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There's a New Sheriff in Town...

Brian Keane | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Energy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, John Rowe, Arizona, Don Brandt, Jim Rogers, Green News
Brian Keane

It's fair to say that environmentalists have just about always considered America's utility companies the bad guys. But these days there seems to be a new kind of utility -- and utility CEO -- emerging.

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SEIA President Proposes a Solar Bill of Rights

Paul Peete | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Power, Solar Power International 09, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Rhone Resch, Seia, Green News
Paul Peete

On opening day of the Solar Power International '09 exposition in Anaheim, CA., Rhone Resch, President and CEO of The Solar Energy Industries Association, proposed a Solar Bill of Rights.

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Water Bottle Deposits To Start This Fall In NY

AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Water Bottles, Plastic Water Bottles, Water Bottle Deposit, Water Bottle Deposits, Judith Enck, Gov. Paterson, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., James Rogers, Poland Spring, Plastic Bottles, Glass Bottles, Drink Bottles, Bottles, Bottle Deposit, Bottle Recycling, Recycling, Recycle, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — Mandatory deposits on water bottles are expected to start this fall in New York, while the Paterson administration considers chan...

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Flirting Remains Strong Kennedy Tradition

Lizzie Garrett | Posted 09.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chris Kennedy Senate, Chris Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kennedy Name, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Kennedy Family, Chicago News
Lizzie Garrett

Kennedy is keeping in good fourth generation Kennedy tradition by flirting with the idea of running for office and then citing personal or family issues as reasons for not pulling the trigger.

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Waterkeeper 10th Anniversary Conference and Gala Event with Bill Clinton and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kevin George | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Columbia-River, Bill Clinton, National Geographic, Emily Deschanel, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Lexus Hybrid Living, Changing Our World, Waterkeeper Alliance, Green Living, Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D, Liv Tyler, Clean Air Act, Rosario Dawson, Environmental Protection Agency, Anjelica Huston, Stella McCartney, Youtube, Yann-Arthus-Bertrand, Enviromentalism, Department of Energy, Cameron Diaz, Fox News Channel, Green News
Kevin George

Our values are changing from profits and competition, to collaboration and community, focused on philanthropic giving for environmental and social responsibility.

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Greening Bonnaroo: The Rule Not the Exception

Patrick Pfeiffer | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Greening, Bonnaroo 2009, Grace-Potter-and-the-Nocturnals, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Phish, Bonnaroo, Dave Matthews, Green, Rfk Jr, Playback, Reverb, Bonnaroo Green, Green News
Patrick Pfeiffer

The greenest success of Bonnarro 2009 did not come in the form of a composted cup or a biodiesel bus, but rather in the new status quo.

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A Blue Night to Support Riverkeeper

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 07.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Empire Hotel, General Electric, Charity Organizations, Luigi Tadini, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Brian Wiley, Exxon Mobil, Waterkeeper Alliance, Riverkeeperorg, Donating to Charity, Hudson River, Green Living, Mta, New York City, Bobby Kennedy III, Water Pollution, Tap Water, Amanda Hearst, New-York-City-Tap-Water, New York, New York News
Marissa Bronfman

The skies were grey and the event was Blue but guests at the annual Riverkeeper fundraiser were feeling neither as they mingled on the pool deck of the Empire Hotel to support the charity.

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ABC News Intentionally Misleading Viewers with RFK-Obama Clean Coal Story

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Clean Coal, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Politics News. President Obama, Politics, Media, Green News, Green, Media News, Abc, Coal, Media News
Josh Nelson

Essentially, ABC pulled together a collection of old quotes and mashed them together out of context to create tension in their story.

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Rolling Stone's Environmental Rock Stars

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Walmart, Al Gore, Philippe Starck, Environmentalists, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Biofuel, Economy, Agriculture, Green, Neil Young, Henry Waxman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Van Jones, Coal, Barack Obama, Bruce Nilles, Steven Chu, Solar Energy, Michael Pollan, Carol Browner, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Rolling Stone, Environment, Sierra Club, Bonnarroo, Green Living, Green News
Avital Binshtock

It may not be the cover of Rolling Stone, but the Sierra Club's own Bruce Nilles is nonetheless a rock star for being No. 74 on the iconic rock magazine's "RS 100: Agents of Change" list.

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Health Care Policy by HuffPo Celebrities - Don't Attack Me!

Stanton Peele | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Lung Cancer, Susan Axelrod, Autism Thimerosal, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Morning Joe, Epilepsy, Nbc, Breast Cancer, Sicko, Department of Heath and Human Services, Msnbc, Christine Lahti, Chicago Hope, Women and Heart Disease, David Axelrod, Nancy Snyderman, Thimerosal, Autism, Michael Moore, Autism Vaccines, Heart Disease, Deirdre Imus, Measles, MMR Vaccination, Medical Research, Health Care, Meningitis, Media News
Stanton Peele

Because I can't avoid trouble, I'll point out that the HuffPo has been a principal outlet for the argument that there is a gigantic plot to foist lead (thimerosal)-based vaccines on children.

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Rep. Steve King Insults RFK At Hearing

Politico | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Midnight Rule-Making Meeting, Midnight Rule-Making, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Robert Kennedy Jr. Rfk Jr. Epa, Steve King, Politics News

A staffer who sat in on the House Judiciary Committee's hearing this morning on Bush administration's "Midnight Rule-making," reports on a nasty, nast...

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Barack Obama's Bridge to the 22nd Century

Clint Wilder | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, President-Elect Barack Obama, Malia Obama, Ann Nixon Cooper, S Renewable Energy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Fossil Fuels, Obama Family, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Barack Obama, Sasha Obama, Green News
Clint Wilder

2104 is the year that ten-year-old Malia Obama would turn 106, and her younger sister Sasha would do so in 2108. What will the nation and the world look like then?

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Wild Speculation: A Massive List Of Possible Green Obama Cabinet Picks

Grist | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Environment, Kathleen Sebelius, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Green News

The punditocracy is amusing itself by trading rumors about who Obama might tap to fill key leadership posts. Here are names that have been circulated ...

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The Obama-Clinton Cabinet? We Voted for Change, Not Recycling

Rob Kall | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Goldman Sachs, Obama Appointees, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Rahm Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel Chief of Staff, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
Rob Kall

We need fresh blood, not Clinton people who were involved in supporting and defending NAFTA, the WTO and Clinton's effort to move the Democratic party to the right.

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If Democracy Is Denied

Michael Carmichael | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., McCain Palin, Vote Suppression, Greg Palast, Amy Goodman, Democracy, Obama Biden, Velvet Revolution, John Roberts, Voter Suppression, Voter Caging, 2008 Presidential Election, Mark Crispin Miller, Women's Suffrage, Rachel Maddow, Election-Rigging, Electoral College, Rigged Elections, Voting, Politics News
Michael Carmichael

The sheer momentum of the Obama-Biden ticket has triggered frantic and massive Republican vote-rigging operations in key battleground states designed ...

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GOP Endgame: Vote Suppression

Michael Carmichael | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Gop, Acorn, George H.W. Bush, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Gerald Ford, Voting Rights, Rolling Stone, Jimmy Carter, Obama-Biden, Barack Obama, Mccain-Palin, Voting Problems, Politics News
Michael Carmichael

The current charges against ACORN are frivolous distractions from what is a massive and threatening GOP campaign to distort the popular vote in key battleground states.

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Greening Hollywood: Liquid Gold

Paige Donner | Posted 11.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Liquid Gold, Peak Water, Alternative Energy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Waterkeeper Alliance, Plug-in Hybrid, Van Jones, Sundance '08, Greening Hollywood, Scientific American Earth 3.0, Water Energy Nexus, Peak Oil, Black Gold, Veggie Van, Bio-Diesel, Environment, The Green Economy, Lt. Governor John Garamendi, Fuel the Film, Solazyme, T. Boone Pickens, Petrosun, Rebecca Harrell, Josh Tickell, Biodiesel, Green News
Paige Donner

Fuel is definitely a must-see. It's a conversation starter in this all-important crash course our nation must take on issues of alternative fuels and our planet's future.

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