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Weekly Pulse: South Dakota's Legislative Attack on Abortion Providers

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Provider, Abortion, RH Reality Check, Brie Cadman, Kill, Jodi Jacobson, Feministing, South Dakota, Miriam Perez, Diet, Choice, H.R. 358, Nutritiion, Fruit, Insurance, Mother Jones, Health, Phil Jensen, Health Insurance, Food, Kate Sheppard, Fruitwashing, Grist, Bill, Home News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The South Dakota House of Representatives will soon vote on a bill that would expand the definition ...

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Will the US Go Rogue if Cancún's Climate Talks Fail?

Frank Sesno | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: cop16, Cancun, Video, Gwu, Kate Sheppard, Planet Forward, Green News
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One thing's certain about the international climate negotiations happening right now in Cancún: no one's expecting big things.

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Is Wind Energy the Magic Bullet for our Energy Future? (Video)

Frank Sesno | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Gwu, Kate Sheppard, George Washington University, Planet Forward, Dan Lashof, Jim Connaughton, Ana Unruh-Cohen, Powering a Nation, Nacho Corbella, Green News
Frank Sesno

Last year, the wind industry employed more workers than coal mining, according to a report released by the American Wind Energy Association. Wind ene...

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Weekly Mulch: Off-shore drilling, auto emissions, mountaintop mining from Obama administration

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: TPM DC, Democracy Now!, Gas, Brian Beutler, Mike Lillis, Environmentalists, Center for Biological Diversity, Tpm, Rachel Sladja, Epa, Obama, Aaron Wiener, Green Groups, Washington Independent, Sierra Club, Dot, Auto Emissions, Jackson, Mother Jones, Oil, Drilling, Mountaintop Mining, Off-Shore Drilling, Jeff Biggers, Kate Sheppard, Green News
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By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger President Barack Obama announced this week that his administration would open areas from Delaware to Florid...

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Weekly Mulch: Bad News Bill

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Low-Carbon, Acela, Carbon Emissions, Epa, American Clean Energy Act, Lindsey Graham, Joe Lieberman, Aaron Wiener, David Roberts, Mother Jones, Industry, John Kerry, Aces, Environment, Kate Sheppard, Climate Legislation, Climate Bill, Climate Change Bill, Grist, The Washington Independent, Green News
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By Alison Hamm, Media Consortium blogger Sens. John Kerry (D-MA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) met with industry groups Wednesday...

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Watch Interview with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson

Frank Sesno | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Dan Lashof, Epa, Andrew Revkin, Jim Connaughton, Kate Sheppard, Ana Unruh-Cohen, Lisa Jackson, Green News
Frank Sesno

Time to Act? What's Next for Climate Policy With Special Guest: Lisa JacksonOn April 20 I talked with Lisa Jackson, the Administrator of the Environme...

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The Blogosphere Reacts to the Kerry-Boxer Senate Climate Bill

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Waxman-Markey, Senator Brown, Brian Beutler, Copenhagen, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Global Warming, Senator Kerry, Climate Change, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Elana Schor, Steve Benen, Brad Johnson, Kate Sheppard, Senator Lincoln, Matt Yglesias, Aces, Senator Boxer, Senator Baucus, Cejapa, Bradford Plumer, Joseph Romm, Collin Peterson, Kerry-Boxer, Climate, Green, Green Energy, Green Living, Green News, Energy, Green News
Josh Nelson

The bill as it currently stands is stronger than the American Clean Energy and Security Act in several crucial ways, but it has a treacherous gauntlet to run before reaching the President's desk.

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Best Green Toiletries: Sniffing Around For Greenest Deodorant?

Grist | Kate Sheppard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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Upon moving to Washington, D.C., about a year ago, I quickly realized two things: Our Nation's Capitol was built on a swamp and The Hill is called tha...

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