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From Field to Table: Rights for Workers in the Food Supply Chain 22.5.2013 Commondreams.org Views
Beverly Bell
Tory Field

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Indigenous Peoples Protest Destructive Sarawak Dams, Corruption at Industry Conference in Malaysia 22.5.2013 Commondreams.org Newswire

More than three hundred indigenous people of the Penan, the Kenyah, the Kayan, and Iban ethnic groups protested this morning against the recently finished Bakun Dam, the Murum Dam currently under construction, and a series of controversial dams on the island of Borneo, at the opening of the International Hydropower Association's (IHA) biennial conference.

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Monsanto CEO: 'Elitism' Fuels Our Critics 16.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
It's not controversial pesticide-resistent crops that fuel Monsanto's critics, according to the company's CEO; it's their own desire to keep poor people from cheap food....
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Moms March To Push For Fracking Moratorium Extension 15.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Local activists in Boulder held a rally on the Boulder County Courthouse lawn Monday in honor of Mother's Day urging commissioners to extend a moratorium...
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You'll Fall In Love With This Sweet Engagement Story 15.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
It won't surprise you that the man in this photo, holding a pit bull like a baby, has a sweet engagement story that involves his...
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Protecting the sacred: Indigenous resistance grows strong in Keystone XL battle 10.5.2013 rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Thursday, May 9, 2013 In January, Casey Camp-Horinek traveled the route of the proposed pipeline and her people's Trail of Tears to Pickstown, S.D., for an international treaty gathering called Protect the Sacred. On cloudy days, heavy smoke fills the air of Ponca City, Okla., with grey smog that camouflages itself into the sky. The ConocoPhillips oil refinery that makes its home there uses overcast days as a disguise to release more toxins into the air. These toxins are brimming with benzene -- a chemical that, according to the Centers for Disease Control, can cause leukemia, anemia and even decrease the size of women’s ovaries. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, in 2008 the ConocoPhillips refinery released over 2,000 pounds of this chemical into the air in Ponca City. read ...
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Headlines for May 9, 2013 9.5.2013 Democracy Now!
8 Killed in Bangladesh Factory Fire; Toll From Building Collapse Nears 900, Ariel Castro Charged in Cleveland Kidnapping, Abuse Case, State Dept. Official Claims Demotion for Criticism of Benghazi Response, Israel OKs More Settlement Expansion; Kerry Announces Visit, Stephen Hawking Backs Academic Boycott of Israel, Closing Arguments Held in Genocide Trial of Former Guatemalan Dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, Activist: Biden Avowed Opposition to Keystone XL Pipeline, EPA: No Plans for Curbing Greenhouse Gases From Existing Power Plants, House Panel Backs Weakening of Derivatives Rules, Peace Activists Convicted for Protest at Tennessee Nuclear Site, Docs: FBI, Justice Dept. Assert Right to Warrantless Internet Spying, Ex-Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling Reaches Deal for Early Release, Colorado Legislature Approves Drivers Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants, 1st Ever Marijuana Tax, Blacks Voted at Higher Rate Than Whites in 2012 Elections, Cooper Union Students Stage Sit-In to Preserve Free Tuition
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Neighbor Concerned About Animals Genetically Predisposed 'To Rip...Your Genitals Off' 6.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
A Hanover County man is making a last-ditch effort to keep chimpanzees caged in his backyard while avoiding criminal charges for housing potentially dangerous animals....
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Former 'Price Is Right' Host Makes Big Offer To Save Animals 6.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
From Mother Nature Network's Michael d'Estries: Bob Barker may be nearing his ninth decade, but the former "Price is Right" host certainly isn't letting age...
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11 Celebrities Who Love Animals 29.4.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
From Vetstreet's Margaret Bristol: With all the glitz and glamour that comes out of Tinseltown (not to mention the endless tabloid fodder), it's not always...
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Clement: 'Ring Of Fire' Will Be Canada's Next Oil Sands 26.4.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Ontario’s “Ring of Fire” mining project promises to be the economic equivalent of another oil sands, Treasury Board President Tony Clement says. Clement, who was...
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Houston’s Most Polluted Neighborhood Draws the Line at Alberta Tar Sands 24.4.2013 Commondreams.org Views
Kristin Moe Volunteers staff a free store where residents can access free food, clothing, and information about the neighborhood's environmental problems. (Photo by Tar Sands Blockade) The playground in Manchester, a neighborhood on Houston"s east side, is empty much of the time. Children who play for too long here often start to cough. They go back inside, leaving an empty swing set in the shadow of a nearby oil refinery. read ...
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Assimilating Canadians into the wisdom of Indigenous ancestors 23.4.2013 rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 If we're going to stand with our Indigenous neighbors, we'll have to start asking questions about whose land we’re standing on. This year, the Idle No More movement called for Earth Day rallies to focus attention on the links between Indigenous issues and the environmental movement. Events leading up to Earth Day included an impressive 'Nation2Nation' (N2N) dialogue between Haudenosaunee and Anishnawbeg leaders like Ellen Gabriel and Leanne Simpson and Canadian activist Naomi Klein in Toronto. (Watch videos of this event here and here .) read ...
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The Eco-Impact Of Your Everyday Choices 22.4.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
By Rachel Z. Arndt Which is greener, printed books or e-readers? Aluminum cans or glass bottles? The answers will surprise you. Washing By Hand...
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Evie Hantzopoulos: Youth Climate Activist Manifesto 22.4.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
We are the change and the future fighting for a better planet starting with clean air, water, environmental justice, and green jobs in our local communities. We are the change we want to see in the world.
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The first Earth Day and the ABCs of a greener bottom line 22.4.2013 Business Operations | GreenBiz.com

An early participant discusses how the need for environmental change is easy to explain, but difficult to implement. 

The first Earth Day and the ABCs of a greener bottom line
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Ian Somerhalder: 'I Feel So Alive Right Now' (PHOTOS) 21.4.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Ian Somerhalder, actor and eco powerhouse, uses celebrity for change. 'The Vampire Diaries' star uses social media and his foundation to bring on the...
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Jude Law Fights For Seal Fur Ban 21.4.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
LONDON — Actor Jude Law has written to the World Trade Organization to urge it to uphold a European Union ban on seal fur. The...
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Headlines for April 17, 2013 17.4.2013 Democracy Now!
FBI: Boston Marathon Bombs Built with Pressure Cookers, Filled with Shrapnel, Remaining Boston Marathon Fatalities Identified, 8-Year-Old Victim Carried Sign Urging "No More Hurting People", Obama to Attend Memorial in Boston, Saudi Victim Ruled Out as Suspect, U.S. Drone Strike Kills 5 in Pakistan, Electoral Council Rules Out Venezuelan Recount as Tensions Grow, Authorities Intercept Ricin-Laden Letter to Senator Wicker, Senate to Hold Votes on Gun Amendments; Background Check Measure Lacks Support, Groups File Challenge to Arkansas Abortion Ban, Ohio Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Mosque Fire, Environmental Groups Challenge State Dept. on Keystone Review, U.N.: Over 1 in 4 Children "Stunted" by Malnutrition, New Zealand Recognizes Same-Sex Marriage
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Deadly Sins in the Brazilian Amazon 17.4.2013 Commondreams.org Views
Bianca Jagger

Darlisson Apiaka protesting Tapajos and Belo Monte Dams.' (Photo by Brent Millikan)The controversial Belo Monte Dam, which is under construction on the Xingu River in the Brazilian state of Pará, is roughly twenty percent completed.

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