Tag: Environmental Policy - Page 3
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Help Earth Day Reach a 'Billion Acts of Green' by Pledging Yours Today
This Earth Day a billion people around the world are pledging one act of green to mobilize people around the world on behalf of the planet.
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Planning A Single-Issue Vote For This Fall May Be The Best Thing You Can Do For Earth Day
Easy to find out which US Senators support big oil and which ones care about environment and "We The People."
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85% of Americans Want Better Environmental Coverage. Let the Media Know.
What does it take to get improved environmental coverage in the media?
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A DIY Gun Rack Proves Newt Gingrich Knows Nothing About Environmentalism
If Newt Gingrich is so wrong about putting gun racks in Chevy Volts, what is he right about?
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Activist Group Praises McDonalds, Starbucks as Packaging Leaders
McDonalds is not usually singled out for praise by environmentalists, but on packaging it is doing more than many.
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With London Monuments, Artist Shows Just How High Sea Levels Will be in 3012
Help! This is what rising oceans, due to climate change, will make London look like. Send lifeboats.
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Roseanne Barr Running For Green Party Presidential Nomination
To the casual celebrity gossip and 90s TV watcher, Roseanne Barr seeking the nomination of the Green Party to run for president may seem odd, but it's all a perfect progression for the comedian-macadamia nut farmer-activist.
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By 2050 We're All Likely To Be Using Fewer Resources, Whether We Like It Or Not
The latest UN report on sustainable development reads like the TreeHugger archive, in terms of sustainable development solutions.
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What Economic and Political Conditions Are Needed To Spur Major Federal Climate Action?
With the economy still down, and unemployment prospects poor, it may take a catastrophe to turn consumers into climate activists.
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Bumper 2011 Grain Harvest Fails to Rebuild Global Stocks
With little arable land around the world left unfarmed and with ever more mouths to feed, farmers face an uphill climb in their efforts to feed the world’s people.
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Leaked Rio+20 Document Has Lots For Treehuggers To Like, With One Glaring Shortcoming
My overall impression remains that while it certainly hits all the right points in terms of what the issues are, the central failing will be that all of it is based upon voluntary national actions.
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Countries To Be Asked To Sign 10 Sustainable Development Goals At Rio+20 Summit
It's just about six months until the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development takes place in Brazil and details are emerging (well, being leaked) about what nations will be asked to sign on to.
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2011 is Almost Over, Time to Look Back
Thinking about the state of the environmental movement and of green issues in the mainstream over the past few years, I've come to realize a few things.
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Americans Want Strong Mercury Protections
Events are being held nationwide to support the coming federal mercury safeguards.
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Boehner to Accelerate Keystone XL Pipeline As Part of Payroll Tax Bill
House Republican leaders are planning to accelerate approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline by adding it to a bill that has nothing to do with the pipeline.
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No Wonder Obama Is Cool To Climate Action
welcome to climate politics hell on a global scale
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Obama Administration Just As Bad On Environment As Bush, Says New Report
"Tucked in a corner of the Old Executive Office Building, an obscure group of some three dozen economists exerts extraordinary power over federal rules intended to protect public health, worker and consumer safety, and the environment."
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What Would Eeyore Do About Climate Change?
"Oh poor me," is a phrase not just used by this famous donkey.
