escalation too far. But that does not mean Israel or the US will put on the brakes

A mega project that would pipe carbon from five states and inject it underground in North Dakota relies on dubious technology, risks prolonging the ethanol boondoggle and could destroy lives and land. 

A divergent take on Poland elections: PiS lost becaue it promised to address the costs of 1990s shock doctrine but then did little.

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New York City will send arriving migrant families seeking shelter to a former airfield. Those now in shelters get 60-day eviction notices.

“If diplomatic relations with Israel have to be suspended, we will suspend them. We do not support genocides,” said President Petro. But hours after expelling Israel’s ambassador, his government reversed course. 

Confirming that investors in football (as in the kind played all over the world) have money to burn, because that’s what they are probably doing.

Deaths of despair turn out to be more widespread than thought earlier. Yet lack of interest in this collective tragedy persists.

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