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Sarah Palin as George Bush

Janet Ritz | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Politics News, Hurricane Ike, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Climate Change, Dick Cheney, Conservative Elitism, Politics, John MCain, Sarah Palin, Sexism, Environment, Green News, Racism, Community Organizing, Matthew Scully, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Janet Ritz

That's the question I want to ask: Sarah, who would you pick as your vice president?

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Action: House to Vote on No Child Left Inside Act Next Week

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Green News, Environmental Education, Congress, Environmentalism, No Child Left Inside, No Child Left Behind, Politics News
Josh Nelson

That's right, we're expecting a vote as early as Tuesday September 9th. This is a huge leap forward for the environmental education movement. Not f...

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10 Out of 1,000 is Still a Step Forward

Bob Ostertag | Posted 09.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Green News, Hurricane Gustav, Rebuilding New Orleans, Extreme Weather, Republican Convention, Global Warming, Home News
Bob Ostertag

I sometimes go to sleep at night wondering what it will take to muster the political will to begin to seriously address global warming. Historic droug...

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By Acclamation

Carl Pope | Posted 08.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Green News, Democratic Convention, Dnc, T. Boone Pickens, Home News
Carl Pope

Denver -- Last night when Hillary Clinton moved to make the nomination of Barack Obama unanimous, it was clear (as it was when she made her speech the...

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What Will Be The Final Cost To Eliminate Fossil Fuels?

The Daily Green | Dan Shapley | Posted 08.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green News, Green, Economic Growth, Fossil Fuel, Fossil Fuels, Green News

The world is spending $300 billion every year to subsidize fossil fuels that pollute the air, wreck the climate ... and run the world's economy. So w...

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A Guide To Geothermal Energy

Huffington Post | Posted 08.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Geothermal Power, Sustainable Power, Green, Green News, Environment, Geothermal Energy, Green Power, Geothermal Energy Guide, What Is Geothermal Energy, Green Energy, Renewable Power, Natural Power, Green News

Maybe you've been hearing more about geothermal energy lately -- it gets mentioned more in the mix with solar and wind these days, especially when pol...

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Top Seven Key Green Election Issues

The Daily Green | Posted 08.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Democratic National Convention, Nuclear Energy, Green, Green Dnc, Reduce Energy Costs, Energy Costs, Product Safety, Offshore Drilling, Green Election, Politics of Food, National Security, Environment, Green News, Food, Food Safety, Climate Change, Consumer Product Safety, Ethanol, Save Energy Costs, Global Warming, Green News

The Daily Green compiled a list of the top seven key green election issues. 1. Global Warming Both Obama and McCain agree that global warming is re...

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Company's Commitment To Sustainable Forestry Ends Tree-Sitter Protest

GreenBiz | Posted 08.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Pacific Lumber Company, Humboldt Redwood Co., Tree-Sitter Protest, California, Forest Stewardship Council, Mendocino Redwood Company, Humboldt Redwood Company, Green Protest, Green News, Green, Environment, Pacific Lumber Co., Green Protestors, Green News

SCOTIA, Calif. -- Tree sitters have ended their demonstrations in part of northern California's Humboldt County after a timber company working in the ...

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Getting Ready to Govern

Carl Pope | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Green News, Democratic Convention, Dnc, T. Boone Pickens, Politics News
Carl Pope

What is happening around this Convention -- to a degree unique in my experience -- is that the Democrats are getting ready to govern next January.

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Hybrid Car Mythbusting

Grist | Umbra Fisk | Posted 08.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Hybrid Car Myth, Green Cars, Hybrid Cars, Green, Green News, Hybrid Car, Cars, Green News

QUESTION: Dear Umbra, Could you help me clear up a rumor about cars? I've heard that although hybrids reduce your carbon footprint because they use l...

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Catch Up With Tuesday's Enviro Action At The DNC

Huffington Post | Posted 08.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Democratic Convention, Dnc, Governor Brian Schweitzer, Democratic National Convention, Obama DNC, Virginia Senate Mark Warner, Mark Warner, DNC McCain, Brian Schweitzer, Democratic Convention Denver, Brian Schweitzer Dnc, Hillary Clinton Dnc, Hillary Clinton, Green, Green Dnc, Green News, Green News

Energy policy and climate change were some of the main topics at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday. Huffington Post and Grist blogger Kate...

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FDA Is Considering More Specific Food Allergy Warning Labels

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 08.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Food Politics, Politics of Food, Green, Green News, Food Allergy Warnings, Food Allergy Labels, Food Allergy, Fda, Fda Approval, Food, Processed Food, Food and Drug Administration, Food and Drug Safety, Green News

WASHINGTON — It's one of the biggest frustrations of life with food allergies: That hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contai...

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Greening 150,000 Roadies, is it possible?: Outside Lands Festival, San Francisco

Patrick Pfeiffer | Posted 08.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Democratic National Convention, Compost, Ben Harper, Wind Energy, Green Energy, Carbon Offsets, Radiohead, Tom Petty, Widespread Panic, Carbon Footprint, Environment, John Bell, Eco Living, Organic Food, Jack Johnson, Green News, Another Planet Entertainment, Bio Plastic Products, Solar Power, Outside Lands, Green Living, Green News
Patrick Pfeiffer

This year's Democratic National Convention is following suit: organic food, alternative energy transportation, and carbon offsetting are mitigating the masses.

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More Farmers Markets To Accept Food Stamps

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 08.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Politics of Food, Food Politics, Green, Green News, Food Stamps, Farmers Markets, Local Farmers, Farmer's Markets, Green News

ALBANY, N.Y. — More farmers markets nationwide are accepting food stamps for their summer squash, apples and other fresh produce _ fattening pro...

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Half Of All Food And Water Produced Worldwide Goes To Waste

Huffington Post | Posted 08.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Food, Water, Politics of Food, Food Politics, Food Prices, High Food Prices, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Stockholm International Water Institute, Green News, Green, International Water Management Institute, Green News

A report authored by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the Stockholm International Water Institute, and the International Water Ma...

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Green Business: Saving Money Vs. Making Money

GreenBiz | Matt Alderton | Posted 08.25.2008 | Green

Read More: College Students, Aayush Phumbhra, Osman Rashid, College Students Money, College Students Loan, Green News, Green, Textbooks, Sustainability, chegg.com, Iowa State University, University of Minnesota, Green News

When University of Minnesota graduate Osman Rashid and Iowa State University graduate Aayush Phumbhra decided to start a business, their objective was...

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Pickens Says "Drill, Drill, Drill" (VIDEO)

Climate Progress | Posted 08.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Oil Drilling, Green News, Drilling, Green, Environment, Boone Pickens, Pickens Plan, Offshore Drilling, Green News

In his first TV ad, conservative billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens said "This Is One Emergency We Can't Drill Our Way Out Of." Although Pickens clea...

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Coastal Erosion Challenges Perseverance Of Louisiana Fishing Community

NYT | Susan Saulny | Posted 08.25.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Louisiana, Coastal Erosion, Shrimping, Wetlands, Golden Meadow, Fishing, Weather, Extreme Weather, Land Loss, Gulf of Mexico, Patois, Offshore Drilling, Green, Green News, Environment, Green News

GOLDEN MEADOW, La. -- The men still bark orders in a French patois here while at work along the banks of Bayou Lafourche, a watery main street whose l...

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FDA Approves Zapping Greens With Radiation For Food Safety

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 08.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Food Politics, Food, Radiation, Food Safety, Lettuce, Greens, Green, Green News, E.Coli, Fda Approval, Fda, Food and Drug Administration, Politics of Food, Green News

WASHINGTON — Consumers worried about salad safety may soon be able to buy fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce zapped with just enough radiation to...

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T. Boone Pickens' Next Project: "Selling Water He Doesn't Own"

DCExaminer | Timothy P. Carney | Posted 08.22.2008 | Business

Read More: T. Boone Pickens, T. Boone Pickens Water Baron, Water Pipeline, T. Boone Pickens Water, Green, Green News, Water Rights, Texas Water Pipeline, Water Baron, Business News

Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens is about to make a killing by selling water he doesn't own. As he does it, it will be praised as a planet-frien...

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McKinney: "Leave the oil in the soil"

Grist | Kate Sheppard | Posted 08.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Green News, Green, Cynthia McKinney, National Forest Protection and Restoration Act, Green Party, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Depleted Uranium, Green News

Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney sums up her energy policy with a simple, memorable rhyme: "Leave the oil in the soil." "Right now...

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Wildlife Officials Euthanize Abandoned Baby Whale

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 08.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Green News, Baby Whale Euthanized, Baby Humpback, Whale Mom Boat, Colin the Whale, Sydney, Australia, Baby Whale, Dead Baby Whale, Home News

SYDNEY, Australia — The baby humpback whale was starving, injured and hours from death. So despite anguished cries of "Murder!" and "Shame!" fro...

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Food In Mexico: Big-A Answers And Little-A Answers

Grist | Tom Philpott | Posted 08.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Milpa, Politics of Food, Green News, Green, Environment, Food, Mexico, Travel, Food Politics, Green News

If Mexico City showed me how Mexico's culinary past interacts with a highly industrialized version of a culinary future, I found new visions of that i...

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2008 Is Coolest Year So Far In Past 5 Years

Reuters | Posted 08.21.2008 | Green

Read More: World Meteorological Organization, Green, Green News, Climate Change, Weather, Extreme Weather, Global Temperature, Green News

LONDON- The first half of 2008 was the coolest for at least five years, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Wednesday. The whole year...

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National Clean Energy Summit: Business Leaders Encourage Cheap, Renewable Energy

AP | Posted 08.20.2008 | Green

Read More: National Clean Energy Summit, Bill Clinton, Clean Energy Summit, Las Vegas Energy Summit, Environment, Green News, Green, Bill Clinton 10-Point Energy Plan, T.Boone Pickens, Bill Clinton Energy Speech, Pickens Plan, Las Vegas, Green News

Las Vegas: Representatives from Google Inc. and General Electric Co. said Tuesday that widespread use of renewable energy in United States would be po...

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