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Attention Bikers - Google Maps is for you! - Green Lifestyle and Sustainable Culture News - ENN

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Attention Bikers - Google Maps is for you!

Hydrocarbon development threatens the Amazon - Alternative Energy and Fuel News - ENN

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Hydrocarbon development threatens the Amazon

Politics Confuse Public Perception of Climate Change - AlterNet

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Americans don’t know what to think about climate change anymore. A few years ago, the public more or less trusted the science that said human activity was raising global temperatures, but now that Congress and the Obama administration have hemmed and hawed about climate issues, we’re not longer so sure. Forty-eight percent of Americans—more of us [...] ...

The Left's Answer to Tea Parties? A Cup of Joe - Common Dreams: Headlines

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Sean J. Miller

A burgeoning netroots movement has emerged from what its founder characterized as "ranting on my Facebook page."

Several weeks ago, filmmaker Annabel Park posted a note on her Facebook profile expressing "frustration ... listening to news coverage that made it seem like the Tea Party was representative of America."

Bill Maher: The Environment Is The Ultimate Health Care Issue (VIDEO) - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

T.J. Ortenzi — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Bill Maher called the environment the "ultimate health care issue" Friday night during "Real Time" and argued that our future depends on our ability to...

Humans Pushing Up Extinction Rates Faster Than Species Can Evolve - AlterNet

Matthew McDermott, TreeHugger — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

We've almost certainly crossed a dire threshold. According to some scientists, we're destroying 10,000 times faster than creatures can adapt.

What’s the proper role of individuals and institutions in addressing climate change? - Grist Magazine

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

This may seem like a trivial question with an obvious answer. But what really is the proper role for individuals and institutions in addressing climate change? An immediate and natural response may be that everyone should do their part. Let’s see what that really means. Decisions affecting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, for example, are made primarily by companies and consumers. This includes decisions by companies about how to produce electricity, as well as thousands of other goods and services; and decisions by consumers regarding what to buy, how to transport themselves, and how to keep their homes warm, cool, and light. However, despite the fact that these decisions are made by firms and individuals, government action ...

Tribe helps young people learn the Salish language - NFIC News Feed

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

By Kevin Graham Spokane, Washington (AP) March 2010 For the first time in a couple generations, young people are speaking ancient words of hope for Native Americans on the brink of losing the first language of the Inland Northwest. Thanks to an innovative language acquisition program, Salish is being spoken on the Read more... (http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8669&Itemid=99999999)

James Hansen's climate reckoning - rabble.ca - News for the rest of us

alex — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In 2009, just before the Copenhagen conference, some scientists working on climate change models at the University of East Anglia were exposed for proposing that some data should be concealed. The chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was then widely criticized for predicting the precise year that Himalayan glaciers will disappear without any peer-reviewed evidence. read ...

Red Carpet Green Dress: Catalyst For A Revolution - TreeHugger

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Red Carpet Green Dress: Catalyst For A Revolution

Getting a Green Brand on the Customer's Radar - GreenBiz.com

Jeff Dubin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

New products aspiring to be labeled green should be preoccupied with passing muster with the arbiters of what's green, be they NGOs, consumers, or ratings agencies. The reality, though, is that many green brands wish they had the problem of being scrutinized, at least by consumers.

Exposed: Chevron's Cover-up of Gross Environmental Abuses in Ecuador - AlterNet.org: War on Iraq

Cameron Scott, AlterNet — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Chevron claims it's not responsible for dumping 18 billion gallons of industrial wastewater into the Amazon. A local leader says otherwise.

On March 15, Take Action to Stop Dumping Mine Waste Into Our Water - AlterNet

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

This post was co-written by Mary Anne Hitt, deputy director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign. There is nothing clean about destroying homes and communities to get coal out of the ground. Mountaintop removal coal mining is a dirty secret in our nation’s energy supply. More than 470 mountains in Appalachia have been destroyed by [...] ...

Make Your Dog More Hybrid, Less SUV - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Katherine Goldstein — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

If you're a dog owner and call yourself eco-conscious, guilt might set in after reading the new book Time to Eat the Dog? The real...

Walmart, Tesco Vendors Get Supply Chain Help from Five Winds - Business Operations | GreenBiz.com

GreenBiz Staff — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Five Winds International has created a new website to help companies meet supplier sustainability requirements being imposed by retailers.

Water-Saving 'No-Mix Toilets' Get Rave Reviews in Europe - Business Operations | GreenBiz.com

GreenBiz Staff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

An innovative new toilet system that helps to reduce pollution and save water has gotten widespread support in seven European countries, according to a new study.

The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: Politics Confuse Public Perception of Climate Change - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

The Media Consortium — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Americans don't know what to think about climate change anymore. A few years ago, the public more or less...

Time-Lapse Shows Mountaintop Mining Depleting Forests Over 25-Year Period (VIDEO) - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Gazelle Emami — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A series of satellite views of a Boone County, West Virginia coal mine in the Appalachian Mountains, taken from 1984 to 2009, offer scientists much-needed...

In Kansas City, School's Out - Commondreams.org Views

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Sasha Abramsky

Twenty-nine out of 61 Kansas City, Missouri, schools will soon be shuttered in a desperate bid by the struggling school district to stave off bankruptcy. At the same time, close to one-quarter of the city's school employees will lose their jobs.

Life-Cycle Studies: Beer - Worldwatch Institute

Jane Zhou and Ben Gonin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

For the past five years, Worldwatch has explored the history, production method, and environmental and social impacts of everyday products - from chopsticks to pencils - in the Life-Cycle Studies section of its bi-monthly magazine, World Watch . This print-exclusive content is now available for free to Eye on Earth readers. Look for a new study every Friday! Overview Enkidu, a man raised by wild animals in the classic Sumerian poem Epic of Gilgamesh, knew nothing of beer until a prostitute guided him to a shepherd's camp. Upon finishing seven full cups, "his soul became free and cheerful, his heart rejoiced, his face glowed.... He became human." Beer was so popular throughout ancient Mesopotamia that some historians argue it ...

Earthquakes Move the World - Green Lifestyle and Sustainable Culture News - ENN

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When there is a large earthquake, it basically means that a major geological stress was released. When that happens the earth will literally move. It may not be as dramatic as some motion pictures may show but it does happen. The massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the west coast of Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west, and shifted other parts of South America as far apart as the Falkland Islands and Fortaleza, Brazil.

Earthquakes Move the World - Environmental News Network

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Heinz Redesigns Ketchup Package. Landfills Groan. - Environmental News Network

dotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdot — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In case you’ve been under a rock, the big news on the street is the incredible new Heinz Ketchup Packet which will apparently revolutionize french fry enjoyment for the 21st century. The packet contains a larger amount of ketchup than the traditional sachet and opens in two ways – the traditional "squeeze" and the newfangled "dip." Blogs and other media are aflutter with excitement, and Heinz's corporate communications department is no doubt popping the champagne at a veritable coup d'etat of publicity.

Study: Median Wealth for Single Black Women: $100, Single Hispanic Women: $120, Single White Women: $41,000 - Democracy Now!

mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The Insight Center for Community Economic Development released a report on the gender wealth gap to mark International Women's Day. The report found: Nearly half of all single black and Hispanic women have zero or negative wealth meaning their debts exceed all of their assets.The median wealth for single black women is only $100, for single Hispanic women $120. This compares to just over $41,000 for single white women. We speak with the chief author of the report, Mariko Lin Chang and C. Nicole Mason, Executive Director of the Women of Color Policy Network.

Part II: Michelle Alexander on “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” - Democracy Now!

mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Part II of our interview with legal scholar, civil rights advocate, and author Michelle Alexander. Her book is "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness." Alexander argues that although Jim Crow laws have been eliminated, the racial caste system it set up was not eradicated. It’s simply been redesigned, and now racial control functions through the criminal justice system.