Sales of bottled water have soared during the pandemic. Many Americans may not realize they're just paying a huge markup for tap water.
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The heat was so intense in the Pacific Northwest earlier this week that roads and highways started to buckle. Schools shut down as teachers feared for children’s health. Restaurants, bars and stores closed their doors out of concern for their employees’ well-being. 
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Republican lawmakers are advancing bills that would reduce Michigan’s corporate income tax rate by 20 percent and create tax credits for businesses that lost at least a quarter of their revenue during COVID-19 restrictions.
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The move is another step toward unwinding one of Donald Trump's signature initiatives.
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A bill that would have allowed California cities and counties to pursue taxes on sugary drinks was shelved. Advocates blame the clout of the soft drink industry.
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Some of the nation's richest hospitals recorded millions in surplus while patients have been sued for medical debt.
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Major climate polluters are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on sports sponsorship to obfuscate their role in perpetrating the climate crisis, the Guardian reports.
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A new hotel is sparking controversy with its central conceit: a polar bear enclosure visible from all of its 21 rooms. The Polar Bear Hotel opened in Harbin, China and is fully booked through a trial period, but has been widely criticized by animal welfare advocates. A video shows bears in a small enclosure with harsh lighting and artificial ice.
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The government has suspended talks over the Bluff aluminium smelter until it gets environmental commitments over cleaning up its landfill and spent cell-liner waste.
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"I grilled a Big Pharma CEO about the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs. My questioning focused on how his company spent more money on stock buybacks, which enrich shareholders and executives, than on research and development that save lives." - Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA)
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Billionaire hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman has lashed out at small investors fueling the GameStop stock surge as he warned the rally will 'end badly'.
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LONDON (Reuters) – Banks have provided $1.7 trillion of finance to 40 companies in the plastics supply chain without imposing any requirements to tackle plastic pollution pouring into the world’s rivers and oceans, according to a report published on Thursday.
With European and U.S. banks increasingly spurning the most polluting fossil fuel projects to help slow climate change, campaigners want lenders to take a similar approach to plastics by making loans conditional on measures to boost recycling.
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Investigations by The Record and NorthJersey.com examined Cardinal McCarrick's rise to power, and revealed cover-ups of alleged abuse and theft.
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The Department of Justice has sued two major airlines on Tuesday, alleging the companies created an alliance that raised prices and reduced choice for air passengers traveling to and from major cities in the United States' Northeast region.
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Local bosses took pay cuts when the pandemic started. One year later, it's a different story.
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A new report entitled “The Big Con” claims to show how some of the world’s biggest polluters have worked to shape climate policy in their own interests.
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The year was 1969. A blow-out from Union Oil's offshore platform just six miles from the city of Santa Barbara leaked an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 barrels of crude oil into the Santa Barbara Channel, killing approximately 3,500 sea birds and marine animals such as dolphins, elephant seals, and...
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has been silent on her frequently busy Twitter account on Tuesday about the news that Major League Baseball is moving the 2021 All-Star Game to her home state after she lashed out three days ago at the league...
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Covid deficits are forcing councils into selling land to developers – and now US money is finding its way into the NHS...
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My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. - Proverbs 1:10 (ESV)
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Data shows that American exporters continue to ship plastic waste overseas, often to poorer countries, even though most of the world has agreed to not accept it.
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Have you heard of Robert Brockman? He’s a billionaire. Brockman is the former CEO of Reynolds & Reynolds, a software company based in Ohio. He’s also the focus of an investigation into a $2 billion tax fraud scheme.
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Agribusiness executives and government policymakers often praise the U.S. food system for producing abundant and affordable food. However, food costs are rising, and shoppers in many parts of the U.S. have limited access to fresh, healthy products. Corporate consolidation of the food system in the U.S. is making food less available or affordable.
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Using church debit cards, pastors allegedly spent excessively on high-end luxuries, three former members claim.
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Last month, in a report that got kind of lost in the ongoing coup efforts of Donald Trump and his pet Republicans, the Social Security Administration's (SSA) inspector general (IG) office issued a scathing report on the agency's performance
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