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- December 23rd, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Read this excellent post at EarthJustice
23 December 2009, 8:27 AM Martin Wagner Copenhagen Is Not The End Submitted by Martin Wagner on December 23, 2009 – 8:27am in Climate and Energy Copenhagen What really happened inside the cli…
- December 22nd, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Warm Christmas Wishes
We at Climate of Our Future would like to extend a warm Christmas wish to you. We also would like to hope for a better climate future in the upcoming New Year. Like the Three Wise Men let us all b…
- December 21st, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Last Planned Coal Plant in Florida Cancelled
EarthJustice.org Seminole Electric moving to renewables, natural gas December 18, 2009 Palakta, FL — Earthjustice applauds Seminole Electric Cooperative for its decision to withdraw its applicat…
- December 19th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
- December 18th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
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EarthJustice.org 18 December 2009, 4:36 PM Trip Van Noppen Sabotage in Senate Over Climate Change Senators try to stop EPA from reducing global warming pollution Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).…
- December 16th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Shell Oil Beaufort Sea Drilling Plans Challenged
EarthJustice.org Analysis of impacts sorely lacking December 15, 2009 San Francisco, CA – Conservation and Alaska Native groups called for a timeout on oil drilling in the Arctic…
- December 15th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Climate Talks in Copenhagen to Shift to Energy Efficiency
EarthJustice.org This Sunday, DOE Secretary Chu to discuss U.S. efforts on energy efficiency; more work can be done. December 11, 2009 Washington, DC – This June, President Obam…
- December 13th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
- December 12th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Big Question: Feast or Famine?
The University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment (IonE) is discovering solutions to Earth’s biggest problems, including the big question of how are we going to feed a growing wor…
- December 11th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Coal Mine Operator Refuses to Cap Climate Pollution
EarthJustice.org Valuable methane gas at western Colorado coal mine being vented into atmosphere December 9, 2009 Denver, CO – In a report to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management ma…
- December 9th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Al Gore: We Are Now in a Crucial Moment — It’s Time to Make a Decision
Editor’s note: This guest post was written by former Vice President Al Gore for the Hopenhagen movement. The world has arrived at a moment of decision. As long as we continue to depend on di…
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Moves to stop global warming are devastating tribal people
SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 23 November 2009 ‘Moves to stop global warming are devastating tribal people’, says new report. Measures to stop global warming risk being as harmful to triba…
- December 8th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
North Pacific Gyre
How many of you have heard of the North Pacific Gyre? I posted an article that should be read again. For your convenience I have posted it here for you: Plastic Twice The Size of Texas Floating in…
- December 7th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Please help Coral
We are CORAL. Please join us. Our Coral Reef Manifesto We believe in the majesty and mystery of coral reefs, in their ability to teach, sustain, inspire, and give life. We are their students and their…
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
“Our Choice” by Al Gore
Al Gore was on The Late Show with David Letterman talking about his new book, Our Choice. He discussed the changes that need to happen in America. You can read an excerpt from his new book, and more…
- December 6th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
EPA Dumps Misguided Rule Allowing Unregulated Hazardous Waste Burning
EarthJustice Environmental groups and communities praise effort to limit toxic air pollution. December 2, 2009 Washington, DC – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced…
- December 2nd, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Communities Have Right to Know About Toxic Coal Ash Impoundments
EarthJustice Industry seeks to protect “trade secrets” in waste December 2, 2009 View of the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant fly ash spill, appx. 1 mile from the retention pond. This…
- November 28th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Fighting Water Scarcity with GPS
TreeHugger Fighting Water Scarcity with GPS Posted: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:45:11 -0500 Has your GPS ever led you to water? The western United States has a problem: water. Droughts brought on by cli…
- November 27th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Are We Running Out of Uranium? Let’s Hope So
TreeHugger Could uranium mines like this one in Australia’s Kakadu National Park be facing a shortage? Photo by Alberto OG via Flickr.com. Can a nuclear weary TreeHugger really believe what s…
- November 21st, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Court Rules Army Must Give Community Meaningful Information on Training Impacts
Marine contamination, cultural sites at Makua at stake November 19, 2009 Honolulu, HI – Yesterday, U.S. District Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway ruled that the Army is obliged to…
- November 17th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Clean Air Act Turns 19; Important Clean Air Milestones Reached, More Remain
EPA has made strides on incinerators, cement kilns just in the last 10 months alone November 16, 2009 Washington, DC – Contact: Take a deep breath, and…
- November 14th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Washington State Approves Coal Plant Pollution
Conservation groups work to get stronger pollution controls November 9, 2009 Seattle, WA – Conservation groups today objected to a proposal by the state of Washington to allow…
- November 11th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Senate EPW Committee Approves Climate Legislation
Momentum toward clean energy economy building November 5, 2009 Washington, DC – The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works passed climate change legislation today de…
- November 7th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
EPA Takes First Step in Addressing Risk Posed by Toxic Pesticide Drift
Agency announcement comes just weeks after groups petition for protections November 4, 2009 Washington, DC – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took a first step today in…
- November 3rd, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Backroom Marcellus Drilling Pollution Deal Under Scrutiny
Groups ask Pennsylvania to take a closer look at fast-tracked wastewater treatment plant November 3, 2009 Harrisburg, PA – Environmental groups are beefing up a legal challenge…
- October 31st, 2009
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Hawai’i Supreme Court to Hear Development Dispute on O`ahu’s North Shore
Development plans approved 25 years ago need update before more building allowed October 30, 2009 Honolulu, HI – The Supreme Court of Hawai`i announced it will review a lower c…
- October 28th, 2009
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Experts Raise Concerns About New Transmission Line from Coal Country to Eastern Grid
PATH would make grid less reliable, increase air pollution October 27, 2009 Richmond, VA – In the latest of a series of setbacks for the proposed Potomac-Appalachian Transmiss…
- October 24th, 2009
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EPA to Issue Strict Rules for U.S. Power Plant Air Toxics
Deadline of November 2011 for EPA rules to cut power plant toxic air pollution emissions October 23, 2009 Washington, DC – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to…
- October 22nd, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
As Congress Scrutinizes Clean Water Enforcement, Ambiguity About the Law Looms
Clean Water Act enforcement cases are continually dropped due to flawed court rulings that cast doubt on our nation’s strongest environmental law. October 15, 2009 Washington, DC &…
- October 18th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Catch up with the World Wilderness Congress via Social Media
Adding to the groundbreaking nature of WILD9, The WILD Foundation, and its world-wide partners, will be using a wide array of digital and social media tools to share the World Wilderness Congress wit…
- October 16th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Bioneers 2009
The Bioneers 2009 conference will take place in San Rafael, CA between October 16 and 18. It’s the 20th anniversary of this leading-edge forum on environment and social justice issues focuses on sol…
- October 14th, 2009
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Farm Workers and Allies Ask Gov’t to Protect Kids From Toxic Pesticide Drift
Petition to EPA includes immediate no-spray buffer zones around homes, schools, day care centers for most toxic pesticides October 14, 2009 Lindsay, CA – Luis Medellin and his…
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International TckTckTck Climate Change Campaign Will Surpass 2 million Supporters Worldwide Tonight
On the very day that thousands of bloggers around the world have pledged to dedicate their blogs to the issue of climate change, more than 2 million people have said they are ready for a fair, ambitio…
- October 7th, 2009
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zephyr1 has posted a new entry on: Climate Of Our Future
Senate Releases Climate Bill Legislation
Emissions reduction program targets heat-trapping pollution September 30, 2009 Washington, DC – Today Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass) introduced thei…
- October 3rd, 2009
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New York Unveils Gas Drilling Environmental Review
State proposals for this serious environmental challenge deserve thorough public review September 30, 2009 Albany, NY – The state Department of Environmental Conservation release…
- September 28th, 2009
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EPA Remands Permit for Desert Rock Coal Power Plant
Deficiencies cited in Environmental Protection Agency oversight September 25, 2009 San Francisco, CA – Following a legal battle launched by citizens groups, the long-contested…
- September 24th, 2009
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World Habitat Day is Coming October 5
The United Nations has designated the first Monday each October as World Habitat Day. This year on Oct. 5 in Washington, D.C. and around the world, please join Habitat for Humanity in support of this…
- September 22nd, 2009
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Press Release: Media Heist Gives NYC the Truth about Climate Change
Sept. 21, 2009 Early this morning, nearly a million New Yorkers were stunned by the appearance of a “special edition” New York Post blaring headlines that their city could face deadly heat…
- September 19th, 2009
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EPA Announces New Effort to Stop Coal Plants from Polluting America’s Lakes, Rivers and Streams
Heavy metal cleanup targeted following Earthjustice request September 16, 2009 Washington, DC – The Environmental Protection Agency announced it will write rules to limit the r…
- September 16th, 2009
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EPA Plans Scientific Scrutiny of New Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Agency announces further environmental review of dozens of permits, citing harmful impacts to waterways, legal concerns September 11, 2009 A valley fill created as part of mountaintop…
- September 12th, 2009
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9th Annual World Wilderness Congress
WILD9 is the next in a series of historic programs by The WILD Foundation to protect our planet’s wild-places and the people and animals that depend on them. The World Wilderness Congress (WWC),…
- September 5th, 2009
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Native & Green Groups Challenge State Dept. Permit for Dirty Oil Pipeline
‘Alberta Clipper’ Would Bring Canadian Tar Sands Crude to U.S. September 3, 2009 San Francisco, CA – Native American and environmental groups filed suit in federal court to…
- September 3rd, 2009
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Helping our kids discover the forest
The US Forest Service and the Ad Council have launched the Where The Other You Lives campaign to try to reconnect our kids to nature.
- September 2nd, 2009
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EPA Data Reveal Far Reach of Toxic Coal Ash Threats
Details from 584 coal ash sites in 35 states finally released; public health at risk August 31, 2009 View of the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant fly ash spill, appx. 1 mile from the reten…
- August 29th, 2009
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Earthjustice Seeks Supreme Court Review in Mountaintop Removal Mining Case
Clean Water Act violated in issuance of permits for mining August 27, 2009 Washington, DC – Earthjustice and the Appalachian Center for the Economy & the Environment have file…
- August 24th, 2009
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EPA Agrees to Set Limits on Fertilizer and Animal Waste Pollution in Florida
New policy contrasts with inaction by Bush administration August 21, 2009 Tallahassee, FL – In a major step forward for the environment, President Barack Obama’s administrat…
- August 20th, 2009
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Native, Green Groups Oppose State Department Dirty Pipeline Permit
Court challenge is being prepared to overturn decision August 20, 2009 Oakland, CA – An international coalition of environmental and Native American groups strongly opposed Thu…
