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Green Party Show: Universal, Single-Payer Healthcare
Posted on March 18, 2008 by iwilder
On Friday, February 15th at 8pm, PeaceSmiths held a Forum on Single Payer Universal Healthcare. The event took place at the First United Methodist Church, Amityville. The speaker for the evening was Mary Reed Dewar of the LI Coalition for a National Health Plan. Ms. Dewar is a retired nurse, who now focuses her work […]
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Alert: Look for the USDA Organic Label
Posted on March 15, 2008 by iwilder
CONSUMER ALERT: CANCER-CAUSING INGREDIENT FOUND IN LEADING “ORGANIC” & “NATURAL” PERSONAL CARE PRODCUTS A newly released study commissioned by the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) and overseen by environmental health consumer advocate David Steinman (author of The Safe Shopper’s Bible), revealed the presence of the undisclosed carcinogenic contaminant 1,4-Dioxane in leading shampoos, body washes, lotions and […]
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Is the EPA blowing smoke in suffolk & other counties?
Posted on March 14, 2008 by iwilder
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will only be tightening smog standards by a small amount, despite advice from its scientific advisory panel to set more ambitious goals.According to the New York Times, the announcement has environmentalists and health officials scratching their heads as the Bush administration falls short of taking strong action […]
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Club Veg New Year’s Brunch
Posted on January 12, 2008 by iwilder
The Club Veg New Years’ Brunch will be on January 26 at the UU in Bellport. The UU is located at 51 Browns Lane and brunch starts at 11am. We will be serving Tofu Scrambola, tofu frittata, Pancakes with maple syrup, fruit salad, veggie sausage, breakfast breads, and juice and tea. The price is $20 […]
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Green Party Show: Healthcare Hearing 12/5/07
Posted on December 24, 2007 by iwilder
NYS Partnership for Healthcare hearing at Old Westbury, NY on December 5, 2007 featuring Vanessa Crilly (Jobs with Justice, LI); Lynn Spivak (NYS Speech, Language and Hearing Association); and Donna Kass (LI Health Access Monitoring Project). Full hearing webcasts can be found at http://www.partnership4coverage.ny.gov/hearings/ The Green Party supports single payer, universal healthcare as the only […]
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Tobacco Shills Belly Up to Big Oil Trough to Deny Global Warming
Posted on December 16, 2007 by iwilder
My eye was caught by this story: A small group of US experts stubbornly insist that, contrary to what the vast majority of their colleagues believe, humans may not be responsible for the warming of the planet Earth. My first question is what makes them experts? The story continues: “The observed pattern of warming, comparing […]
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Michael Moore puts CNN under the Microscope
Posted on November 29, 2007 by iwilder
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DC Green Party sponsors Childhood Asthma forum
Posted on November 29, 2007 by iwilder
DC Statehood Green Party to speak at forum on DC’s childhood asthma epidemic and air pollution on November 29 at Howard University The DC Statehood Green Party is co-sponsoring a public forum titled “The Childhood Asthma Epidemic: Confronting Global Warming and Air Pollution in DC” on Thursday, November 29. The program takes place from 7:00 […]
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Analysis of Candidate’s Healthcare plans
Posted on November 18, 2007 by iwilder
THE MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES’ PROPOSALS FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE or “They have seen the enemy — and surrendered” — Barbara Ehrenreich The mainstream Democratic candidates for President — John Edwards, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton — have each put forward their proposals for “affordable quality health coverage for all.” The three Democrats’ proposals, while purporting to […]
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Club Veg Vegan Holiday Dinner – 12/9/07
Posted on November 17, 2007 by iwilder
Sunday December 9, 6:00 to 8:00 pm Vegan Holiday Dinner Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 51 Browns Lane, Bellport, NY (LIE Exit 66 South, left at Station Road, left at South Country Road, right on Browns Lane) Celebrate the holidays at Club Veg’s vegan holiday dinner. We will serve Tofurky holiday roast, stuffing, gravy, green bean and […]
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Turkey-free Thanksgiving 11-17-07
Posted on November 12, 2007 by iwilder
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