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Children v. Dirty Business

William S. Becker | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Global Commons, Soil, Our Children's Trust, Common Law, Tom Vilsack, Lawsuits, Obama Administration, Atmosphere, Steven Chu, Climate Change, Water, National Association of Manufacturers, Gary Locke, Federal Court, Public Trust Doctrine, Oceans, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Lisa Jackson, Ken Salazar, Forests, Air, Green News
William S. Becker

On May 11, a group of children will face off against the Obama administration and the NAM, arguing that common law requires governments to protect critical natural resources on behalf of current and future generations.

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PHOTOS: 5 Open-Air Hotel Rooms For Spring

Oyster | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Hotels, Open-Air Hotels, Getaways, Spring, Travel, Retreats, Vacation, Breeze, Walls, Slidepollajax, Open-Air, Air, Travel News
Oyster

We found vacation spots that bring the outside inside.

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Bruce Lee In Theaters

Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Faith of the Faithless, In Darkness, Video, Culture Forecast, Simon Critchley, Air Le Voyage Dans La Lune, Week in Culture, I Am Bruce Lee, Air, Smash, Le Voyage Dans La Lune, Culture, On Our Radar, Culture News

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Air's Latest From Their Silent Film-Themed Album

Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Georges Melies, Video, Excursion to the Moon, Parade, Track of the Day, Air Le Voyage Dans La Lune, Air Parade, Segundo De Chomon, Air, On Our Radar, Le Voyage Dans La Lune, Culture News

What better music to score a once-silent film than a band called Air? As we reported on Jan. 5, the French electronic/ambient duo wrote the music for ...

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French Duo Air Goes Into Space

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Video, Seven Stars, Track of the Day, Air Le Voyage Dans La Lune, George Mieles, Air Sonic Armada, Air Soundtrack, Sonic Armada, Air Seven Stars, Air, On Our Radar, Le Voyage Dans La Lune, Culture News

Last year, the French electronica duo known as Air premiered their score for George Melies' 1902 silent classic about little green men on the moon, "L...

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Dog Ears Music: What We Really Want For ChristmasChanukahKwanzaa

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Pegi Young, Claudine Longet, Albert King, Neil Young, Music, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Ben Taylor, Big Star, The Beatles, Emily Greene, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Spike Jones & His City Slickers, Graham Central Station, Lene Lovich, Bronski Beat, Cheap Trick, The Blue Nile, Big Joe Turner, Nine Inch Nails, Rod Stewart, Donald Fagen, Bon Iver, Hafdis Huld, Danielle Evin, Bobby Womack, Big Maybelle, Air, Maria McKee, mp3s, Robert Anderson, Bessie Smith, Ringo Starr, Peter Bjorn and John, Al Green, Phil Ramone, Albert Collins, Joni Mitchell, Brian Eno & David Byrne, The Black Keys, Lucille Ball, Dog Ears, Trio Los Panchos, Ugly-Casanova, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week we review albums by Neil Young, Bronski Beat, Cheap Trick, Hafdis Huld, The Beatles, and other artists.

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A Poison Pill In the Tax Bill

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Taxes, Environmental Protection Agency, Congress, White House, Tax Bill, Boehner, House of Representatives, President Obama, John Boehner, Boilers, Pollution, Air, Green News
Trip Van Noppen

At the urging of lobbyists for the chemical manufacturers, refiners, paper mills and other big polluters, Speaker Boehner has put poison in the stockings of children across the country.

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Air's New Album Is The Latest In A Silent Film-Minded Year

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Air Seven Seas Victoria Legrand, Air Band, Video, George Melies, Air Seven Seas, Air Beach House, Air French Duo, The Artist, Track of the Day, Music, Hugo, Le Voyage Dans La Lune, Beach House Band, Beach House, Air French Band, Air, On Our Radar, Culture News

French duo Air is following up 2009's Love 2 with Le Voyage Dans La Lune early next year, a musical homage to silent filmmaker George Melies' 1902 sil...

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Dog Ears Music: Ghostlike II

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Laura Nyro, Jelly Roll Morton, Old Time Relijun, The Bar-Kays, Dead Kennedys, Travis, The Cave Singers, The Temper Trap, Mark Ronson, James Blackshaw, Sammy Davis Jr. (With Mike Curb Congregation), Danielle Evin, Leyland Kirby, Skeleton Key, Music, Big Maybelle, Sonic Youth, Ra Ra Riot, Spike Jones, mp3s, The Heavy, The Black Angels, Phil Ramone, David Condos, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Air, DM Stith, Dog Ears, Drive-by Truckers, Yoko Ono & the Brother Brothers, Thomas Dolby, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week we review albums by The Heavy, Leyland Kirby, Big Maybelle, Yoko Ono & The Brother Brothers, and other artists.

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Oil Refinery Faces Record Fines Over Clean Air Act Violations

AP | ALAN SAYRE | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Pelican Refining Clean Air Act Violations, Video, Lake Charles, Environment, Oil, Louisiana Refinery, Pelican Refining, Oil Refineries, Justice Department, Air Pollution, Air, Clean Air Act, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — A Texas company that owns a refinery in southwestern Louisiana pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony violations of the federal Clean ...

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Dog Ears Music: Poolside Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Jesca Hoop, The Caretaker, Broken Social Scene, William Basinski, Steve Winwood, Danielle Evin, Laurie Anderson, Debbie Harry, Max Richter, ALbert Hammond Jr., Music, Air, The Beatles, mp3s, Bangups, Tracy Bonham, Pavement, Feist, Phil Ramone, Albert Collins, Doves, Alice Coltrane, Architecture in Helsinki, Dog Ears, B.B. King, Seabear, Enon, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week we review albums by Bangups, The Caretaker, Laurie Anderson, AIR, and others.

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Monday Madness: Chatting with Rob Zombie, Danny Elfman, Devo's Gerald Casale and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.22.2011

Read More: Jim Jones Revue, Back to School, Martin Scorsese, Edwards Scissorhands, Akira Kurosawa, Dimitri Tiomkin, Carlos Chaivez, Rob Zombie, Pierre Yuksek, The Drums, Marilyn Manson, Steven Spielberg, Pavement, Rush, A Clock Orange, Bernard Herrmann, Kinky, Dick Tracy, Daft Punk, Werner Herzog, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ariel Pink, Devo, Richard Craft, Lincoln Center, Slayer, The Voyage of Sinbad, Tim Burton, Max Steiner, John Huston, Russ Meyer, Gerry Casale, Woolite, A Perfect Circle, Harlem, Kii Arens, U2, Phoenix, Comedy Central, Jell-O, Slipknot, Broadway Danny Rose, Weird Science, Forbidden Zone, The Lords of Salem, Joni Mitchell, Army of Darkness, Danny Elfman, Sebastien Teller, Stanley Kubrick, Jeffrey Miller, Jason Trucco, Beetlejuice, Paul Simon, Seb Caudron, Alice in Wonderland, Big Fish, Alfred Hitchcock, Silverchair, The Pixies, Jason & the Argonauts, Federico Fellini, Tom Papa, Ginger Fish, Gus Van Sant, Smith Westerns, Franz Waxman, Alexandre Desplat, Roman Polanski, Richard Prior, Carny, Midnight Run, Oingo Boingo, Stephen Colbert, Gary Busey, The Cars, Batman, The Static Revenger, Steve Martin, John Williams, Iron Maiden, Allison Krause, White Zombie, The Bewitched Hands, Jon Stewart, Twyla Tharpe, Soundgarden, Aaron Sorkin, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Nono Rota, Air, Paul Reubens, Peatport, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Rockefeller's Bill Is a Sneak Attack on the Clean Air Act

Dan Lashof | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Carbon, Mcconnell, Teaparty, Air, Cleanairact, Rockafeller, Green News
Dan Lashof

Rockefeller's proposal would not explicitly deny the problem -- it would just make it impossible for the EPA to do anything about it, at least when it comes to the largest sources, such as power plants and refineries.

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Since When Did My Free Wi-Fi Become a 'Hotspot?'

Gil Laroya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Internet, Hotspot, Wireless, Smartphones, Wi-Fi, Air, Internet Providers, Technology News
Gil Laroya

At this point in the technology of wireless devices, we are all familiar with wi-fi; the service that shares an internet connection wirelessly amongst...

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One More Once: A Listen Back at the Records That Made 2010 More Bearable

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elmore James, John Petkovic, Tom Jones, Roxy Music, Kanye West, William Shatner, Elo, Jon Auer, Brendan Benson, Sweet Apple, The Soundcarriers, Queen, J Mascis, The Reigning Sound, The Posies, Big Star, The Beatles, The Who, Xtc, Cheap Trick, The Zombies, Coco Hames, Queens of the Stone Age, Jack White, Dinosaur Jr, The Ettes, Nirvana, Paul McCartney, Billie Joe Shaver, Led Zeppelin, Allison Mosshart, Bob Dylan, Jason Falkner, The White Stripes, The Parting Gifts, John Lee Hooker, John Lennon, Ken Stringfellow, Susan Werner, Duke Ellington, Cobra Verde, Dan Auerbach, Air, The Dead Weather, The Hollies, The Kills, Greg Cartwright, The Black Keys, Jimi Hendrix, R.E.M., New Pornographers, Cee-Lo Green, Stereolab, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

As a cranky, sleep-deprived new parent in the throes of box sets by hipsters, I declared (on Twitter, no less) that there was absolutely no need for me to hear Kanye's latest magnum opus. Until I heard a track on YouTube.

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At Christmas and Beyond: Trees Keep on Giving

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Almonds, Soil, Sequoia's, Dr. Reese Halter, Christmas, Conservation, Co2, Apples, Bristlecone Pines, Trees, Oranges, Water, Lemons, Taxol, Avocados, Greenhouse Gases, Cinnamon, Grapefruits, Medicine, Air, Green News
Dr. Reese Halter

It is indeed appropriate that the most recognized and celebrated day of the year, Christmas, is also focused around trees. That's because trees are truly remarkable.

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Poison at the Tea Party

Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Interests, Sec, Money, Sharron Angle, Green, Salmonella, Emissions, Suv, Tea Parties, Pollution, Big Government, Unsafe Food, Epa, Nevada, Tea Party Movement, Fda, Big Oil, Corporations, Water, Environment, Fluoride, Cash for Clunkers, Agribusiness, Glenn Beck, Tea Party, Air, Campaign Contributions, Politics News
Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang

In their zeal to live free from outside interference, the tea parties are shooting at the wrong target. They would be right to be angry with an oil i...

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Clever Ravens -- Winged Masters of Deception

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: West Nile Disease, Rocky Mountains, Water, Dr. Reese Halter, Conservation Biology, Conservation, Birds, Wilderness, Ravens, Air, Corvids, Green News
Dr. Reese Halter

In many ways, Ravens have similar cognitive capacities to some primates. For instance, Ravens invent tools to achieve specific tasks, such as using sticks to scoop out ants from nests within trees.

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Offshore Air Quality in the Gulf: BP Data Still Inadequate

Gina Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hydrocarbons, Gulfspill, Airquality, Hydrogensulfide, Health, Workerprotection, Bp-Oil-Spill, Oil, Air, Fishermen, Green News
Gina Solomon

I have repeatedly called upon BP to publicly release the air quality data that they claim shows the air is "safe" out there where hundreds of people are working. Well, BP finally responded... kind of.

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Author (Still) Unknown: The Brilliant Music and Star-Crossed Career of Jason Falkner

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mott the Hoople, Elektra Records, The Grays, Travis, Aimee Mann, Suzanne Vega, Lisa Loeb, Brendan Benson, Jellyfish, Paul McCartney, 'N Sync, Babyface, The Three O'Clock, Daniel Johnston, Electric Light Orchestra, Beck, Jason Falkner, Alternative Rock, Big Star, Josie & the Pussycats, Xtc, Roger Manning, Air, Christina Aguilera, David Bowie, Cheap Trick, Power Pop, Jon Brion, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

If you amassed a decent music collection during the '90s and '00s, then there's a good chance you own at least one record on which Jason Falkner has played, written or produced.

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Bladeless Fan Invented: James Dyson Explains How 'Air Multiplier' Fan Works

Switched.com | By Tom Samiljan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Fan, Blow Air, Cool, How Does the Bladeless Fan Work, Invention, Invented, Bladeless Fan, Air Multiplier, Air Multiplier Explained, Mechanics, Air, How Does the Air Multiplier Work, James Dyson, Technology News

A fan with no blades? Sounds impossible, but when coming from the innovating mind of James Dyson (of the nifty, newfangled vacuum cleaners and hand dr...

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Compact Reviews of This Week's Compact Discs, For Those Who Still Care #6

Sal Nunziato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Billy Zoom, Built to Spill, Indie Rock, The Carter Family, The Shangri-La's, John Leventhal, Aerosmith, Neko Case, John Doe, Wilco, Merle Haggard, Jeff Tweedy, Jason Falkner, Moon Safari, Backstreet Boys, X, Kraftwerk, Steven Tyler, Johny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Don Gibson, Joe Perry, Air, Rufus Wainwright, Autobahn, Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, Krautrock, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

Reviewed this week: Rosanne Cashe, Built to Spill, Kraftwerk, Willie Nelson and more.

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The Oasis Playlist: What We're Listening To

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mozart, Fila Brazillia, Angel Tears, St. Germain, Dj Dharma, Playlists, Theivery Corporation, Ooze, Zero 7, Music, Air, Easy Star All Stars, Kruder and Dorfmeister, HuffPost Oasis, Healthy Living News

We took some time yesterday to sit down with Shayn Almeida, also known as DJ Dharma, whose music has been keeping all of us here at the Oasis calm, se...

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Skyway Robbery

Suzette Standring | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Checked Baggage, Luggage, United Airlines, Travel, New Fees, Fees, American Airlines, Continental, Airlines, Air, Business News
Suzette Standring

Have you ever wondered about the sadistic minds behind some of the scariest rides at amusement parks? They may have found work with airline management.

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