http://newsrack.in/rss/flenvcenter/Sustainability_National/rss.xml This is a custom RSS feed generated by NewsRack for user flenvcenter for topic Sustainability-National Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:43:46 GMT Sustainability-National Sustainability-National 2010-09-03T15:43:46Z http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/does-morality-matter-in-saving-the-planet.php?campaign=th_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29 Does Morality Matter in Saving the Planet? Environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/does-morality-matter-in-saving-the-planet.php?campaign=th_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/job_creation_through_smart_lan.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+switchboard_all+%28Switchboard%3A+Blogs+from+NRDC%27s+Environmental+Experts%29 &#160; &#160; The nation&#8217;s workforce has an important&#160;stake in smart, environmentally sound&#160;development and transportation.&#160; At a time when unemployment has reached disturbing levels, public policy should take advantage of the job-creation benefits of a robust agenda for smart, sustainable communities.&#160;... Community Environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/job_creation_through_smart_lan.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+switchboard_all+%28Switchboard%3A+Blogs+from+NRDC%27s+Environmental+Experts%29 Kaid Benfield 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012796418_apmliran.html Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending a key rally on Friday. Social Justice Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012796418_apmliran.html 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012799720_apwawhoopingcough.html Grant County public health officials have confirmed a third case of whooping case in nine days in a child in the county. Impacts Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012799720_apwawhoopingcough.html 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/photos-9-of-greenpeaces-s_n_689478.html From Mexico City to Malta, Berlin to Hong Kong, Greenpeace created impressive protests against environmental injustices this summer. Protesters wore hazardous waste uniforms, drenched themselves... General Environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/photos-9-of-greenpeaces-s_n_689478.html Huffington Post 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/epa-climate-change-regula_n_704678.html 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... Environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/epa-climate-change-regula_n_704678.html Yahoo! News 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/chimpanzees-in-africa-out_n_704741.html Across Africa, people often lay snare traps to catch bushmeat, killing or injuring chimps and other wildlife. But a few chimps living in the rainforests... Environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/chimpanzees-in-africa-out_n_704741.html BBC 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/organic-food-is-healthier_n_704812.html Does growing food organically really matter? Supporters of conventional agriculture say that organic farming is little more than a fad -- and that organic produce... Environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/organic-food-is-healthier_n_704812.html Grist 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.democracynow.org/2010/9/3/headlines Another Oil Rig Explodes in Gulf of Mexico, BP: Denial of Drilling Permit Threatens Gulf Coast Claims, Calls Grow for Offshore Drilling Ban, US Accused of Killing 10 Afghan Civilians, Main Afghan Bank Faces Collapse, Slain US Army Chaplain Is First to Die in Combat Since Vietnam War, Israeli, Palestinian Leaders Agree to Further Talks, Settlers: "We Are Building" All Over West Bank, Companies Passing on More Healthcare Costs to Employees, 4 Accused of Coercing 400 Thai Workers into Forced Labor, LA Garment Factory to Pay Workers Unpaid Overtime, Allow Monitor, Environmentalist Sentenced to 4 Months for Accepting Facebook Friend Request Impacts Social Justice Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.democracynow.org/2010/9/3/headlines mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/09/03-5 <div class="author-name">by Mohammed Khatib</div><p><span class="text14"><span class="content">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.<p><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/09/03-5">read more</a></p> Community Social Justice Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/09/03-5 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://rabble.ca/news/2010/09/supporters-justice-and-peace-should-get-behind-gaza-flotilla?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rabble-news+%28rabble.ca+-+News+for+the+rest+of+us%29 A spectre is haunting the Harper government and its pro-Israel allies. It&apos;s been dubbed CBG and it stands for Canadian Boat to Gaza. Pro-Palestinian activists recently began raising $300,000 to send a Canadian-registered ship to help break Israel&apos;s illegal blockade of Gaza. The plan is to fill the ship with various supplies, a couple dozen prominent activists and to return with Palestinian exports. read ... Social Justice Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://rabble.ca/news/2010/09/supporters-justice-and-peace-should-get-behind-gaza-flotilla?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rabble-news+%28rabble.ca+-+News+for+the+rest+of+us%29 rabble staff 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20100903/bs_bw/sep2010sb2010092589904 BusinessWeek - Goldman Sachs may not have a lot of friends in the White House these days, but one of its former employees has made a good impression. After three years as an analyst in Goldman's fixed-income, currencies, and commodities division, Monique Pean began her own jewelry line that can now be found in Barneys, Jeffrey New York, and around the neck of Michelle Obama. Environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20100903/bs_bw/sep2010sb2010092589904 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703946504575469212825531260.html The U.N. is ignoring the critical role of jobs and income equality in its strategy to fight world poverty and hunger, to the detriment of developing nations, the world body's own researchers said in a critique. Social Justice Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703946504575469212825531260.html 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/few-green-highlghts-at-istanbul-fashion-week.php?campaign=th_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29 Few Green Highlights at Istanbul Fashion Week Community Environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/few-green-highlghts-at-istanbul-fashion-week.php?campaign=th_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+treehuggersite+%28Treehugger%29 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/chinagreenlaw/china_environmental_news_alert_45.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+switchboard_all+%28Switchboard%3A+Blogs+from+NRDC%27s+Environmental+Experts%29 NRDC has been working in China for over twelve years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is a weekly compilation... Community Environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/chinagreenlaw/china_environmental_news_alert_45.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+switchboard_all+%28Switchboard%3A+Blogs+from+NRDC%27s+Environmental+Experts%29 Greenlaw from NRDC China 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012796533_apmlegyptiran.html Egypt has canceled a visit by Iran's foreign minister to protest comments in which he accused Arab leaders of betrayal for attending the new round of Mideast peace talks in Washington. Social Justice Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012796533_apmlegyptiran.html 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/obamas-stimulus-the-most-_n_704600.html For starters, the Recovery Act is the most ambitious energy legislation in history, converting the Energy Department into the world's largest venture-capital fund. It's pouring... Environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/obamas-stimulus-the-most-_n_704600.html TIME 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/fresh-air-daniel-wu-and-c_n_703594.html Hong Kong's Clean Air Network has decided to ditch the frighteningly serious approach to raising awareness about the health concerns of air pollution, and is... Impacts Environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/fresh-air-daniel-wu-and-c_n_703594.html Travis Walter Donovan 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012796251_apafmozambiquefoodriots.html Mozambique's government says the economy lost more than $3 million because of two days of violent protests over rising prices. Social Justice Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012796251_apafmozambiquefoodriots.html 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://spectator.org/archives/2010/09/03/a-legend-fit-for-a-king A Legend Fit for a King Social Justice Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://spectator.org/archives/2010/09/03/a-legend-fit-for-a-king Matt Purple 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/6433?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SurvivalInternational+%28Survival+International%29 Xoroxloo Duxee died of dehydration after the Bushmen&apos;s well was disabled. © Survival Over 30 laureates of the Right Livelihood Award, known as the ‘alternative Nobel Prize’, have signed an open letter to President Khama of Botswana urging him to allow the Bushmen access to water. The appeal comes as world experts arrive in Stockholm for World Water Week, and ahead of the Right Livelihood Award conference in Bonn, 14-18th September. It follows the UN’s adoption of water as a human right in July. Describing the government’s actions as ‘inexcusable’, the laureates’ letter urges it to ‘allow the Bushmen access to water on their lands , and work with them to ensure a sustainable future for everyone’. The laureates express concern ... Access Diversity Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/6433?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SurvivalInternational+%28Survival+International%29 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20100903_Multi-agency_effort_targets_crimes_against_Asian_businesses.html The first clues came from thugs' confessions. They were targeting homes of Asian American businesspeople because of two assumptions. Community Campus Environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20100903_Multi-agency_effort_targets_crimes_against_Asian_businesses.html 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/09/03/native-american-elders-housing/ Developers have won a federal grant for a Native American elders housing project in Minneapolis, a development American Indian planners say will provide much-needed housing.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MPR_NewsFeatures/~4/oaC8Dqe70x4" height="1" width="1"/> Access Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/09/03/native-american-elders-housing/ 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-home-0903-development-notes-20100903,0,4541439.story Merit Homes cuts prices on Libertyville homes Environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-home-0903-development-notes-20100903,0,4541439.story 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/03/california.actress.sham.marriage.trial/index.html The sham marriage trial of actress Fernanda Romero, which the judge has likened to a soap opera, appeared threatened with a mistrial Friday after a dramatic turn a day earlier. Environment Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/03/california.actress.sham.marriage.trial/index.html 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z