Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
Wine industry consolidation has continued at a rapid pace in the last 2 years. Over 80% of Sonoma and Napa wineries are now corporate entities and profits go out of our area. BRANDS OWNED BY BIG, CORPORATE WINERIES: A MASTER LIST TO SEE IF A BRAND IS INDEPENDENT OR PART OF A BIG, HULKING …
“Corporate abuse by multinational corporations is directly responsible for the loss of $245 billion each year, with companies shifting $1.38 trillion in profits out of the countries where those profits were earned into tax havens, the report said. Private tax evaders also stored a total of $10 trillion in offshore accounts, leading to a loss …
Follow the money: “The deregulatory policy, which was pushed by the meat industry, would generate an additional $2 million in revenue for large plants each year, but it also would put workers at increased risk of injury.” The New U.S. Food Safety Czar is a Texas Researcher with Close Ties to the Meat Industry Mindy …
Cree Indian saying, “When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money”. “The White House chose the week the United States became the epicenter of a historic pandemic to virtually stop policing big polluters, privatize a bedrock …
Corporate Polluters: EPA suspends enforcement of environmental laws amid coronavirus Read More »
“The report finds that in 2018, 60 of America’s biggest corporations zeroed out their federal income taxes on $79 billion in U.S. pretax income. Instead of paying $16.4 billion in taxes at the 21 percent statutory corporate tax rate, these companies enjoyed a net corporate tax rebate of $4.3 billion.” Corporate Tax Avoidance Remains Rampant …
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“The list of malefactors includes the giants of fast food, like McDonald’s, Subway and Chick-fil-A, as well as sit-down restaurants like Cracker Barrel, Outback Steakhouse and the Cheesecake Factory. And it’s not just restaurants. The data also shows most workers at the supermarket chains Wegmans, Kroger, Meijer and Giant Eagle reported that they did not …
Who refuses to provide paid sick leave? The New York Times gives us the names Read More »