Environmental

outhwestern Tribes Lead 3-Day March to Move Beyond Coal

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Nevada, Green, Energy, Native Americans, Environmental, Sierra Club, Coal, Moapa Band of Paiutes, Coal Energy, Moapa-Air-Pollution, Green News

We can do better than coal -- for the Moapa Band of Paiutes, other Native American tribes and all Americans.

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Can a 'One Tree at a Time' Approach Reverse Human Health and Environmental Issues?

Organic Authority.com | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Environment, Organic Superfoods, Greg Reitman, Navitas Naturals, Environmental, One Tree, Fruit Tree Planting Foundation, Green News

Both the environment and human health are facing critical challenges. And evidence -- such as the widening expansion of industrial agriculture, genetic modification and use of pesticides -- indicates a deeper connection between the two.

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14 By 14, A Biblical Emissions Mandate: 14 (Percent Reduction) By (20)14

Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Energy, Covenant, Carbon, Religion, Environmental, Leviticus, Climate, Bible, Sabbatical, Environment, Coejl, Greenhouse, Torah, Jewish, Rabbi, Green Faith, Religion News

We should let our workers rest from their labors; and the Earth should be allowed to rest, too. Social, spiritual and ecological sustainability intertwine.

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Fixing BP's Big Fix

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Clean-Up, New Orleans, The Big Fix, Horizon Deepwater, Tar-Smarting, Environmental, Bp, Gulf Oil Spill, Panama City, Corexit, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Green News

Image Source: Nalco Corexit 9500 MSDS sheet from http://www.msds.com BP is putting a lot of money behind a TV commercial that opens with "This was t...

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Caught in the Act: Malibu's Dirty Little Secret Cleaned Up (VIDEO)

Kathy Eldon | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Protection, Visions, John Sibert, Park, Malibu, Legacy, Pollution, Susan Nissman, Paul Herzog, Surfrider, Friendly, Environmental, Creative Visions Foundation, Legacy Park, Stormwater, Kathy Eldon, Foundation, Surfrider Foundation, Runoff, Creative, Ocean, Gardens, Clear Water Protection, Ocean Friendly Garden, Disinfection, Mayor, Ecological Threat, Run Off, Toxic, Irrigation, Polluted Stormwater, Environmental Project, Impact News

The glamorous city of 13,000 is now leading the way in stopping toxic stormwater and chemical-laden urban runoff from destroying its glamorous coastline.

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The Greenest Garden in Washington

Nigel Sheinwald | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: UK, British Embassy, Nigel Sheinwald, Beekeeping, Washington, Food, Greens, Green Living, Greenhouse, Green, Dc, Fruit, Kitchen Garden, Bees, Garden, White House Kitchen Garden, Ukinusa, Environment, Diplomacy, British, Water, Gardeining, Environmental, Chesapeake Bay, Green News

The British poet Alexander Pope once observed that, "All gardening is landscape-painting." But today's gardeners need to be environmental stewards as well as aesthetes.

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Impact Investing Defined

Jigar Shah | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Energy, Environmental, Socially Responsible Investing, Global Economy, Carbon Emissions, Impact Investing, Renewable Energy, Green Economy, Economic Recovery, Investors, Green News

The term "Impact Investing" has taken on many meanings in the past few years. I want to end the confusion and underscore that impact investing must by definition deliver impactful and compelling financial returns.

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Prospects for Progressive Politics: A July 4th Interview With Activist Jeff Blum

Peter Dreier | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Consumer, Health Care for America Now, Rich Trumka, Environmental, Labor, Jeff Blum, Larry Cohen Francis Bellamy, Mary Kay Henry, Maria Elena Durazo, Progressive Politics, Unions, US Action, Politics News

This year, Americans celebrated their independence at a time when almost 10 percent of the workforce is officially unemployed, millions more are underemployed, and millions of families are losing their homes. Under these circumstances, why isn't the left gaining momentum?

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Greenwashing: Electric Cars and Innovation Stalled

Robert F. Brands | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Environmental, Ford Fusion Hybrid, Car, Hybrid Cars, Hybrid, Greenwashing, Hybrid SUVs, Green, Environmentalism, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrids, Green News

The key issue for any concerned consumer is: Where's the power coming from? Most electricity in the U.S. comes from nuclear facilities or power plants that burn coal or fossil fuels.

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Drill, Anadarko, Drill: Utah Project Gets OK From Secretary Salazar

AP | JOSH LOFTIN | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Texas, Colorado-Utah Border, Environmental, Denver News, Uintah, Salazar, Greater Natural Buttes, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Natural Gas Drilling, Natural Gas, Job Creation, Pollution Emissions, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Denver News

SALT LAKE CITY — Federal officials announced Thursday that drilling could soon begin on a natural gas project in eastern Utah that could include...

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The Danger of Industrial Optimism: The Challenger Syndrome

Terry Newell | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Politics, Manufacturing, Science, Environmental, Commercialism, Safety, Fracking, Challenger, Green News

We must prove something is unsafe, that it will damage human health or the environment, before we can stop it. For the Challenger crew, that was tragic. For us as a nation, it could be catastrophic.

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PHOTOS: Raising Environmental Awareness Through Art

Annie Buckley | Posted 07.14.2011

Read More: John Grade, Buster Simpson, Environmental, Art, Galleries, Environment, Slidepollajax, Los Angeles, Sant Khalsa, Visual Art, Annie Buckley, Samantha Fields, Photography, Sculpture, Ecology, Sustainability, Preservation, Arts News

The four artists included in this edition of "On Seeing" each address ecology and our deepening environmental concerns. Their approaches vary from tem...

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Ten Things Prince Harry Should Know on His Way to the North Pole

Sebastian Copeland | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Ice, Into the Cold, Expeditions, Arctic, Environmental, North Pole, Prince Harry, New Films, Melting Ice, Green, Travel News

Keep a change of clothes easily accessible in your sled. If you fall in the drink, you'll need to get naked and change fast before hypothermia sets in. This is not a time when you want to wonder where you have placed that replacement top!

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The War on Workers: L.A. Is On!

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Demonstrations, Environmental, Workers, Scott Walker, Advocates, Protests, Teamsters, Labor Unions, Banksters, Religious, Wisconsin Protests, Workers Rights, Los Angeles News

It's not just about red states and blue states, it's not about public sector versus private sector workers, and it's not about any of the other propaganda that gets thrown around to divide Americans. It's about all of us.

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From Heresy to Dogma: How Uncommon Bedfellows Changed the Environmental Movement

Gwen Ruta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Green Business, Environmental, Partnerships, Business, Environmental Defense Fund, Sustainable Symposium, Ralph Nader, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Corporate America, Boston Globe, Mcdonalds, Green News

These days, the need for private sector leadership is greater than ever. And the good news is that even in the midst of a global recession, Corporate America hasn't shied away from investing in environmental initiatives.

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Natural Burial Is Gaining Ground: Advocates Are Speaking Up Across North America

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainable Living, Natural Burial Grounds, Casket, Greentech, Darlene Ward, Cemetery, Conservation, Eco-Friendly, Natural Burial Ground, Conservationist, Green Burial Council, Funeral, New England Green Burial Society, Lynn Redgrave, Foxfield Preserve, The Wilderness Center, Environmental, Mankind Project Center, Coffin, Tom Hopwood, Burial Ground, Urn, Natural Burial, Houston, The Preserve, Spirituality, Funeral Planning, Green Burial, Preserve in Spring Vale, Solar Living Institute, Land Trusts, Kessler Woods, Sustainable, Environmentally Friendly Caskets Final Footprint, New Harmony Cemetery, Terry Ward, Jane Hillhouse, American Culture & Death, Fair Trade, Steelmantown Cemetery, Solfest, Ukiah, Green News

Throughout the United States there is increasing interest in natural burial as a way to honor lives that have been lived with care for the planet.

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Sustainable Food, Sustainable Faith

Ari Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Environmental, Kosher, Environment, Food, Sustainability, Hazon, Fait, Kosher-Food, Jewish, Judaism, Farming, Jewish Farms, Farms, Activism, Values, Health, Faith, Torah, Food Politics, Religion News

Food is now largely produced by huge corporate, industrialized farms hundreds or thousands of miles away from consumers. As our relationship to food dramatically changes, faith traditions are speaking up.

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All About Geoducks: Don't Judge an Ugly Clam by Its Cover (VIDEO)

Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green, Food Curated, Liza deGuia, Northwest, Geoduck Farming, Shellfish, Geoduck, Video, Environmental, Brian Phipps, Farm, Pacific, Chowder, Skeeternyc, Farming, Taylor Shellfish, Puget Sound, Sashimi, Sustainable, Ceviche, Fritters, Clam, Water, Harvest, Food, Monterey Bay Seafood Watch, Sustainable Seafood, Geoduck Harvesting, Asian, Ocean, Seafood, Food News

With the image of the beast in mind, yes, my first bite was met with hesitation. But the mild flavors and exciting textures made the geoduck's ugliness a lot less intimidating.

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After 11 Weeks of Disaster, Time for Freedom From Oil (PHOTOS)

Philip Radford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Bp, Environment, Congress, Climate Change, Environmental, Oil, Gulf, Obama, Clean Energy, Oceans, Gulf Oil Spill, Greenpeace, Barack Obama, Fossil Fuels, Photos, Slideshow, Energy, America, Green, US, Green Living, Oil Spill, Our Oceans, United States, Freedom, Top Kill, Green Energy, Climate Bill, Animals, Green News

Eleven weeks ago BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded into the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers. Since the explosion thousands upon thousan...

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Conservative Rampage

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmentalism, Environmental, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, Environmental Policy, Conservatives, Washington Times, Earth Day, Green News

Why did the Washington Times trumpet a devotion to waste, pollution and dirty fuels? Their acerbic rhetoric was hardly a way to expand readership and gain credibility on the national stage.

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Natural Burial Is a Gentler Way to Leave

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Organic Shrouds, Natural Burial Grounds, Casket, Pine Casket, San Jose, Cemetery, Seminars, Eco-Friendly, Nitrogen Oxide, Dioxin, Embalming, Green Burial Council, Funeral, Willow Casket, Embalming Fluid, Environmental, Environmentally-Friendly Caskets Final Footprint, Coffin, Philip Donald Batchelder, Environmentally Friendly Coffins, Mercury Pollution, Batchelder, Urn, Crematory Mercury, Climate Change, Sulphur Dioxide, Environmental Law, Natural Burial, Funeral Rule, Cremation, Eco-Friendly Coffins, Denver, Hospice, Green Burial, Funeral Consumer Alliance, Funeral Industry, Biodegradable Coffins, Bloomington, Carbon Dioxide, Half Moon Bay, Pre-Posthumous Society, Fair Wage, Land Trusts, Death, Green America, Sustainable, Mary Woodson, Biodegradable Caskets, FTC Funeral Rule, Palliative Care, Caffe Lucca, Environmentally-Friendly, Burial Vaults, Willow, Acid Rain, Montara, Jane Hillhouse, Continuing Education, Eco-Friendly Caskets, Ecoffins, Biodegradable, Fair Trade, Raleigh, Healthy Living News

Commercial funeral practices put gallons of embalming fluid, and tons of metal and exotic hardwoods into the ground. And I was surprised to learn that cremation is equally polluting and energy-intensive.

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Cochabamba PWCCC - Latinos and the Environment

Kety Esquivel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angela Adrar, Environmental Injustice, Lance Rios From Being Latino, World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, SouthWest Workers Union, Diana Lopez, Afro-Descendant and Latino Leaders, Penny Williams, Climate Change, Roberto Borrero, Indigenous People, Cochabamba, Environmental, Angelica Salazar, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, Human Rights, Climate Justice, United Confederation of Taino People, Kety Esquivel, La Trenza Leadership, Climate Movement, Ian Viteri, Migrant, O'Odham Nation, Sierra Club, Talking Feather, Ophelia Rivas, Home News

This blog post was written by Angela Adrar, Lance Rios and myself (Kety Esquivel). "As a Colombiana naturalized in the US, going to Cochabamba for t...

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Not Great News for the Allergy Sufferers Among Us...

A. Siegel | Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: Environment, National Wildlife Foundation, Medical, Climate Change, Environmental, Catastrophic Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Global Warming, Allergies, Green News

Global warming has almost certainly already made allergy conditions worse and we've only seen the tip of the iceberg so far. Time to stock up on Benadryl and consider buying some drug company stocks.

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Natural Burial Expo 2010: Learn How to "Green" Your Farewell

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organic Shrouds, Casket, Green Burial, Cemetery, Bury Me Naturally, Joseph Smolenski, Julie Mullin, Renaissance Funeral Home, Eco-Friendly, Carol Motley, Biodegradable Coffins, Sustainable, Funeral, Environmental, Biodegradable Caskets, Coffin, Environmentally-Friendly, Natural Burial Expo, Jane Hillhouse, Fiberactive, Urn, Natural Burial, Eco-Friendly Caskets, Ecoffins, Biodegradable, Final Footprint, Fair Trade, Eco-Friendly Coffins, Green News

The Natural Burial Expo 2010 is being held on Saturday, April 24 and Sunday April 25, 2010 at St. Paul's Christian Church in Raleigh, NC. Organizers r...

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Deja vu: The Dirty Aftermath of Ixtoc 1 Oil in the Gulf

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Ixtoc, Green News

The blowout at the Ixtoc 1 oil well more than three years ago provides a sobering conclusion. We still haven't come to grips with the long-term impact of oil spills on the environment.

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