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Marine Ordered To Dump Toxins: Cancer Was Payback

AP | ALLEN G. BREED | Posted 05.18.2013 | Green
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Ron Poirier couldn't escape the feeling that his cancer was somehow a punishment. As a young Marine electronics technician at C...

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Camp Lejeune Coming Clean After Nearly 30 Years

AP | By ALLEN G. BREED | Posted 05.18.2013 | Green
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — Purple wildflowers sprout in abundance around the bright-yellow pipe, one of several jutting from the sandy soil in this u...

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Camp Lejeune Water Contaminated Earlier Than Previously Thought

AP | ALLEN G. BREED and MARTHA WAGGONER | Posted 03.20.2013 | Green
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Tens of thousands more Marines and their relatives could be eligible for government health care for their illnesses now that a f...

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PHOTOS: Marine Families Keep Up Tradition Of Welcoming Loved Ones With Homemade Signs

AP | MARTHA WAGGONER | Posted 09.11.2012 | Impact
Read More: Lance Cpl. Kenny Milton, Video, Marines, Marines Homecoming, Homecoming Sign Traditions, Military Homecomings, Camp Lejeune, Homecoming Signs, Military Families, Afghanistan War, Impact News

NEW RIVER AIR STATION, N.C. -- Days before Lance Cpl. Kenny Milton was scheduled to return home from Afghanistan, his wife sat on the floor of a swelt...

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Obama Signs Bill For Camp Lejeune Water Victims

AP | Posted 10.07.2012 | Green
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama signed a bill Monday promising health benefits for Marines and families who were exposed to contaminated...

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Veterans Omnibus Bill Contains Key Changes to VA Loan Program

Chris Birk | Posted 10.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Surviving Spouses, VA Funding, Camp Lejeune, VA Loans, Va Loan Guaranty, Veterans Camp Lejeune, Veterans Loan Guaranty, Politics News
Chris Birk

A veterans omnibus bill now on its way to the president's desk contains some key changes and updates that will extend housing benefits to more surviving spouses and allow military dependents to fulfill the loan program's occupancy requirements.

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Camp Lejeune Water Bill Passes House

AP | MARTHA WAGGONER | Posted 10.01.2012 | Green
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A bill to help Marines and family members sickened by contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune over three decades heads to P...

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Senate Passes Bill To Help Thousands Of Marines Victim To Toxic Water

Posted 07.19.2012 | Green
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Decades after one of the worst cases of drinking water contamination in U.S. history, thousands of affected Marines and family members may finally rec...

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Lynne Peeples

Watchdog Groups Slam Military's Ongoing 'Secrecy' Over Camp Lejeune Water Contamination

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.24.2012 | Green
Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Water Contamination, Foia, Department of Defense, Marine Corp, Kathleen Sebelius, Camp Lejeune, Cancer, Project on Government Oversight, Health and Human Services, Pollution, Leon Panetta, FOIA Requests, US Navy, Green News

Government watchdogs are crying "bullshit" and calling the U.S. Navy a "bully" in response to a redacted federal report on the drinking water supply a...

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Lynne Peeples

Toxic Secret: Navy Letter Hints At Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Cover-Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.13.2012 | Green
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The U.S. Navy is asking government investigators to suppress information concerning the toxic water scandal at the Marine Corps' Camp Lejeune, accordi...

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Semper Fi: Always Faithful-- Documenting a Fight for Environmental Justice

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.28.2011 | Green
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Marcia G. Yerman

At a time when the Environmental Protection Agency is coming under attack for "over-regulation," the film stands as a testimony to what happens when the public's health is neither protected nor considered.

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Green News Report: November 11, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Fast Food, Green Jobs, Fracking, 2010 Elections, Burn Pits, Epa, Hurricane Tomas, Birds, Bernie Sanders, Clean Energy, Camp Lejeune, Green News Report, Veterans, Offshore Drilling, Haiti Earthquake, National Security, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming, Bp, Toxic Water, Rush Limbaugh, Carbon Emissions, Biofuels, Iea, Mother Jones, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, John Shimkus, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Arctic, Halliburton, Haiti, Green News, Climate Legislation, International Energy Agency, Hydraulic Fracturing, BP Oil Spill, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Limbaugh ...

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Honoring Our Nations Veterans as Cancer Stricken Soldiers Go Ignored

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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R. B. Stuart

Our military has already chosen to die for their country -- but does that include by the hand of Big Pharma too?

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'Anti-Tax' Republicans Saddle U.S. Marines at Camp Lejeune With Taxes

Dave (Mudcat) Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Occupancy Tax, Barbara Garrity-Blake, Opportunity Tax, Camp Lejeune, Grover Norquist, Jean Preston, Americans for Tax Reform, North Carolina, Politics News
Dave (Mudcat) Saunders

People like Grover Norquist can say "No More Taxes" until they are blue in the face, but scientific polling says most Americans are ready for another three-word phrase..."No More Lies."

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Anything Can Happen When Murder and Politics Mix: North Carolina House District 7 Race

Yuna Shin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Jacksonville NC, Mike Mcintyre, Daniel Coburn, NC House District 7, Wilmington NC, Camp Lejeune, Kay Zwan, Mahmudiyah, Ilario Pantano, DefendTheDefenders.Org, Merry Pantano, Randy Crow, Will Breazeale, George (Doc) Gobles, Politics News
Yuna Shin

Ilario Pantano is a complicated figure for sure. There is no doubt about that. For some, he is a war hero. A soldier wrongly accused and vindicated. For others, he got away with murder. He is an opportunist. A poseur.

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Green News Report -- February 25, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Vermont Yankee, Lisa Jackson, Climate Change Deniers, James Inhofe, Epa, Vermont, Bernie Sanders, Camp Lejeune, Green News Report, Sharks, Environmental Protection Agency, Senate, Tea Baggers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Weatherization, Green News, Plastic, Climate Change Denial, Endangered Species, Alaska, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Global Warming Deniers, Hummer, Great White Sharks, Solar Power, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Great white sharks more scarce than endangered tigers; Vermont says no to nukes; End of the line...

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Mullen Expects Casualties To Rise In Afghanistan

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — The nation's highest-ranking military officer told soldiers and Marines on Monday that the insurgency in Afghanistan has gr...

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N.J. Marine arrested in North Carolina restaurant shooting near base

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- A third North Carolina-based Marine has been arrested after three men were shot outside a restaurant near Camp Lejeune last ...

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Pentagon Orders 16,000 Troops To Start Afghanistan Surge

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — The first wave of President Barack Obama's new Afghanistan surge will add about 16,000 U.S. troops who got their orders over the pa...

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Obama Must Live Up to Campaign Pledge on Vieques Cleanup

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Lead, Lisa Jackson, Napalm, Vieques Puerto Rico, Alan Grayson, Agent Orange, Camp Lejeune, Mercury Poisoning, Justice Department, Depleted Uranium, Eric Holder, Arsenic, Asbestos in Libby Montana, Bush Administration, Contamination, Sovereign Immunity, US Navy, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

President Obama should instruct all relevant federal agencies to live up to his stated commitment to address the health crisis in Vieques immediately, pursue an "environmentally acceptable" clean-up for Vieques, and work toward a fair and complete resolution to the ongoing litigation.

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House Appropriations Committee Moves Against Iraq Mission Creep

Tom Andrews | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Congress, Sam Farr, Ray Odierno, Appropriations, Tom Ricks, Camp Lejeune, Iraq, Status of Forces Agreement, David Obey, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tom Andrews

The Farr amendment not only affirms Congressional support, but positions Congress to keep a close eye out for evidence of mission creep.

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Green News Report - April 23, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Pentagon, Iowa, Earth Day 2009, Congress, Chrysler, Sustainable Food, District of Columbia, Contaminated Water, Camp Lejeune, Green News Report, Green Energy, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, U.S. Postal Service, Water, Electric Cars, Fish, Green News, Autism, Climate Legislation, Toxic Waste, Wind-Energy, Chicago Tribune, Grist, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Welcome aboard to our latest new affiliate station - KRXA 540am in beautiful Monterey, CA! IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Obama in Iowa for Earth Day whil...

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Obama's Iraq: All Troops Out By 2011? Not So Fast

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Chuck Schumer, Obama Afghanistan, Mitch McConnell, Private Contractors, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, President Obama, Iraq Contractors, Iraq, Camp Lejeune, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Thomas Ricks, Mercenaries, Jim Miklaszeswki, Blackwater, Nancy Pelosi, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Harry Reid, Status of Forces Agreement, Residual Force, Surge in Afghanistan, John Mchugh, World News
Jeremy Scahill

The contradiction between President Obama's speech at Camp Lejeune and his rhetoric before he was elected should serve as a warning to those who take his words at face value.

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