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California Farmer Who Abandoned 50,000 Chickens Sued by Animal Welfare Groups

The aftermath of the largest rescue of farmed animals in California history is now headed to court.
How Deadly Charcoal is Bought and Sold in an African Market

Every day, millions of Africans buy charcoal for cooking.
Hawaii Now Has Statewide Plastic Bag Ban - With Significant Loopholes

The ban, starting in 2015, only covers plastic bags at point-of-sale, exempting a whole slew of other plastic bags with equal litter potential and equally good reusable alternatives.
More Empty Recommendations on Junk Food Marketing to Children

Institute of Medicine Gives Big Food Another Deadline – or else!
Gaia Soda: An Ethical Alternative to Soda Stream Home Carbonation?

A new start-up is accusing the big home soda machine manufacturers of ripping off consumers and selling unhealthy products.
New Shwopping Campaign at Marks & Spencer to Recycle Clothes and Save Landfills

Shopping plus swapping equals shwopping, sort of. Donate old clothes and help OXFAM and landfill sites.
Straw Wars is a Campaign to Ban the Use of Straws in London's Restaurants

No straws in restaurants? MacDonalds are you listening?
How ETSY Is Changing the Way We All Do Business

The online craft market place becomes a certified B Corp, and announces $40m in new funding. This could be a great thing for all of us.
More and More People, Cities and States Support Overturning Citizens United

Which is a very good thing, considering the corrupting influence corporate spending in elections has had on US democracy.
Occupy's GlobalMay Manifesto Has Lots of Points Green Movement Should Get Behind

If you still have lingering doubts that the aims of the Occupy movement and the green movement are largely in alignment, this should but those doubts to rest.
Tea Party Organizers, Think Tanks Coordinate Plan to Attack Wind Power Nationwide

Conservative activists are working with think tanks and local NIMBY groups to coordinate an assault on wind projects.
Developed-Developing Nation Split on Climate Obligations Needs Reevaluation

We need a new system to determine which nations ought to be forced to cut emissions, not the 20-year old outdated one we've got now.
Shareholders Call on Bank of America to Stop Funding Mountaintop Removal

At a raucous protest inside and outside of its annual shareholder meeting, activists hit B of A for bankrolling coal.
Microsoft Imposes a Carbon Price on Itself

The tech giant announced that it will be carbon neutral by the next fiscal year. To do so, it's essentially enacting a carbon pricing system on its own operations.
Anti-Climate Group Compares 62% of Americans to Serial Killers, Loses $1 Million in Sponsors

The Heartland Institute's position was too extreme for many high-profile donors and supporters, who quickly distanced themselves from their latest ill-advised ad campaign.
Coal Kicks Ass Like NASCAR and Beer and Dale Earnhardt Jr, Says Coal Lobby

If you don't like coal, you're probably anti-American.
As Rio+20 Approaches, Pleas For Less Language Squabbling & More Respecting Indigenous Wisdom

Check out these two important pieces from Kelly Rigg and David Korten on where the Rio+20 negotiations are and aren't heading.
Plastic Bags a Bigger Threat to India's Future Than Nuclear Weapons: Supreme Court Justices

Unless India comes to terms with its plastic pollution problem, its rise on the global stage may be stunted.