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| 05/05/2008 | |
| Leading Connecticut environmental organizations joined legislators in celebrating the final passage in the Senate of An Act Concerning Connecticut Global Warming Solutions (HB 5600) today. | |
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Green Corps '05 graduate Paul Schramski helps stop crop-spraying in California
- The New York Times
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| 04/25/2008 | |
| SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has postponed a plan to spray pesticides over several heavily populated counties this summer to fight the light brown apple moth, an unwelcome émigré that threatens California’s critical agriculture industry. | |
| 04/03/2008 | |
| In a collective effort to reduce the negative impact of bottled water, Cambridge, Somerville, and a handful of local restaurants have joined Boston in pledging to switch to tap water for their public drinking supplies. | |
| 4/2/2008 | |
| Environmental groups oppose Dynegy's coal-fueled plants under development in Texas, Arkansas and Georgia as out of step with efforts to cut emissions of so-called greenhouse gases linked to global warming. The Sierra Club organized a protest in February outside Dynegy's headquarters in Houston. | |
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Green Corps organizer Josh Jones fights a proposed coal plant in Iowa
- Des Moines Register
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| 03/18/2008 | |
| Opponents of proposed new coal-powered plants in Marshalltown and Waterloo today pressured Gov. Chet Culver to prohibit the plants' construction. | |
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Green Corps Organizers Launch Dogwood Alliance campaign to protect southern forests
- The News & Observer
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| 2/13/2008 | |
| The Dogwood Alliance, a forest conservation group in Asheville, wants the world's largest fast-food company to clean up its wrappers. | |
| 2/21/2008 | |
| Drawing coal's battle lines Dynegy, Sierra Club state cases over power needs vs. a cleaner environment | |
| 2/7/2008 | |
| The Dogwood Alliance is seeking help for the organization's latest push to protect southeastern swamplands from industry waste. | |
| 1/24/2008 | |
| We have Glenn Hurowitz's "Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party" to see us through the 2008 campaign season. This is a smart book by a smart man who cares deeply about the Democratic Party and recognizes that its dismal track record in recent years -- both out of power and in -- is less about specific stands on issues than it is about a deep and unrelenting ignorance of what matters, and what works, in politics. | |
| 01/24/2008 | |
| Nevada will benefit from the election of one of the three leading Democratic candidates for president because of their commitment to renewable energy, environmentalists say. | |
| 01/17/2008 | |
| After negative media reports on the environmental cost of bottled water, the industry responds with greener strategies. | |
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Senate Rejects Bid for Drilling in Arctic Area
- The New York Times
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| 12/22/2005 | |
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 - In a chaotic conclusion to the Congressional year, the Senate blocked an effort on Wednesday to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling and struck a last-minute accord to extend the antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act for six months. | |
| 12/29/2007 | |
| Group wants clean energy pledges | |
| 01/11/2008 | |
| MYRTLE BEACH — They came to wave banners for their favorite presidential candidates. They came to raise awareness about issues like education and climate change. And they came to raise a little you-know-what with candidates who, they say, aren’t talking enough about the most important issues to them during this election season. | |
| 10/10/2007 | |
| A group of Maryland college students want the University System of Maryland to reduce pollution and offset the schools’ impact on the environment. | |
| 11/14/2007 | |
| **Editor's Note: For the next year the Mirror will chronicle the lives of three recent Drury graduates as they move from college life into the real world. This week's story was written by Josh Jones who graduated in May 2007 with a degree in Marketing. Jones is now working for the Green Corps as a campaign organizer.** | |
| 11/02/2007 | |
| Environmental activists held an old-car show yesterday across from the Byrd Theatre in Carytown to draw attention to a bill in Congress to raise U.S. fuel-economy standards. | |
| 11/18/2007 | |
| NORFOLK — - Jay Taylor isn't worried about people inventing a way to protect themselves from the effects of global climate change. He just wants them to pick up the tools to do it. He fears what could happen if the problem goes on. Taylor and other experts predict that over the next century the sea level might rise 2 to 3 feet in Hampton Roads. | |
| 11/27/2007 | |
| November 20, 2007 By: Heather Smith | |
| 08/30/2006 | |
| Ballot issue a chance to save open space | |
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Starbucks holds the hormones
- The Chicago Tribune
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| 08/24/2007 | |
| After two years of pressure, Starbucks has agreed to stop using milk from cows given artificial growth hormones by December 31, according to Food & Water Watch, a consumer rights group. | |
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Alberta on path to nuclear power
- Sun Media
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| 08/28/2007 | |
| Calgary-based Energy Alberta revealed plans for what could become the province’s first nuclear power plant today but remained tight-lipped on a consumer who would absorb the majority of its energy. | |
| 08/08/2007 | |
| OCEANA APPLAUDS ERCO WORLDWIDE'S DECISION TO ELIMINATE MERCURY USE FROM PORT EDWARDS PLANT Number One Source of Mercury Air Pollution in Wisconsin Commits to Switch | |
| 06/28/2007 | |
| It's aqua, but is it fina? Pepsi's bottled water same as tap | |
| 01/20/2007 | |
| Green Corps Graduate Aaron Sanger Confronts Chile's Forestry Industry | |
| 01/18/2007 | |
| Green Corps Graduate Frank Gorke Helps Massachusetts Join Regional Global Warming Pact | |
| 05/17/2007 | |
| Russia: Island on the Edge | |
| 06/17/2007 | |
| Home on the Rainforest | |
| 05/22/2007 | |
| Laying waste to the rain forest | |
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Green Corps Organizer Ashley Schaeffer helps to convince San Francisco to cancel it’s bottled water contract
- The San Francisco Chronicle
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| 06/22/2007 | |
| Mayor to cut off flow of city money for bottled water | |