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Jennifer Bendery

Keystone XL: White House Backs Portion Of Pipeline That Ships U.S. Oil Overseas

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 02.28.2012 | Politics
Read More: Republicans Oil, Tar Sands, Transcanada Corporation, Transcanada, Keystone, Obama Oil, Environmental Groups, Nrdc, Keystone XL Pipeline, Friends of the Earth, Oil, Keystone Pipeline, Keystone XL, Republicans Keystone, Obama Keystone, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The White House is throwing its support behind a decision by TransCanada to build a portion of the Keystone XL pipeline, even though the...

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I Think I Touched Brand's Phacelia...

Jim Noles | Posted 07.11.2011 | Green
Read More: Environmentalism, Endangered Species, Brands Phacelia, Environmental Groups, Candidate Species, Wildearth Guardians, Endangered Plant Names, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Jim Noles

At this point, I'm sure that someone is self-righteously typing a comment that takes me to task for mocking the plight of such endangered species. A word to the wise -- don't do it.

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Study: 40 Fish Species Could Vanish

AP | By JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 06.18.2011 | Green
Read More: International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, Iucn, Bony-Fish, Dusky Grouper, Sea Bass, Hake, International Union of Conservation of Nature, Driftnets, Marine Animals, Overfished Species, Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Pollution, Trawlers, Environmental Groups, Mediterranean, Un-Food-and-Agriculture-Organization, Fish, Sushi, Japan, Fishing, Overfishing, Bluefin Tuna, Green News

GENEVA -- A new study suggests that more than 40 fish species in the Mediterranean could vanish in the next few years. The study released Tuesday by ...

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Weekly Mulch: Fighting the Joe Millers of the WorldWeekly Mulch: Fighting the Joe Millers of the World

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Go Green NOLA, New Orleans, Congress, Ladies, Lobbying, 2010 Election, Ipods, Massachusetts, Carla Perez, Energy Efficiency, Female Leadership, Making Contact, Miller, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, Green Justice Coalition, Climate Deniers, Corporate Greed, Democracy Crisis, Environmental Groups, Murkowski, Climate Bill, Riki Ott, Bp Spill, Politics News
The Media Consortium

Weekly Mulch: Fighting the Joe Millers of the Worldby Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Joe Miller, Sarah Palin's choice candidate for one of Ala...

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Weekly Mulch: Clock Ticking for Climate Change Legislation

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Congress, Johann Hari, Hedegaard, Memorial Day, Kerry, Cancun, Green Jobs, Epa, Jobs, Clean Energy, The Nation, David Roberts, Green Groups, Todd Stern, Lieberman, Browner, Chris Rabb, Ips, Sierra Club, Colorlines, Energy Efficiency, Mother Jones, Cap-and-Trade, National Wildlife Fund, Climate Change, Graham, Environmental Groups, Grist, Green News
The Media Consortium

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Seven months out from the midterms, electoral anxieties are hampering potential climate change legislation. ...

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The Ports Challenge

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Social Security, James Galbraith, Port of Long Beach, Port of Seattle, Pollution, Environmental Groups, Teamsters Union, Port of Los Angeles, Southern California, Low Wages, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Workers Compensation, Greenhouse Gases, Port of Newark, Port of Oakland, Medicare, American Trucking Associations, Los Angeles News
James P. Hoffa

I hate to think we've become a country that has lost the concept of public purpose, a country that allows corporations to poison the people who live nearby. But apparently they're too much for the trucking industry.

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Labor-Environmental Coalition Targets Wal-Mart

The Washington Post | Ylan Q. Mui | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Walmart, Environmental Groups, Ufcw, United Food and Commercial Workers, Wal-Mart, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Health Care, Low Wages, Green, Business, Home News

Labor groups renewed their campaign against Wal-Mart on Tuesday, launching a coalition that calls for improvements in the company's wages, health care...

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