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Jacob Chamberlain

Super-Sized Inequality: Fast Food CEO Millionaire Pay Outpaces Workers 1000:1

Fast-food industry wage disparity largest in the economy and expected to rise even further.

April 24th, 2014

By Jacob Chamberlain

The fast food industry maintains a more extreme wage disparity between workers and CEOs than any other industry in the economy, according to a report by the public policy organization Demos published Tuesday. In many cases, income gaps surpass a 1,000-to-1 ratio, a factor that not

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Demonstrators push police's shields as they protest Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro near the attorney generals office in Caracas, Venezuela, July 18, 2018. The previous night, former presidential candidate and opposition leader Henrique Capriles called on the country's political forces to reorganize in order to cope with the South American country's hyperinflation, and lack of food and medicine. Fernando Llano | AP

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Analysis: America’s Middle Class Falters As Nation’s Richest Rise

Report shows low and middle income earners falling behind comparable countries.

April 23rd, 2014

By Jacob Chamberlain

Analysis: America’s Middle Class Falters As Nation’s Richest Rise

The income inequality gap between the wealthy and those considered to be lower- and middle class is skyrocketing in the U.S. compared to other countries historically known to be less affluent, according to a new analysis

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A Little-Known Toxic Threat ‘Underfoot’ In North Carolina

Coal ash used as landfill is a ‘silent, lurking issue that’s not getting any attention’.

April 22nd, 2014

By Jacob Chamberlain

A Little-Known Toxic Threat ‘Underfoot’ In North Carolina

North Carolina residents do not know the extent of a toxic mess that has been buried under their feet in dozens of locations around the state. Coal ash, the murky and toxic waste created by the coal industry, made headlines in February when a containment pond spilled into North

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Third Report in Three Days Shows Scale Of Fracking Perils

‘We can conclude that this process has not been shown to be safe’

April 19th, 2014

By Jacob Chamberlain

Third Report in Three Days Shows Scale Of Fracking Perils

The fracking industry is having a bad week. In the third asssessment in as many days focused on the pollution created by the booming industry, a group of researchers said Wednesday that the controversial oil and gas drilling practice known as fracking likely produces public health risks and

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7.5 Earthquake Strikes Southern Mexico

‘One of the biggest to hit Mexico in several years’

April 19th, 2014

By Jacob Chamberlain

A powerful earthquake rattled Southern Mexico Friday morning, sending people scrambling into the streets in populated areas such as Mexico City. There were no early reports of major damage, injuries, or loss of life. The earthquake struck on the Pacific coast near Acapulco, registering at 7.5 magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey

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US Fracking Boom Creating Crisis Of Illegal Toxic Dumping

Toxic materials from gas drilling industry creating ‘legacy of radioactivity’.

April 17th, 2014

By Jacob Chamberlain

Industrial waste from fracking sites is leaving a "legacy of radioactivity" across the country as the drilling boom churns out more and more toxic byproducts with little to no oversight of the disposal process, critics warn. According to

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Study: Fracking Emissions Up To 1000x Higher Than EPA Estimates

New report suggests highly potent greenhouse gas far more prevalent in gas production than previously thought.

April 16th, 2014

By Jacob Chamberlain

Natural gas drilling is emitting far higher levels of methane into the atmosphere than federal regulators at the Environmental Protection Agency have said, according to the findings of a new study released Monday. "We identified a significant regional flux of methane

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