Rockefeller Family Fund to Divest From ExxonMobil, Says Oil Giant Is 'Morally Reprehensible'

"There is no sane rationale for companies to continue to explore for new sources of hydrocarbons."
http://www.alternet.org/environment/rockefeller-family-fund-divest-exxonmobil-says-oil-giant-morally-reprehensible

Portland Is Suing Monsanto Over Toxic Chemical Pollution

"Monsanto profited from selling PCBs for decades and needs to take responsibility for cleaning up after the mess it created."
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/17/3761342/west-coast-cities-monsanto-lawsuit/

Our Four-Decade Antitrust Experiment Has Failed

We'd be better off returning to an older, cruder rule: ensuring that there are plenty of competitors in every market and refusing to allow any single company to become too dominant...
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/03/our-four-decade-antitrust-experiment-has-failed

Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about Trump University

"We (Trump University) have an ‘A’ from the Better Business Bureau."
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/feb/28/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-claims-about-trump-uni/

Leonardo DiCaprio Uses Best Actor Speech to Blast the “Politics of Greed”

"Climate change is real, it is happening right now," DiCaprio said, to applause. "It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating."
http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2016/02/leonardo-dicaprio-oscar-win-climate

How an Army of Pharma Lobbyists in Washington Have Locked in One of the Biggest Corporate Ripoff Schemes in America

Pharma is creaming tens of billions out of the federal government in a variety of schemes...
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/how-army-pharma-lobbyists-washington-have-locked-one-biggest-corporate-ripoff

Who is Killing American Manufacturing?

"They should shouting from rooftops, “No TPP!” For the love of American manufacturing, they should be yelling bloody murder."
http://www.industryweek.com/workforce/who-killing-american-manufacturing

Peruvian Oil Spill Prompts Water Emergency For Thousands

Peru’s General Directorate of Environmental Health issued the water quality emergency Wednesday, more than three weeks after the first rupture was reported on January 25. The second spill, which came from a different section of the same pipeline, took place on February 3, further extending plumes of oil and affecting the livelihood of communities that rely on fishing and agriculture...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/02/19/3751281/oil-spill-in-the-amazon/

Hightower: Big Pharma Identified 7,000 Govt Officials They Need to Control to Run Their Price Gouging Operation

The industry's spending millions to protect you from public officials who might stop them from overcharging you...
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/hightower-big-pharma-identified-7000-govt-officials-they-need-control-run-their

We're Getting Fleeced: Privatized Water Is 58% More Expensive Than Tap Water, Major New Study Finds

An exhaustive study shows privatization is more expensive, despite the right-wing's insistence to the contrary...
http://www.alternet.org/activism/were-getting-fleeced-privatized-water-58-more-expensive-tap-water-major-new-study-finds

Michigan's Water Wars: Nestlé Pumps Millions of Gallons for Free While Flint Pays for Poisoned Water

As Flint residents are forced to drink, cook with and even bathe in bottled water, while still paying some of the highest water bills in the county for their poisoned water, we turn to a little-known story about the bottled water industry in Michigan. In 2001 and 2002, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality issued permits to Nestlé, the largest water bottling company in the world, to pump up to 400 gallons of water per minute from aquifers that feed Lake Michigan. This sparked a decade-long legal battle between Nestlé and the residents of Mecosta County, Michigan, where Nestlé’s wells are located. One of the most surprising things about this story is that, in Mecosta County, Nestlé is not required to pay anything to extract the water, besides a small permitting fee to the state and the cost of leases to a private landowner. In fact, the company received $13 million in tax breaks from the state to locate the plant in Michigan. The spokesperson for Nestlé in Michigan is Deborah Muchmore. She’s the wife of Dennis Muchmore—Governor Rick Snyder’s chief of staff, who just retired and registered to be a lobbyist. We speak with Peggy Case, Terry Swier and Glenna Maneke of Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation...
https://youtu.be/gCl-3WwkJgg

Ted Cruz Lost This Man's Vote Because He Won't Do Enough About Drug Addiction | ThinkProgress

“I’m all for the borders being shut, but drugs are getting into the hands of addicts from drug dealers in lab coats,” he told ThinkProgress. “The pharmaceutical industry is complicit in killing people. It’s a business for them. I understand Cruz’s constitutional point, but that doesn’t outweigh all the people that are dying of overdoses. So Ted Cruz completely lost my vote today.”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/02/06/3746871/cruz-heroin-addiction-nh/

Real Time with Bill Maher: Erin Brockovich – February 5, 2016 (HBO)

Consumer advocate Erin Brockovich joins Bill Maher to discuss how greed and corruption created a toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and across the nation.
https://youtu.be/qI7p_cFtZ4w

"Slimy Pharma Executives Trying To Silence Bernie Sanders Health Care Ideas"

"In the world of business, there is no group more slimy and destructive than Pharma executives. With the recent Martin Shkreli debacle, we got a quick, inside look at just how corrupt these goons can be. So...what can we do to fix this?

America's Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, discusses this on The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann."
https://youtu.be/u49V-YAsnFI

Nestlé admits slavery in Thailand while fighting child labour lawsuit in Ivory Coast

The company has won plaudits for its admission of forced labour in the Thai seafood industry but much of the supply chain remains hidden...
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/feb/01/nestle-slavery-thailand-fighting-child-labour-lawsuit-ivory-coast

The Enviromental Disaster Nobody Is Talking About

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January 29, 2016

SAMANTHA PAGE, ThinkProgress: California’s gas leak has released almost 90,000 metric tons of methane since October.

That’s the equivalent of $14 million worth of natural gas. And the environment effects? It’s about equal to putting an extra 1.41 million cars on the road.That’s right, this is pretty much California’s biggest leak ever.

SoCal Gas, which owns the leaking storage facility, doesn’t know what cause the rupture, and stopping this volcano of gas? It’s complicated. They expect it’ll take about another whole month.

But don’t worry...

The U.S. is the largest consumer of natural gas in the world. We have about 400 storage facilities like this. So it's just a matter of time before this happens again. Isn’t that something?
https://youtu.be/2lV2uFZF7TA

Charter School Insiders Now Admit Public Education Can't Be Remade In Wall St.'s Image

A new smokescreen to shield 'non-profit' charters.
http://www.alternet.org/education/charter-school-insiders-now-admit-public-education-cant-be-remade-wall-sts-image

New House Bill Gives Away Public Lands, Creates Pseudo-Wilderness Areas | ThinkProgress

“The draft Public Lands Initiative bill is an extreme and deceptive attack on our nation’s public lands that does little for conservation,” said the Center for Western Priorities in a statement. “The legislation is another ideological vehicle for Congressman Bishop to express his disdain for national public lands, rather than a true attempt at addressing diverse stakeholder needs.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/01/21/3741512/rob-bishop-bundy-public-lands-seizures/

Oklahoma Residents Sue Energy Companies Over Earthquake Damage

“As a direct and proximate result of defendants’ negligence, plaintiffs have suffered and will continue to suffer severe and permanent damage to their persons and property,” the lawsuit states. This damage includes “cracked and broken interior and exterior walls” and “movement of the foundations beneath their dwellings.” These damages have taken a toll on the residents psyches, too, causing “mental and emotional anguish, fear, and worry.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/01/12/3738417/oklahoma-earthquake-residents-lawsuit/

The Company Behind Keystone XL Now Wants $15 Billion From US Taxpayers

"It's very troubling if every time the president makes a decision in the interest of the people, he's risking an enormous liability of this sort."
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2016/01/transcanadas-15-billion-nafta-suit-probably-doesnt-stand-chance