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Please comment: How can we get chromium-6 out of our water?

Posted on January 13, 2011 by kwilder

KW: I hope some people will chime in with their ideas, and/or any information they have on local levels of chromium-6. Since the EPA has requested — but not required — local governments to test for this carcinogen in our drinking water, it seems like an important step is for people to pressure Suffolk County […]

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50 Reasons to oppose fluoridation of water

Posted on January 9, 2011 by kwilder

(excerpt from) Food Consumer 50 reasons to oppose fluoridation Dr. Paul Connet, Ph.D. of St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY offers 50 reasons to oppose fluoridation as listed below and the statements are slightly edited. 1.  Humans don’t need fluoride to have good teeth; 2.  Fluoridation is unnecessary. Most Western European countries are not fluoridated […]

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Green Party certified as ballot qualified Party in NY

Posted on December 27, 2010 by iwilder

The Green Party was officially certified Monday December 14 by the NYS Board of Elections as the newest ballot qualified party, with the  Gubernatorial ticket receiving 59,928 votes. 50,000 votes for Governor is needed to qualify a party. The Greens received 49,201 votes outside of NYC. Key issues for the Green Party in 2011 will […]

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What kind of Christmas Tree?: Real vs. artificial – political poll and ecology info

Posted on December 24, 2010 by kwilder

The political poll at the bottom of this post will tell you which third party folks prefer real Christmas trees.. A great chart about real Christmas trees vs. fake Christmas trees (with what appears to be some industry bias): The National Christmas Tree Association article/chart on real v artificial trees More comparisons at About.com: Which […]

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A Very Green Hanukkah (via Autonomie Project’s Blog)

Posted on November 30, 2010 by iwilder

At the blog Autonomie Project, there is a great article about green ways to celebrate Hanukkah. The article includes information and links related to: sustainable decorations, recycled menorahs, organic candles, organic and vegan foods, and responsible gifts… Starting tomorrow at Sunset, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah begins. Holidays are a time to spend with family, […]

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BNL Denies Maniscalco’s Request for Shinnecock Ceremony for 15k Trees to Be Cut Down

Posted on November 30, 2010 by iwilder

h/t Shinnecock Indian Nation In that spirit, the higher-ups at Brookhaven National Laboratory have denied a request from Peter Maniscalco of Renew Community Earth to let the Shinnecock Indian Nation perform a spiritual ceremony of reverence for the 15,000 trees that are about to be cleared from 200 acres of lab property in order to […]

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6 ways to solve the ‘renter’s dilemma’ for home energy | Grist

Posted on November 29, 2010 by iwilder

Watching a skillful home-energy inspector explore a leaky house last week left me with a distinct sensation: envy. As the inspector went through the process, showing the homeowner how insulation, foam sealing, and other improvements would save money on heating bills, I realized I want some of that sweet weatherstripping action for my house. But […]

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4 Green Party Women Leaders in Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers

Posted on November 28, 2010 by iwilder

h/t Global Greens Green Party leaders | France, Belgium, Germany, Brazil A funny thing happened after the world’s failure to agree on a climate-change plan at the 2009 Copenhagen summit: 2010 became the year of the Greens — and more specifically, of the Green women. Cécile Duflot, head of France’s third-most powerful party, is being […]

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Election Outcomes: How the 2010 elections made history, affected the political landscape, and shaped my world

Posted on November 4, 2010 by kwilder

The facts and figures in this piece are largely from two places: “Twenty ways the 2010 election made history“, (posted at San Francisco Chronicle) and posts and links from “Endgame” daily roundup) and other articles at the Daily Politics blog. Kimberly writes: Yesterday, I discovered that the overall affect that this election had on me […]

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Election News from CA: Incumbent greens re-elected, Governor candidate Laura Wells makes a showing, and Prop 23 is defeated

Posted on November 3, 2010 by kwilder

[See Green Party of CA 11/3/10 press release at bottom of this post] The Green Party of California won on several levels on election day. Gayle McLaughlin, a green incumbent, won re-election for Mayor of Richmond. Several incumbent and non-incumbent California greens won local offices. The Green Party CA Governor candidate, Laura Wells, received a […]

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Friends Scared about Paladino? Tell Them This.

Posted on November 1, 2010 by iwilder

Every progressive will prefer the program of Howie Hawkins and the Green Party to the conservative economic agenda of Andrew Cuomo (D-I-WFP). But many people vote their fears rather than their values and hope. Polls show that Paladino has no chance of winning. Every time he talks he alienates more voters. He trails Cuomo by […]

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Green Party New York: American onThe Great Debate

Posted on October 23, 2010 by iwilder

Howie Hawkins of the “Green Party” looked and sounded the most like a legitimate major party candidate – if that party was a major Progressive party. He had knowledge of all the issues and realistic answers to all the questions. His positions on eliminating special interest money from public business by public finance of campaigns […]

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Green Party candidate supports parent/student/community struggle in Illinois

Posted on October 19, 2010 by kwilder

From a Rich Whitney for Governor 2010 press release, October 19, 2010: Rich Whitney to visit parents occupying Whittier Field House Carbondale, IL—Green Party candidate Rich Whitney will be visiting the field house at the Whittier Elementary School in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood this evening in a show of solidarity and support for the parents, students […]

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Hofstra Debate: Mainstream coverage ignores Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins

Posted on October 19, 2010 by kwilder

[For fuller comments on the Governor Debate, see onthewilderside eyewitness account: here.] I went to the NY Governor Debate at Hofstra tonight. Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor of New York, did pretty good. It is curious to me why Howie Hawkins has been so overlooked in the main stream media reviews of […]

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