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Pickens profits show why PTC should not be extended
http://www.wind-watch.org/ alerts/ 2008/ 05/ 13/ pickens-profits-show-why-ptc-sh…Contact your congressmembers today! The U.S. House may be voting this week to extend the PTC. T. Boone Pickens’ decision to build a “Wind Farm” shows why the Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) should NOT be extended Right now, wind industry lobbyists are pushing the US Congress to extend the highly
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For Dr. Binayak Sen
http://www.passtheroti.com/ ?p=683Hi folks, there are events going on around the US today to mark the one-year anniversary of the detention of Dr. Binayak Sen in Chattisgarh. Sepoy wrote about it last year. Yesterday, twenty-two Nobel Laureates called for his release. More on him soon. I realize I’m late on posting this, but some of the planned protests haven’t yet happened.
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Fend off Rep sponsored voter suppression laws in Mo.
http://www.smartwhitehouse.org/ ?p=821Republicans in the Missouri Senate are set to put into effect a photo ID requirement for voting… Remember the nuns in Indiana that were denied the opportunity to vote! Such thinly veiled Republican tactics should be met with an immediate negative reaction. CALL YOUR SENATOR NOW (contact info here).
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Candlelight vigil for Sean Kennedy this Friday
http://www.bilerico.com/ 2008/ 05/ candlelight_vigil_for_sean_kennedy_this.phpIt's been nearly one year since Sean Kennedy, only 20 years old, was killed in the streets of Greenville, South Carolina simply for being gay. This Friday, May 16th, Sean's Last Wish is holding a candlelight vigil to honor the memory of Sean in Greenville.
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Roundup of Mother’s Day Missives
http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/ 2008/ 05/ 12/ roundup-of-mothers-day-missiv…Read here about the poignant anguish of mothers separated from their children along the Mexico/U.S. border, where “a modest opening here and there, just wide enough to slip a hand or a homemade taco through” allows families their only physical contact.
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Polar Bear Online Petition
http://centralfloridagreenguide.com/ 2008/ 05/ 10/ polar-bear-online-petition/The Bush Administration has until May 15 to decide whether to place the polar bear on the Endangered Species list. Tell Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne that the polar bear, and its fragile Arctic habitat, requires protection from the effects of global warming. Sign the petition today.
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JBS Action Alert: Oppose twin bills S.717 and H.R.1117 - An Unwise Compromise on Real ID
http://stiffrightalerts.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 10/ jbs-action-alert-oppose-twi…JBS Staff, JBS News Feed Senate bill S.717, short titled the “Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007,“ [bill text] was introduced on 2/28/07 by Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) [cosponsors]. Virtually identical House bill H.R.1117, short titled the “REAL ID Repeal and Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007″ [bill text] was introduced on 2/16/2007 by Rep.
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Farm Bill Veto on the Horizon
http://oxfam-mn.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 04/ farm-bill-veto-on-horizon.htmlImminent veto creates a window of opportunity for reform. Minnesota Public Radio reports that President Bush will veto the farm bill Congress plans to send him next week. Yesterday, the farm bill conference committee announced an agreement after months of delays; their final product did not reform
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Legislature, municipalities to vote on carbon tax
http://thegreenpages.ca/ portal/ bc/ 2008/ 05/ legislature_municipalities_to.htm…BC's carbon tax is not yet law, and attention will be focused on the measure in the legislature and at the North Central Municipal AGM in the next few days. This is a key time to show support for this tax, and to press the province to provide support for local governments and agencies as they gear up to lower emission from their operations.
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Rally for Imam Qatanani: Today, Tomorrow & Monday (Thu, Fri & Mon)
http://muslimmatters.org/ 2008/ 05/ 08/ rally-for-imam-qatanani-today-tomorrow-m…As we posted earlier, one of our Imams, Imam Qatanani will become another victim of Israeli influence in America, if we don’t do anything. The mere complaint is an unjust detainment by the Israelis in 1993 during a visit to his family in Palestine.
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