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When Should You Sue to Protect the Environment?

Should you take polluters, companies, governments or even citizens to court? When should you sue to protect the environment?  The simple answer is, “When they break the law.” In most nations of the world, important laws now exist to protect clean air and clean water, minimize the environmental impacts of destructive practices like logging and mining, prevent […]

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Michele Bachmann Wants to Crush EPA. First, She Should Go to China.

Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota Republican Member of Congress who’s running for President, vows she’ll cripple the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency if she’s elected. Maybe if she spent a week in China like I recently did, she’d change her mind. I’ve just returned from a seven-day trip to Beijing, China’s capital, and Xi’an, the country’s cultural […]

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