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for more information: http://storyofstuff.com/capandtrade/
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Water issues, fracking upstate, etc. on WBAI: Tuesday, December 1st at 11am
Posted on November 30, 2009 by kwilder
From: Ken Gale Hi, folks, Exploding toilets. Exploding wells. Contaminated drinking water. This is what has happened in other states that have allowed Halliburton’s hydraulic fracturing process to reach natural gas deposits in shale.
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Oregon Tops Report on Policies for Customer-owned Renewable Energy
Posted on November 25, 2009 by iwilder
Advocates Release Third Annual Report Card to States on Net Metering, Interconnection Renewable energy advocates today released the 2009 Edition of Freeing the Grid, a policy guide that grades states on their current net metering and interconnection practices. Together these two policies empower energy customers to use solar and other renewables to meet their own […]
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FL GP opposes PSC approval of Nuclear Cost Recovery for Utilities, Call it “A License to Steal”
Posted on October 22, 2009 by iwilder
The Green Party of Florida (GPF) denounces the October 16 decision by the Public Service Commission allowing Progress Energy and Florida Power & Light to raise utility rates paid by their customers in order to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in so-called “nuclear cost recovery” funds. Under an ill-conceived law approved by the Florida […]
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Top Ten reasons why Van Jones should give up on Obama and the Democratic Party, come home to the Green Party
Posted on September 10, 2009 by iwilder
“As a Green, Van Jones can be a strong national voice for justice and the environment, independent of the constraints of the Democratic Party hierarchy, the corporate lobbies that pull their strings, and the right-wing appeasement and selling out of grassroots social movements that appears to be their strategy,” said Marian Douglas-Ungaro of the DC […]
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Fracking and the Environment: Natural Gas Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Contamination
Posted on September 3, 2009 by iwilder
Fracking and the Environment: Natural Gas Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Contamination Gas drilling companies such as Halliburton say the gas drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or” fracking”, is safe, but opponents contend it pollutes groundwater with dangerous substances. Now, new evidence has emerged possibly linking natural gas drilling to groundwater contamination. ProPublica journalist […]
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Public Hearing on LNG off Long Beach 9/9/09
Posted on August 28, 2009 by iwilder
If you opposed BROADWATER, READ THIS: There is a public hearing on September 9 at 4:00 p.m. at SUNY Farmingdale regarding the Draft 2009 Energy Plan for NY, which includes LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) terminals off the shores of Long Beach(http://www.nysenergyplan.com/index.html). We need to act fast and strong to make sure LNG is denounced in the final Plan […]
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LI Green Sheets 7/15/09
Posted on July 16, 2009 by iwilder
Welcome to the LI Green Sheets rev 7-15-09 The LI Green Sheets is a weekly “Green Events” email service about green events and activities in our region. If your organization or company has an event, class, meeting, seminar or program that you want LI Green’s over 5000 environmental businesspeople, activists, educators email list to know […]
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LICSN: Flaws in Waxman–Markey
Posted on June 25, 2009 by iwilder
Here’s a good summary of some of the major flaws of Waxman – Markey. — Scott Friday, June 25 Dear CCC Supporters, The House is scheduled to vote tomorrow (Friday) on the Waxman-Markey climate bill: “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.” The numerous provisions in ACESA’s 1,000‑plus pages do not add up to the […]
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Actress Daryl Hannah, Dr. James Hansen and others arrested protesting mountain top removal in WV
Posted on June 24, 2009 by kwilder
On Tuesday, June 23, 2009 a civil disobedience took place in West Virginia to protest mountain top removal in Coal River Valley. Earlier in the day, an announcement had been made on the Green Party Watch web-site alerting green activists to the forthcoming CD. In West Virgina, the national Green Party affiliate is “The West […]
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Anti-LNG 6/20/09 Rockaways, NY
Posted on June 19, 2009 by iwilder
Please turnout this Saturday, June 20, from 11am to 2pm, for an anti-LNG event held by the Surfrider Foundation NYC Chapter at Rockaway’s 90th Street Beach on Long Island, NY. The event will include a rally (they’ll have signs, etc. but feel free to bring your own), a press conference with some elected officials, a […]
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