Communities battle state preemption and corporate privilege to legalize sustainability
“We are going to defend our property rights like any other property owner would. That means...
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Tag: Nestle
A Modern Day ‘Harvest of Shame’
Temp agencies consistently rank among the worst large industries for the rate of wage and hour violations
Read MoreIn the 'Wild West' of Water, Nestlé Gets Free Pass to Bottle the Commons
As the only province in Canada that doesn’t regulate groundwater use, B.C. residents are calling on the provincial government to update the century-old Water Act saying that, without doing so, B.C. is ripe for such abuse.
Read MoreWhat does the Island of Fiji and Coos County, Oregon have in common?
Fiji and Coos County enjoy ocean bounty and extraordinary natural beauty, fertile farmlands and abundant resources as well as high unemployment, poverty and food insecurity but that isn’t all they have in common. Fiji, like Coos County is attractive to resource extraction companies that object to paying their fair share of taxes.
Largest Coos County taxpayers taxed at half the rate of the rest of us
My thanks to Free Lunch author David Cay Johnston for doing the analysis and Adam Colby, Coos...
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