Eastern Ohio, home to billions of dollars worth of oil and gas shale reserves, also boasts the largest Amish population in the world, and energy companies have been approaching Amish farmers to buy drilling rights to the land for a pittance. The problem is that once the farmers realise that they have signed away their land for a mere fraction of its real worth, they are unable to sue in court because their religion does not permit lawsuits.
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The Codex Alimetarius’ war on food supplements continues. The writer of this article is a big name in the vaccine community.
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The soaps industry on Friday (7 June) launched a campaign to get Europeans to use a 30úC washing cycle, saying just a 3ú heat drop in a few countries would save enough energy to power the Italian city of Parma for a year….Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard attended the launch of the initiative, which is in line with the Commissionâs âWorld you likeâ green living campaign. âThis is an example of partnership at its best and is fully in the spirit of the Commission’s aim to encourage multi-stakeholder action in the fight against climate change. I
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His lawyer cites the friendship between Vice President Joe Biden and Chris Dodd, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and a former Senator.
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Under proposals seen by the FT, the rate would be supervised in Paris by the European Securities and Markets Authority in a move likely to anger the British government.
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Obama expected to use weekend summit to call on China to admit role in recent attacks against US computer networks
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Actors Russell Brand, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Wallace Shawn join Oliver Stone, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, and journalists Chris Hedges, Matt Taibbi and a slew of others who lend Manning their support. Daniel Ellsberg, the former US Defense Department employee who leaked the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, is also featured.
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Landmark decision. The Supreme Court rules to allow Maryland to continue taking DNA samples from people arrested for violent crimes–before they’re convicted.
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President Barack Obama’s administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, several U.S. government sources said on Monday.
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In Southern California, which sees the lion’s share of U.S. Navy training on the West Coast, biologists are concerned that the U.S. Navy’s range has become a population sink for deep-diving beaked whales, a family of marine mammal species that is acutely vulnerable to high-powered naval sonar.
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