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Features
Obama plans to boost spending on nuclear weapons
Even as it touts U.S. efforts to sharply reduce its number of nuclear warheads, the Obama administration plans to increase spending on the aging nuclear weapons infrastructure to levels reminiscent of the Cold War, a new budget document shows.
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Give BP America the Corporate Death Penalty, Green Change Campaign Says
Today, Green Change started a campaign to revoke the corporate charter of BP America Inc., the company responsible for the catastrophic oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Give BP the corporate death penalty
Pardon the sacrilege, but for a real deterrent, it's time to institute a corporate death penalty -- and BP is a perfect candidate. That sort of retribution would be divine.
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Despite Obama’s moratorium, offshore oil drilling projects move ahead
In the days since Obama announced a moratorium on permits for drilling new offshore oil wells and a halt to a controversial type of environmental waiver that was given to the Deepwater Horizon rig, at least seven new permits for drilling and five environmental waivers have been granted.
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Afghan war may waste $2 trillion dollars
"Why are we putting money into Afghanistan to fight a losing war and following the Soviet example rather than putting money into [our] local communities?"
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