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Carey L. Biron

Carey L. Biron

Carey L. Biron is Washington correspondent for MintPress and for Inter Press News focusing on issues of equity and accountability, environmental and corporate regulation, and international development and governance from Capitol Hill. Carey spent much of the past 15 years covering South and Southeast Asia as a radio and print reporter and editor.

Prosecuting Pillaging May Be Key To Curbing Natural Resource Driven War

Pillaging, or theft during war, is a motivation behind violence driven by the exploitation of natural resources around the world. Why isn’t more done to stop it?

February 02nd, 2015

By Carey L. Biron @clbtea

Prosecuting Pillaging May Be Key To Curbing Natural Resource Driven War

WASHINGTON --- Governments, lawyers, activists and the broader multilateral system may be missing a key opportunity in the attempt to end war and violence driven by the exploitation of natural resources, analysts suggest. Conflicts around the world are either being fought over access to natural resources

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Carey L. Biron

Carey L. Biron

Carey L. Biron is Washington correspondent for MintPress and for Inter Press News focusing on issues of equity and accountability, environmental and corporate regulation, and international development and governance from Capitol Hill. Carey spent much of the past 15 years covering South and Southeast Asia as a radio and print reporter and editor.

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A series of lawsuits brought by dozens of South Asian workers against an American marine-services company could have major implications across the U.S. immigration system. Experts say they collectively entail one of the largest human trafficking cases in U.S. history.

January 27th, 2015

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Trial Begins In Major Trafficking Case Stemming From Hurricane Katrina Clean-up

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WASHINGTON --- The first in a series of lawsuits got underway earlier this month in what supporters say collectively entail one of the largest cases of human

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Carey L. Biron

Carey L. Biron

Carey L. Biron is Washington correspondent for MintPress and for Inter Press News focusing on issues of equity and accountability, environmental and corporate regulation, and international development and governance from Capitol Hill. Carey spent much of the past 15 years covering South and Southeast Asia as a radio and print reporter and editor.

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Republican-Led Congress Opens With Broad Attack On Regulation

Most voters hold favorable views of regulatory agencies like the EPA and the public protections they provide, yet critics worry a new bill would make the already inefficient regulatory process “as dysfunctional, inefficient and redundant as possible.”

January 23rd, 2015

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Carey L. Biron

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Carey L. Biron is Washington correspondent for MintPress and for Inter Press News focusing on issues of equity and accountability, environmental and corporate regulation, and international development and governance from Capitol Hill. Carey spent much of the past 15 years covering South and Southeast Asia as a radio and print reporter and editor.

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Around 85 percent of state judges must stand for election, yet these elections are often surrounded in public indifference and ignorance. Since the Citizens United decision opened the floodgates to dark money in politics, it’s had significant impact on judicial elections, too.

January 20th, 2015

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There’s A New Front For Post-Citizens United Dark Money: State Judges

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Carey L. Biron

Carey L. Biron

Carey L. Biron is Washington correspondent for MintPress and for Inter Press News focusing on issues of equity and accountability, environmental and corporate regulation, and international development and governance from Capitol Hill. Carey spent much of the past 15 years covering South and Southeast Asia as a radio and print reporter and editor.

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If the federal gas tax had kept pace with inflation since 1993, it would be double what it is today. Could the dysfunctional spending debate that has stalled raising this tax for over two decades finally be coming to an end?

January 15th, 2015

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Low Oil Prices Prompt New Interest In Raising Gas Tax, Cutting Subsidies

Gas is pumped into a car at the Eastcoast filling station Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, in Pennsauken N.J.  Photo:Matt Rourke/AP WASHINGTON --- Sensing mounting momentum on the issue, “smart growth” advocates, elected officials and others are pushing President Barack Obama to indicate his support for an increase

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Carey L. Biron

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Carey L. Biron is Washington correspondent for MintPress and for Inter Press News focusing on issues of equity and accountability, environmental and corporate regulation, and international development and governance from Capitol Hill. Carey spent much of the past 15 years covering South and Southeast Asia as a radio and print reporter and editor.

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Corporate Human Rights Ranking Seeks To Foster “Race to the Top”

“[A] clear benefit of the project is to spur companies to put in place such policies more quickly, because many won’t like to be found at the bottom of the rankings,” a founder of the initiative tells MintPress.

January 12th, 2015

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Carey L. Biron

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Carey L. Biron is Washington correspondent for MintPress and for Inter Press News focusing on issues of equity and accountability, environmental and corporate regulation, and international development and governance from Capitol Hill. Carey spent much of the past 15 years covering South and Southeast Asia as a radio and print reporter and editor.

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Major retailers, health insurers and sustainability groups are embracing a new initiative aimed at comparing companies’ policies for managing chemicals used in their products and supply chains, and whether they seek safer alternatives to dangerous substances.

January 08th, 2015

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Carey L. Biron

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Carey L. Biron is Washington correspondent for MintPress and for Inter Press News focusing on issues of equity and accountability, environmental and corporate regulation, and international development and governance from Capitol Hill. Carey spent much of the past 15 years covering South and Southeast Asia as a radio and print reporter and editor.

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