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Mayflower, Ark., Battles Exxon's Backyard Oil Spill

2013-04-06 04:34:43| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

We tend to think of oil spills on a massive scale, so large they are hard to imagine.

Entrepreneur battles to get his 'soynut' products on a snack food shelf near you

2013-04-02 01:28:45| Grocery - Topix.net

Peter Assaly has been trying to position his dry-roasted "soynuts" next to the dry roasted peanuts, sunflower seeds and cashews on American snack food shelves for the past 21 years.

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U.S. Marine Battles TransCanada in Court over Eminent Domain for Keystone XL

2013-03-05 17:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: [Editor's note: Thanks to Michael Bishop for providing EcoWatch this firsthand account of what happens when a company like TransCanada claims eminent domain on one's property and begins building a tar sands pipeline--the southern leg of the Keystone XL. Unfortunately, this is one of many examples of corporations putting profits before human health and the environment in pursuit of extreme fossil fuel extraction. The good news is that people like Michael Bishop are fighting back. This is the second...

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Preservation Battles: 111-Year-Old WeHo Bungalows Score Victory Over Condos

2013-03-05 12:35:49| Real Estate - Topix.net

Score one for the WeHo preservationists: the West Hollywood Preservation Commission has voted in favor of giving historic status to two turn-of-the-twentieth-century houses on Palm Avenue, reports Patch .

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