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Jared Wade

The above video highlights the challenges the world will face throughout the rest of the century. Extreme weather, agricultural disruptions and other crises are expected to proliferate as the decades go on and the fallout of rampant carbon dioxide emissions continue to exacerbate climat change. A recent report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate [...]

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Some disturbing news coming out of Spokane, Washington, according to The Spokesman-Review. The City of Spokane may sever its contract with its risk management firm following allegations that the firm pressured police and a city employee to hide potentially incriminating details surrounding a 2010 collision that paralyzed a pedestrian. According to documents obtained by lawyers [...]

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State Corruption Risk

by Jared Wade on March 20, 2012 · 0 comments

To the surprise of many — even at least one public servant who helps run the state — New Jersey has been deemed the state least at risk of corruption. “I’m still in shock,” New Jersey Senate Majority Leader Lorretta Weinberg, a Democrat from Bergen County, told those conducting the State Integrity Investigation. “If we’re [...]

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When the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and caused the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, many on the Gulf Coast were deeply concerned that the local seafood industry would be devastate for years to come. Fortunately, the extent of the damage was not as bad as initially feared and revenues for local fisherman were [...]

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