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Brett Wilkins

Brett Wilkins is staff writer for Common Dreams.

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Colorado River on Brink of ‘Catastrophic Collapse’ Brought on by Historic Drought

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Pharmacy Giant Walgreens ‘Substantially Contributed’ to San Francisco Opioid Crisis, Judge Rules

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Digital Privacy Bill Would Ban Data-Driven Advertising to Kids Under 17

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2,000 Studies Show Fracking Causes ‘Severe Harm’ to Human Health

Sen. Bernie Sanders last week said he would oppose President Joe Biden's nomination of Dr. Robert Califf to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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Biden Pick for FDA Chief Holds Millions in Big Pharma Investments

"Grocery cartels" comprised of corporate monopolies controlling most of what Americans eat and drink — and the supermarkets in which they shop — have created a false illusion of consumer choice.

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‘Grocery Cartels’ Control What Americans Eat, Where They Shop for Food

The EPA concluded that chemicals are likely to adversely affect 1,676 animals and plants on the federal threatened or endangered species lists.

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Big Ag Hits Back After EPA Says Top Herbicides Driving Vulnerable Species Toward Extinction

'Providing Jeff Bezos with $10 billion of taxpayer money would be an inappropriate giveaway of galactic proportions.'

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‘Giveaway of Galactic Proportions’: Bezos Demands $10 Billion Taxpayer Gift for Vanity Space Project

'This is the Panama Papers on steroids.'

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Pandora Papers: Huge Trove of Leaked Documents Reveal How Uber Rich Dodge Taxes

'Health is already being harmed by global temperature increases and the destruction of the natural world.'

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220+ Medical Journals: ‘Catastrophic Harm to Health’ if World Leaders Fail to Act on Climate

After losing two rounds in lower federal courts, a group of Indiana University students challenging the school's coronavirus vaccine were dealt a final blow.

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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Emergency Appeal From Indiana University Students Opposing Vaccine Mandate

1.2 Trillion Dollars in the past 5 years.

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‘Stop the Money Pipeline to Fossil Fuels’ — New Campaign Targets Federal Reserve

The leading 14 Big Pharma firms paid out more to enrich their investors than they spent on research and development from 2016 to 2020.

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14 Big Pharma Firms Spent More Enriching Investors Than on R&D

'Amazon's surveillance empire fuels militarized policing.'

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#EyesOnAmazon: Campaign Fights Amazon's Push for World 'Dominated by Total Corporate Surveillance'

Atmospheric carbon dioxide reached a monthly average level of 419 parts per million in May.

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Earth’s Atmospheric CO2 Soars to Highest Level in 4 Million Years

'It's time to end the dominance of big corporations and big money in our politics.'

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Big Corporations Funding Politicians Behind Anti-Democracy Bills

'Banks shouldn't finance this level of pollution.'

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175 Groups Urge Banks Not to Fund ‘Disastrous’ $12 Billion Chemical Plant in ‘Cancer Alley’

'Fossil fuels are the greatest contributor to climate change.'

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101 Nobel Laureates to World Leaders: ‘Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground’

"For too long, we have been waging a senseless and suicidal war on nature."

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New Report: Humanity Must End ‘Senseless and Suicidal War on Nature’

Youth activists — angry but determined.

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Youth Activists Will Take Climate Case to U.S. Supreme Court

Even if you don't use Amazon you're going to be in their system.

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Coming to Your Neighborhood? Amazon Delivery Vans With ‘Roaming Eyes’ Cameras

"Instead of spending on innovation, Big Pharma is hoarding its money for salaries and dividends."

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‘Killer Profits’: How Big Pharma Hoards Money, Harms Patients

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Rich Getting Richer, Poor Getting Poorer, New Data Shows Again

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Big Energy Pocketed Billions in Taxpayer-Funded COVID Bailouts

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Katie Porter, the Squad Blast Big Pharma Over ‘Exorbitant’ Drug Prices