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2010-10-01
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| Penn State is one of scores of institutions that are grappling with coal's problematic public image and very real environmental impacts. Students, who may not have noticed the coal plant in years past, have become more aware of the issue of climate change and see numerous downsides to burning coal. They are applying pressure to make colleges stop. Administrators are feeling heat from Washington as well, where discussions of cap-and-trade legislation, carbon taxes, and emissions regulations are getting more attention these days. Hundreds of college leaders have signed the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment, which commits them to achieve climate neutrality. That commitment is very likely incompatible with burning coal, which produces more greenhouse gases than any other fossil fuel. |
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09/16/2009
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| COLUMBIA, Mo. - College students from Missouri to Oregon are urging their schools to stop using coal produced at campus power plants or purchased from private utilities in favor of cleaner energy sources ranging from wood chips to geothermal power.
Green Corps Organizer from the class of 2010 Ryan Doyle got this article in the Associated Press and then the Chicago Tribune. |
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2009-08-01
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| Profile on Green Corps and interview with Amelia Shenstone, Green Corps 2009, discussing her Green Corps experience and her work in Wisconsin. |
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2009-03-20
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| The battle over milk from cows treated with artificial growth hormones is getting more intense on both sides. |
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2009-03-20
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| Green Corps Recruitment Director is quoted in New York Times piece about jobs in the environmental and energy sectors. |
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2009-07-15
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| Bernadette Del Chiaro, Energy Advocate for Environment California and Green Corp Class of 1998, discusses the progress of solar development in California. |
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2009-04-14
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| Greenpeace USA -- an environmental group that blends colorful protests, organizing and lobbying -- announced the appointment today of its top organizer, Phil Radford, as its new executive director. He had a post-college fellowship in the Green Corps program, which trains young grassroots organizers. |
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2009-03-15
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| America is at a crossroads on energy. We can help President Obama put millions of Americans to work building a clean energy future, or stay the course with oil companies and other polluters that favor the status quo. We look forward to working with him and members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation to realize our shared vision of a clean energy economy. |
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2009-02-23
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| Caitlin Seeley, 23, from Boulder, Colorado, decided that hand-wringing about climate change and other environmental crises was not going to work for her. She wanted to “be the change,” in Gandhi’s words, rather than waiting for someone else to fix the world’s environmental problems. So, she joined the non-profit, activist group, Green Corps, and is busy “being the change” every day. “Organizing as a career, as a job, enables you to make an important impact on lots of people, communities, and the world,” Caitlin said in her recent interview with Blue Planet Green Living.
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2009-02-13
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| It's a drop in the bucket for overburdened budgets, but bottled water is an expense states are considering cutting at the urging of activists trying to galvanize support for the use of public water supplies. |
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2008-11-19
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| In small groups across the state, citizens welcomed members of Iowa’s Congressional delegation with welcome cards calling for bold climate action and a new green economy. |
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2008-11-05
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| "All over the campuses, it's just electrified," said Bessie Schwarz, a 22-year-old organizer for Florida Power Vote, a nonpartisan initiative focused on clean energy issues. |
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2008-10-24
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| Leading NASA climatologist James Hansen told students at the College of Charleston Friday that the first step to reduce global warming is to influence the democratic process. Hansen was in town with Power Vote, a national nonpartisan group that aims to unite one million young "climate voters" behind a platform for "clean energy, green jobs and economic justice," said Anne Fitzgerald, one of the group's organizers. |
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2008-10-22
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| Spokesman John Stewart said his group is asking for "investments in things like job training programs to have people train to build houses that are more energy efficient." |
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2008-10-21
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| With the presidential election less than 15 days away, some issues are coming to the forefront while others have faded into the background. Issues like climate change have been discussed less in recent election news, but some organizations are trying to make sure the issue isn’t forgotten. |
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2008-10-15
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| Our leaders need to realize that Missouri is ready for green jobs that can lead to job security, healthy profits and, best of all, clean energy for our nation. Everybody wins. |
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2008-10-09
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| Green jobs provide a bold new solution to two pressing crises: this year's economic crisis and this century's climate crisis. |
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2008-10-09
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| Green Corps organizer Courtney Brigham calls on Florida Power and Light to drop their plans for building two new nuclear power plants. |
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2008-10-09
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| Texas State has joined campuses across the nation to bring environmental issues to the forefront of the 2008 presidential election. |
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2008-09-18
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2008-09-28
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2008-08-20
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| Vermont Public Interest Research Group said Tuesday it had gathered more than 12,000 signatures on postcards calling for the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant to close when its current license expires in 2012. |
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2008-09-23
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| As part of our work on the 1Sky campaign, Green Corps organizers have been attending presidential candidate events with volunteers to get the candidates on record concerning their global warming policy. Based in Columbus, OH, Green Corps organizer Carolyn Auwaeter attended a Joe Biden campaign event in Maumee, OH and questioned him about his energy policy. |
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2008-09-18
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| As part of our work on the 1Sky campaign, Green Corps organizers have been attending presidential candidate events with volunteers to get the candidates on record concerning their global warming policy. Based in Columbus, OH, Green Corps organizer Carolyn Auwaeter attended a Joe Biden campaign event in Maumee, OH and questioned him about his energy policy. She posted a video of the interaction on Youtube, which is being picked up by major political blogs and generating a response from both McCain and Obama camps. |
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2008-06-20
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| California urban areas will not be sprayed aerially with pesticides to fight the light brown apple moth, state and federal agricultural officials announced Thursday. |
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2008-05-30
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2008-05-28
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| After part of a cooling tower collapsed last August at Vermont’s only nuclear power plant, the company that runs it blamed rotting wooden timbers that it had failed to inspect properly. The uproar that followed rekindled environmental groups’ hopes of shutting down the aging plant. |
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2008-05-01
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| Federal officials Wednesday rejected a mining company's request to lease part of the flanks of Mount St. Helens, saying the Colorado company's plans to mine copper and other minerals isn't in the public interest. |
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2008-05-19
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| Palm oil is in a surprising number of household products and food -- and producing it wreaks havoc on the environment. |
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2008-05-05
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| 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. |
