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Automating 'We the People': New White House Initiative for Citizen Petitions

Sarah Granger | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Social Media, White House, change.org, E-Government, Petitions, Care2, whitehouse.gov, Barack Obama, Technology News
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The new site, to be released in the near future, will allow for petition creation, signage, promotion and review on the White House website.

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Weekly Mulch: Obama Lacks Vision on Energy, Stomach to Defend EPA

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Obama, Clean Energy Standard, Republicans, Grist, The American Prospect, Solar Energy, Public News Service, Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Oil, Mark Bittman, Tar Sands, Penn State, Debbie Stabenow, Nuclear Energy, Grittv, Epa, Natural Gas, ENERGY SPEECH, Michigan Messenger, Germany, Care2, Mother Jones, Pew Environment Group, China, Green News
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President Obama made an energy speech this week that had little new to offer, while on Capitol Hill, Republicans were pushing to relieve the governm...

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Weekly Mulch: Activist Tim DeChristopher Convicted of Two Felonies

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The American Prospect, Compost, Dep, Keystone XL, YES! Magazine, Care2, Alternet, Tar Sands, Wild Lands, Pennsylvania, Mother Jones, Climate Change, Salazar, Earth Island Journal, Hydrofracking, Tim Dechristopher, Doi, Grist, Blm, Green News
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher was convicted yesterday of two felony counts. DeChristopher was o...

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Weekly Diaspora: The 2012 Budget and Our Unsecured Border

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Immigration Reform, American Independent, Immigration Impact, Campus Progress, 2012 Budget, House, Dhs, Border, Obama, Immigration, Border Security, Care2, Alternet, Politics News
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By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger President Obama is taking heat from all sides this week for his 2012 budget proposal, which propose...

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Weekly Audit: Police Defy Order to Clear Protesters from Wisconsin Capital

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Democracy Now!, Anonymous, David Koch, Collective Bargaining, Police, Civil Rights, Middle Class, Sanitation Worker, Ddos, Layoff, Kelda Helen Roys, Dc, Mother Jones, Matthew Rothschild, Scott Walker, Protest, Dues, Rally, Andy Kroll, Union, Quorum, Illinois, New York, Martin Luther King, Budget, Solidarity, The Progressive, George Warner, Care2, The Uptake, Colorlines, Campus Progress, Wisconsin, Madison, Amy Goodman, Jessica Pieklo, Jon Erpenbach, Senate, Economy, Indiana, Politics News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger On Monday afternoon, the Capitol Police in Madison, Wisconsin refused to enforce an order to clear the...

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Weekly Pulse: The Republicans' War On Women

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Bobbie Franklin, RH Reality Check, Gold Coins, Shutdown, South Dakota, Republican, Life, Government, Mother Jones, Scott Walker, Andy Kroll, Contraception, Tea Party, Title X, Daniel Tencer, Abortion, Women, Miscarriage, House, Medicaid, Care2, Robin Marty, Choice, Julianne Hing, Tapped, Birth Control, Nick Baumann, Wisconsin, Georgia, Lindsay Beyerstein, Raw Story, Home News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The entire federal government might shut down over birth control. Yes, birth control. This special e...

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Weekly Mulch: Chevron Must Pay; GOP Tries to Gut the EPA

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The ENERGY FOUNDATION, Republicans, Inter Press Service, Grist, Gop, Bp, AMERICAN WIND ASSOCIATION, Sierra Club, Chevron, Europe, Epa, Wind Power, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Deepwater Horizon, NATIONAL COAL CAMPAIGN, Carbon Emissions, Mother Jones, Care2, Amazon, ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND, Coal, Budget, Bill Mckibben, Alternet, Green News
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By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger A Bolivian judge ordered Chevron this week to pay $8.6 billion in damages for polluting the Amazon rainfor...

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Weekly Mulch: The Dirty Truth about Natural Gas and Energy Innovation

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisa Jackson, Fracking, Energy Innovation, The Michigan Messenger, Epa, Renewable Energy, Texas, change.org, Safe Drinking Water Act, Diesel, Care2, Coal, Doe, Making Contact, Cane, Community-Led Groups, Wasps, Grist, Texas Observer, Americans for Energy Leadership, Green News
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger The argument against natural gas got a boost this week, when a congressional investigation turned up evide...

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Weekly Mulch: Can Clean Energy Curb Climate Change? Probably Not.

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The American Prospect, Clean Coal, Public News Service, Obama, Clean Energy, Care2, Shale Gas, Kern County, Carol Browner, Energy and Environment, Penn State, Mother Jones, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Sotu, Renewables, Hydrofracking, Climate Bill, ORION MAGAZINE, Natural Gas, North Carolina, Green News
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger During the State of the Union address earlier this week, President Barack Obama spoke at length about clea...

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Weekly Pulse: Don't Snort Bath Salts, Kids

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Aclu, Tort Reform, RH Reality Check, James O'keefe, Hot Coffee, Jill Stanek, Movie, Mary Landrieu, Lawsuit, Drug, Amphetamine, Mcdonalds, Clinic, Sundance, Abortion, Sting, Sex Ed, Sundance Film Festival, Jodi Jacobson, Bath Salt, Care2, Film, Planned Parenthood, Robin Marty, Choice, Plant Food, Radio, Documentary, Sex Traffic, Amy Goodman, Fbi, Home News
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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger According to Robin Marty of Care2.org, today's young whippersnappers are snorting bath salts and pl...

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Weekly Mulch: Why is the U.S. Losing the Clean Energy Race to China? Blame the Climate Cranks

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Tradition Institute, Clean Edge, Cancun, Sputnik Moment, Michale Mann, Ruggedizing, Obama, New Energy Economy, change.org, The Nation, Care2, Susana Martinez, Alternet, Hu Jintao, Bilateral Summit, Climate Gate, New Mexico, Climatologists, Truthout, Mother Jones, Clean Tech, Brisbane, Clean Energy Subsidies, Climate Change, Climate Cranks, Climate Deniers, Clean Technology Race, Wto, Grist, Copenhagen, China, Green News
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By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao touched on energy issues in the bilateral summit between t...

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Weekly Pulse: White House Takes Offensive Against Health Care Repeal

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mmr, Abortion, Gop, Preexisting Condition, Adam Serwer, Telemedicine, House, Robert Kennedy Jr., Retract, Repeal, End-of-Life, Rfk, Ann Neumann, Care2, Salon, Iowa Independent, Republican, Alternet, Tapped, White House, Vote, Insurance, Health, Iowa, Affordable Care Act, Vaccine, Autism, Aca, Medicare, Health Care, Risk, Home News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger This week, House Republicans will hold a vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The bill is expecte...

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Weekly Mulch: The Sticky Truth about Oil Spills and Tar Sands

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, The American Prospect, Green Jobs, Oil Sands Discovery Centre, Obama Administration, Richard Heinberg, The Nation, Friends of the Earth, Pipeline, National Oil Spill Commission, Canada, Offshore Drilling, Tar Sands, Mother Jones, Oil Pipelines, Earth Island Journal, Transcanada, Bp, The Michigan Messenger, Halliburton, Alberta, Keystone XL, Care2, Oceana, Transocean, Post Carbon Institute, State Department, Peak Oil, BP Oil Spill, Hillary Clinton, Paul Elliott, Economy, Green News
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger The National Oil Spill Commission released its report on last year's BP oil spill this week. The report la...

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Weekly Diaspora: Tucson Shooting Reshapes Explosive Immigration Debate

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federation of Americans for Immigration Reform, Anthony Miller, Jared Lee Loughner, Tucson Shooting, John Roll, Feet in Two Worlds, Immigration, change.org, Somos Republicans, Care2, Fair, Alternet, Russell Pearce, Ethnic Studies, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, Clarence Dupnik, Alto Arizona, New America Media, Gabrielle Giffords, Hb 2281, Tea Party, Birthright Citizenship, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger The Tucson shooting that left Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) critically wounded and 6 oth...

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Weekly Pulse: Giffords Shooting Reveals Flaws in U.S. Mental Health Services

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adele Stan, State, Violence, Repeal, Rate, change.org, Arizona, Medical Loss Ratio, Dc, Lawsuit, California, Alternet, Insurance, Guttmacher Institute, Legislature, Autism, Disability, Health Care, Abortion, Mmr, Conflict of Interest, Blue Shield, Shooting, Brie Cadman, Chamber of Commerce, Rachel Gold, Care2, Choice, Kristina Chew, Vote, Suzi Khimm, Health Insurance, Andrew Wakefield, Gabrielle Giffords, Mental Illness, Elizabeth Nash, Rhetoric, Home News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot in the head at a constituent outreach event in a supermarket...

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Weekly Mulch: At Cancun, Incentives Point Toward Incremental Progress on Climate Change

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Young People, Mohamed Aslam, Democracy Now!, cop16, Climate Change Negotiations, Carbon Emissions, Cancun, The Guardian, Jairam Ramesh, change.org, Care2, Wikileaks, Mother Jones, Climate Change, The Next Generaiton, BASIC Countries, Unfccc, India, Amy Goodman, The Youngs, Christiana Figueres, Inter Press Service, The Maldives, Green News
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger This year's round of the United Nations-led climate change negotiations, ongoing in Cancun, Mexico, for the ...

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Weekly Mulch: If Cancun Climate Talks Falter, Blame the U.S.

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: cop16, Carbon Emissions, Cancun, Conference of Parties, United Nations, The Nation, Sea Level, Cop 15, Care2, Nigel Purvis, Colorlines, Copenhagen Accord, Mother Jones, Climate Change, Unfccc, Earth Island Journal, BP Oil Spill, Inter Press Service, Kyoto Protocol, Green News
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger The most recent round of United Nations-led climate change negotiations began this week in Cancun, and alt...

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Weekly Mulch: What's in Your Water? Nuclear Waste, Coal Slurries and Industrial Estrogen

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grist, Estrogen, The American Prospect, Hydrofracking, MUTANT FISH, COAL SLURRIES, SUE STURGIS, Water Supply, Pittsburgh, Running Out of Water, Contamination, Arsenic, Grittv, Enriched Uranium, New Jersey, Natural Gas, Water Pollution, Nuclear Waste, Massey Energy, Clean Coal, PURGEN, Care2, YES! Magazine, East Tennessee, Linden, Mining, Fracking, Factory Farms, Rhrealitycheck, Oceans, 60 Minutes, Susan Leal, Water, EE2, Bpa, Learning Disabilities, change.org, Coal, LADYPEE, MINGO COUNTY, Green News
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger It won't be long before the world has to confront its diminishing supply of clean water. "We've had the sa...

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Weekly Mulch: Climate Deniers Set to Freeze Progress in Congress

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mckibben, Russ Feingold, Marco Rubio, Darrell Issa, Climategate, Congress, House, John Hoever, Kelly Ayotte, change.org, Clean Energy, Care2, Ron Johnson, Alternet, Washington Independent, Elections, Todd Young, Wisconsin, Mother Jones, Climate Science, Res, Climate Deniers, Pat Toomey, Sunspot Activity, Midterms, Republicans, Roy Blunt, Grist, Senate, Green News
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger A chill is coming to Washington. A wave of climate change deniers were elected to office this week, and co...

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Weekly Mulch: White House Relents on Solar Panels; Why Congressional Inaction Hasn't Stopped Green Building

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Solar Panels, Carbon Emissions, Chelsea Green, Green, Green Building, Sustainability, Care2, Grist, Leed, Alternet, Green News
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by Rosie Powers, Media Consortium blogger The Obama administration finally agreed to assemble solar panels on the roof of the White House. It's encou...

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Weekly Pulse: Sharron Angle Mocks Insurance for Autism; The Fight to Save Food Stamps

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ms. Blog, The American Prospect, Food Stamps, Tpm, Sharron Angle, Food Stamp Benefits, The Progressive, Care2, E!, The Swan, Ectopic Pregnancy, School Lunch, Tapped, Reality TV, Nevada, Harry Reid, Plastic Surgery, Bridalplasty, Mother Jones, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Health Insurance, Ms Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Autism, Health Care, Senate, The Washington Independent, Politics News
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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The woman gunning for Sen. Harry Reid's (D-NV) job doesn't believe that autism exists. Yes, you hea...

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Weekly Pulse: DIY Abortions on the Border, Pawlenty Screws MN on Sex Ed

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Recalls, RH Reality Check, Misoprostol, Factory Farms, Salmonella, The Nation, Care2, Minnesota, Alternet, E. Coli, Black Market, Reproductive Health, Agribusiness, Tim Pawlenty, Cargill Meat Solutions, Bacteria, Meat, Pro-Choice, Politics News
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Weekly Pulse: DIY Abortions on the Border, Pawlenty Screws MN on SexEd by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Women on along U.S.-Mexico bord...

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Weekly Mulch: Kicking Our Addiction to AC--Why DC Needs to Step Up

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Air Conditioning, Louisiana, Pace, Public News Service, Addiction, Clean Energy, Care2, Carbon Cap, Energy Efficiency, Summer, Drilling Ban, Fans, Mother Jones, Washington, San Francisco, Boulder, BP Oil Spill, Climate Bill, DEVap, Grist, Gulf Coast, A/C, Home News
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Weekly Mulch: Kicking Our Addiction to AC--Why DC Needs to Step Upby Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger This summer, Americans are cranking up the...

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Weekly Diaspora: Department of Justice Challenges Arizona's SB 1070--What's next?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Immigrant Rights, The American Prospect, Civil Rights, Immigration, Arizona, Care2, Immigration Reform, Washington Independent, Colorlines, Anti-Immigration, Sb 1070, Department of Justice, New America Media, sb1070, In These Times, Home News
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by Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger On Tuesday, the Department of Justice filed suit against the state of Arizona in an effort to overturn a string...

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Weekly Diaspora: Zero Hour Approaching for Federal Immigration Reform

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First Focus, Women's Media Center, Workers Independent News, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Immigration, Arizona, Feministing, Care2, Alternet, Immigration Reform, May Day, Labor, DREAM Act, Sb 1070, Rally, Racewire, New America Media, Trail of Dreams, Inter Press Service, International Workers' Day, Real News Network, Sen Lindsay Graham, Chuck Schumer, Domestic Violence, Undocumented, Politics News
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by Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger The countdown is on. Half a million supporters of comprehensive immigration reform rallied across the country o...

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