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EPA Climate Change Regulations Increasing, Not As Strong As Action By Congress Would Be - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Yahoo! News — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they will not...

Why Israel Imprisoned My Best Friend - Commondreams.org Views

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Mohammed Khatib

When I was a boy I was still allowed to travel in Israel. I went to the beach and swam in the sea, something that most Palestinian children living in the West Bank today can only dream of. Israel has been restricting movement more and more over the years. We Palestinians were banned from traveling to Israel, the land where many of our parents were born. And now I find I cannot leave the West Bank.

The Wilfred Laurier Memorial 100 years later - rabble.ca - News for the rest of us

Cathryn Atkinson — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The Wilfred Laurier Memorial was a dictated letter addressed to Laurier which outlined the grievances and history of the first century of contact with non-Aboriginal people from a First Nations perspective. Laurier read it, promised to meet the chiefs, but lost the federal election a year later. His successor, Sir Robert Borden, never followed through with this promise. read ...

Banks Back Away from Financing Mountain Top Removal - Energy & Climate | Greenbiz.com

Robert Kropp — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The environmentally destructive coal mining practice, for years a target of shareowner activists, faces new regulatory restrictions and limited financing from major banks.

Court Gives Northern Spotted Owl a Fresh Chance at Recovery - ENS

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Court Gives Northern Spotted Owl a Fresh Chance at Recovery

Fighting Coal Ash, Bureaucracy and Confusion - AlterNet

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

As I have mentioned on this blog before, the Environmental Protection Agency is currently holding public hearings at sites around the country to hear your input on draft regulations for the disposal of toxic coal ash. This week’s blog post comes from Sierra Student Coalition Apprentice Margaret Hoerath, who writes about an activist who [...] ...

Nike WVU Football Uniform Ad Enrages Activists For Appearing To Endorse Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

AP — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Activists trying to stop mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia are furious over a Nike Inc. promotional ad for a new...

Bruce Nilles: Fighting Coal Ash, Bureaucracy and Confusion - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Bruce Nilles — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

As I have mentioned on this blog before, the Environmental Protection Agency is currently holding public hearings at sites around the country to hear your...

NM Navajo chapter OKs alcohol at casino restaurant - ICT: Business

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

UPPER FRUITLAND, N.M. (AP) – Members of the Navajo Nation’s Upper Fruitland Chapter in northwestern New Mexico have approved alcohol sales at the restaurant in the casino they plan to build near Farmington.

Feds lease prime solar land, but narry a panel is in sight - Grist News

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Randy Rieland. Ready for your morning bowl of crazy? Five years ago, Congress set aside millions of acres of public land in the Southwest for the development of solar farms. This was primo real estate for solar, considered one of the best spots in the world. So far not one solar panel has been erected.  Oh, you want us to build something?  This discouraging news comes courtesy of the AP's Jason Dearen , whose investigation shows that the understaffed U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) focused almost all its time on approving oil and gas projects and leased the land on a first-come, first-served basis, often to outfits with little or no experience in actually building solar farms. Case in point: Cogentrix Solar Services, a ...

Dr. Reese Halter: Stupendous Tropical Rainforests Offer Medicine and Fight Global Warming - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Dr. Reese Halter — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Tropical forests are felled at approximately 55,000 square miles a year. This is equivalent to the area of Switzerland and the Netherlands combined -- the size of a football field every second.

We Have Millions of Acres of Failed Solar Projects. Watt Gives? - GOOD

Ben Jervey — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Five years ago, millions of acres of public land were devoted to solar power. They are still barren, and haven't produced a watt. AP

Mining Near Bryce Canyon: Who Benefits? - NewWest.Net All Headlines

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Mining Near Bryce Canyon: Who Benefits?

Rebuilding lives not easy for Pakistani flood survivors - Feature - The Earth Times Online Newspaper - Environment News

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Priceless rock art in National Conservation Lands being defaced, destroyed, stolen - Environmental News Network

Brian O'Donnell, Executive Director of the Conservation Lands Foundation — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Priceless rock art in National Conservation Lands being defaced, destroyed, stolen

Just Don't Do It: NIKE Digs Coal, Disrespects Coal Miners - Commondreams.org Views

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Jeff Biggers

"If we are to remain leaders in the green economy, then we have to be relentless in our pursuit of clean energy. We have to constantly evaluate all aspects of our energy footprint. Find opportunities to collaborate and partner with other companies and organizations.

Arizona State University increases graduation rates - ICT: Education

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Arizona State University ranked fourth place in the nation among universities awarding Native students bachelor degrees during the 2007-08 academic year, according to a report from the National Center for Education Statistics, released in March.

Listening cure - ICT - National

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. – The district candidate Julie Garreau wants to represent in the South Dakota State Senate stretches from the hilly banks of the Missouri River mid-state across rolling prairies, buttes, and pocket “badlands” to South Dakota’s western boundary. Covering more than 13,000 square miles, the rugged terrain of District 28 encompasses ranches, farms, towns, and two large Indian reservations, Cheyenne River and Standing Rock.

Fumble: NIKE Runs Mountaintop Removal Football Ad, Disrespects Coal Miners - AlterNet

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

“If we are to remain leaders in the green economy, then we have to be relentless in our pursuit of clean energy. We have to constantly evaluate all aspects of our energy footprint. Find opportunities to collaborate and partner with other companies and organizations. And as one of Nike’s long-held business maxims so aptly declares, [...] ...

Jeff Biggers: Scandal of the Week: NIKE Runs Mountaintop Removal Football Ad, Disrespects Coal Miners - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Jeff Biggers — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

"If we are to remain leaders in the green economy, then we have to be relentless in our pursuit of clean energy. We have to...

Obama: Hamas Attacks 'Senseless Slaughter,' Won't Deter Peace Talks - Huffpolitics on The Huffington Post

The Huffington Post News Team — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Obama: Hamas Attacks 'Senseless Slaughter,' Won't Deter Peace Talks

Guatemalan indigenous need rights protected, UN official says - ICT - Latin Indigenous

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Due to human rights violations affecting the indigenous peoples of the country, Guatemala risks becoming “ungovernable” according to the U.N. official in charge of indigenous rights after a visit in June.

'Clean and healthful environment' - High Country News Most Recent

Steve Woodruff — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Can the Montana Constitution derail a gigantic coal mine?

Environmentalists Push For Coal-Ash Regulation - Truthout - All Articles

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

New York - In what promises to be a contentious, high-profile series of debates, the forces of environmental protection will be lining up against those of the electric power industry over the future status of coal-ash.

Devon Swezey: The Mountain West Can Lead the Way on Energy Innovation - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Devon Swezey — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Originally Published at the Breakthrough Institute The United States Mountain West has long been a hotbed of experimentation and innovation, due in no small part...