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'Green News Report' - May 21, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.21.2013 | Green
Read More: Oklahoma Tornado, Green Jobs, James Inhofe, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Wall Street Journal, Video, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Electric Cars, Anti-Science, Gop, Oklahoma, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Climate, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, Tom Coburn, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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WATCH: 'The East' Star Dishes On Same-Sex Smooch

Posted 05.21.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: HuffPost Live, Environmentalism, Gay Voices, Video, Ellen Page, Indie Film, Kissing, Brit Marling, Gay Voices News

Up-and-coming actress Brit Marling came on HuffPost Live to discuss her role in the environmental activism thriller, "The East" opening in theaters Ma...

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Q&A With Matt Arnold: Dialogues on the Environment

Mark Tercek | Posted 05.21.2013 | Green
Read More: The Nature Conservancy, JPMorgan Chase, Green Infrastructure, Natural Capital, Corporate Sustainability, Green News, Conservation, Sustainability, Environmentalism, Matt Arnold, Mark Tercek, Green News
Mark Tercek

In this ongoing series, I talk with thought leaders about ideas in my book Nature's Fortune and trends in the environmental movement. Next in the s...

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Joy Resmovits

College Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaigns Heat Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.17.2013 | College
Read More: Rebecca Chopp, Student Protests, University Endowments, Fossil Fuel Divestment, Mountain Justice, Student Environmentalists, Fossil Fuels, Swarthmore, Endowment Divestment Campaigns, Environmentalism, Divestment Campaigns, Climate Change, Swarthmore College, Bill Mckibben, Fossil Fuel Swarthmore, College News

A group of Swarthmore College students wants action. They're willing to interrupt meetings. They're willing to piss off their peers. And, in some ...

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'Green News Report' - May 16, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.16.2013 | Green
Read More: Wind Power, Supreme Court, Tesla Motors, Green Jobs, Michael Mann, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Wall Street Journal, Pipeline, Monsanto, Consumer Reports, Video, Fossil Fuels, John Kerry, Climate Science, Electric Cars, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Sequestration, Global Warming, Energy, California, Climate, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Manufacturing, Barack Obama, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Skeptical Science, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Ten Years After Ousting US Navy, Vieques Confronts Contamination

Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D. | Posted 05.15.2013 | World
Read More: Puerto Rico, Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund Sites, Vieques Puerto Rico, Environmental Justice, Environmental Health, Environmentalism, Justice Department, Vieques, US Navy, Video, World News
Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.

The island of Vieques in Puerto Rico recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary of a struggle that ended 60 years of U.S. Navy test bombing there. Yet the legacy of Navy devastation is sobering, and Viequenses remain dispossessed of their lands.

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'Green News Report' - May 14, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.14.2013 | Green
Read More: Supreme Court, Tesla Motors, Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Wall Street Journal, Monsanto, Pipeline, Consumer Reports, Video, Fossil Fuels, John Kerry, Climate Science, Electric Cars, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Sequestration, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, California, Tom Vilsack, Climate, Carbon Dioxide, Manufacturing, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Sally Jewell, Green News, Wildfires, Fox News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Move Over, Polar Bears: Palm Oil Orangutans Want Their $5 of Fame

Bill Frezza | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics
Read More: Orangutans, Rainforest Action Network, Polar Bears, Environmentalism, Cheetos, Animal Liberation Front, Peta, Palm Oil, Social Activism, Politics News
Bill Frezza

What do polar bears, orangutans, the Walt Disney Company, Cheetos, recycled fundraising schemes and corporate shakedowns have in common? It's just another day on the social activism front.

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'Green News Report' - May 9, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.09.2013 | Green
Read More: Pesticides, Tesla Motors, Green Jobs, Epa, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Coal, Gina McCarthy, Consumer Reports, Pipeline, Drought, Video, Colony Collapse Disorder, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Electric Cars, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Oregon, Energy, Bees, California, Environmental Health, Climate, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Tom Carper, Barack Obama, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Fox News, Ocean Acidification, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, David Vitter, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Geographical/Political Irony

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.09.2013 | Politics
Read More: Environment, Environmentalism, Environmental Policy, Environmental Politics, Gop Environment, Politics News
Edward Flattau

It is ironical that the region of the country most vulnerable to economic loss from climate change-related extreme weather is the Southeast. One says ...

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Mothering Our Mother Earth

Toni Nagy | Posted 05.09.2013 | Green
Read More: Fair Trade, Live Good, Environmental Responsibility, Fortune 500, Employees, Economics, Economy, Environmentalism, Motherhood, Global Motherhood, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economic Disparity, Factory Conditions, Exploitation, Corporations, Environment, Living Wage, Sustainability, Green News
Toni Nagy

Sadly, humanity is taking advantage of our planet like an ungrateful teenager. Let's clean up our room and show our Mother Earth some respect.

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'Green News Report' - May 7, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.07.2013 | Green
Read More: Wind Power, Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Pipeline, Drought, Video, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, World Meteorological Organization, California, Environmental Health, Climate, Exxon Mobil, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, JPMorgan Chase, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Jerry Brown, Green News, Ocean Acidification, Wildfires, Fox News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Lightbulbs, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Big Thinking at Fortune's "Brainstorm Green": Why Are We Politicizing Good, New Ideas?

Tanya M. Acker | Posted 05.07.2013 | Green
Read More: Energy, Biofuels, Alternative Energy, Green Technology, Renewable Energy, Environment, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Green Living, Green News
Tanya M. Acker

Sadly, rather than applauding this type of innovation we're instead stranded in a political culture that seems hell bent on demonizing it. Certainly, the development of alternative energy technologies has seen its mistakes and miscalculations but what industry hasn't?

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Dialogues on the Environment: Q&A With Edward Norton

Mark Tercek | Posted 05.06.2013 | Green
Read More: The Nature Conservancy, Ecosystem Services, Edward Norton, Crowdrise, Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, Green News, Conservation, Environmentalism, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Mark Tercek, Green News
Mark Tercek

"Too much of the external costs have been left off the books and it's up to the environmental movement to force them internal. That's going to change everything. Much more than people changing what kind of light bulbs they use, frankly."

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'Green News Report' - May 2, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.02.2013 | Green
Read More: Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Pipeline, Drought, Newsweek, Video, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Frank Luntz, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Environmental Health, Climate, Exxon Mobil, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Theocratic Smear Job

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics
Read More: Bruce Babbitt, Environmentalism, Political Environmentalism, Christian Fundamentalists, Rick Santorum, Politics News
Edward Flattau

When Bruce Babbitt was Interior Secretary in the Clinton Administration, he voiced the belief that "all the plants and animals in the natural world ar...

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'Green News Report' - April 30, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.30.2013 | Green
Read More: Green Jobs, Epa, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, National Academy of Sciences, Video, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Environmental Health, Climate, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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'Green News Report' - April 25, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.25.2013 | Green
Read More: Green Jobs, Lobbyists, Epa, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Fat, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, The American Chemistry Council, Lng, Video, Electricity, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Britain, Gasoline, Environmental Health, Climate, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Alabama, Koch Brothers, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Water, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion, West Texas, Green News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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A Path to the Future

Michael Brune | Posted 04.25.2013 | Green
Read More: Immigration, Sierra Club, Environmentalism, Immigration Reform, Climate Change, Path to Citizenship, Green News
Michael Brune

the Sierra Club Board of Directors has voted to offer our organization's strong support for a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. We must ensure that the people who are the most disenfranchised have the voice to fight polluters without fear.

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Dialogues on the Environment: Q&A With Stewart Brand

Mark Tercek | Posted 04.24.2013 | Green
Read More: The Nature Conservancy, Green Infrastructure, Ecosystem Services, Fracking, Stewart Brand, Nuclear Power, Whole-Earth-Discipline, De-Extinction, Green News, Conservation, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Long Now, Mark Tercek, Green News
Mark Tercek

"In short, we should bring back extinct animals for the same reasons we protect endangered species: to preserve biodiversity, to restore diminished ecosystems, to advance the science of preventing extinctions and to undo harm that humans have caused in the past."

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'Green News Report' - April 23, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.23.2013 | Green
Read More: Green Jobs, Epa, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Video, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Environmental Health, Climate, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Arch Coal, Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Tim Dechristopher, Corexit, State Department, Bidder 70, BP Oil Spill, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Dirty Power for San Francisco? Say S'hell No!

Tom Dalzell | Posted 04.23.2013 | San Francisco
Read More: John Avalos, Labor, Supervisor David Campos, David Campos, Environment, Environmentalism, San Francisco Around Town, Clean Energy, Ibew, Green Energy, Labor Unions, San Francisco, Green Energy Economy, Shell Oil, Cleanpowersf, San Francisco News
Tom Dalzell

The basic idea of communities controlling more of their own power mix in order to lower costs, increase renewables and protect the environment is sound. But the Shell contract with San Francisco will create no new renewables while raising green house gases.

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Earth Day, Arbor Day And Judaism's Environmental Ethic

S.R. Hewitt | Posted 04.22.2013 | Religion
Read More: Environment, Environmentalism, Arbor Day, Jews, Midrash, Earth Day, Judaism, Jewish, Trees, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Earth, Green Faith, Religion News
S.R. Hewitt

The environment is sustained by trees, which cleanse the air and stabilize the earth, and the references in Jewish sources to the importance of protecting them are meant to be guidelines for caring for the planet in general.

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The Ideas Factory

John Feffer | Posted 04.22.2013 | World
Read More: Green, Environment, Environmentalism, Bulgaria, Eastern Europe, World News, World News
John Feffer

The Ideas Factory has been instrumental in the revival of environmental activism in Bulgaria. It has integrated the arts into social movements, and it has worked hard to link up activists in Bulgaria with activists elsewhere in Europe and around the world.

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Emily Swanson

Poll Shows How Americans' Attitudes On The Environment Have Changed Since First Earth Day

HuffingtonPost.com | Emily Swanson | Posted 04.23.2013 | Green
Read More: Earth Day 2013, Earth Day, Environment Poll, Environmentalism Poll, Huffpost Yougov Poll, Environment, Earth Day Poll, Environmentalism, Organic Foods Poll, Video, Green News

Americans place less importance on environmental issues than they did in 1971, a year after Earth Day was established, according to a new HuffPost/You...

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