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Laura Bassett

Proposition 23, Anti-Environment 'California Jobs Initiative', Is Funded By Big Polluters In Texas And The Midwest

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Proposition 23, the so-called "California Jobs Initiative" threatening to suspend some of California's unprecedented clean air and renewable energy le...

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Atlantic Garbage Patch: Pacific Gyre Is Not Alone

AP | MIKE MELIA | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Researchers are warning of a new blight at sea: a swirl of confetti-like plastic debris stretching over a remote expanse...

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Deadly Traffic: Tests Link Freeway Smog To Brain Cancer

Daily Bulletin | Posted 05.25.2011

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In as little as three months, the brains of laboratory rats begin to change after being exposed to the air around congested Southern California freewa...

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China Surprising Leader In Green-Technology

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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China looms large over the global climate summit in Copenhagen, where Chinese officials are pressing the U.S. and other rich nations to accept new cur...

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Prince Charles To Push Green Agenda In Latin America

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Prince Charles dived into the first full day of a Latin America tour Monday, visiting Chile's capital and preparing a speech set to highlight his conc...

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An Open Response to "an Open Letter to Shashi Tharoor"

Shashi Tharoor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shashi Tharoor

Let me add with a heavy heart how much I deplore both the content and tone of your letter. It is tragic that actions such as yours ensure that politics overrides the genuine needs of the people.

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