Read This Changes Everything Online
Authors: Naomi Klein
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green technology, investment in
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Rogers, Jim,
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Romania:
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Romm, Joe,
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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
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Roosevelt, Theodore,
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rotifers, BP oil spill and,
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
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royalties, on oil, gas, and coal extraction,
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Roy, Arundhati,
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Ruffalo, Mark,
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Russia:
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oil and gas companies in,
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Safe Drinking Water Act,
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Safety and Environmental Enforcement Bureau, U.S.,
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St. Lawrence River,
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Sami,
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San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina province, Colombia,
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Koch attempt to block federal aid for,
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Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.,
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San Francisco, Calif.,
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Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969,
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Sarnia, Canada,
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Sartre, Jean-Paul,
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Schapiro, Mark,
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science, climate,
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Science Advisory Committee,
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Scientific Revolution,
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sea star wasting syndrome,
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sea turtles,
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seawalls,
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SEC,
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Senegal,
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offshore drilling by,
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reserve-replacement ratio of,
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Shelley, Mary,
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shipping industry,
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shock doctrine,
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geoengineering as,
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shrimp, BP spill and,
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Simon, Gary,
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