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• Delawareans for Social and Economic Justice Meet And Greet Set For 6PM Dec. 18th In Wilmington

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 147
  ~*~ Delawareans for Social and Economic Justice Invite you to our... Getting To Know Us ` Highlights: A meet and greet with our Executives and Board members Brief Overview of how we plan to help our communities Time for Networking and Social Interaction ` Come meet us and hear all ...
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• Asbestos: A Shameful Legacy

  
  The End of Capitalism — Authority: 115
  This shocking article in the UK Independent shows the deadly effects of asbestos in England, where just as in my home town of Ambler, people continue to die from an industry that stopped producing decades ago.Among the revelations here are that UK officials knew about the “evil effects” of asbestos in 1898, yet it ...
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• Cleveland Heights and McKees Park Contamination: DNREC Public Meeting Set For 6PM Dec. 10th In Newark

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 147
  From the inbox: DNRECs Site Investigation and Restoration Branch is having a public meeting: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:00 - 7:00 pm - Newark City Hall This the date and place of the public hearing about the contamination of Cleveland Heights. Please spread the word throughout the ...
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• Service Learning hours opportunity

  
  A Project of YAOTL — Authority: 104
  Need Service Learning hours? Don’t wait until last minute, contribute to our El Cilantro newsletter and get hours.Want to volunteer in the community? Join our youth group YAOTL on Tuesdays at 5:30 pm or take part in our El Cilantro meetings on Thursdays at 5:30 pm.Adress: 2856 S. MillardPhone: (773)762 – 6991
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• The cost of coal on your health

  
  NC Conservation Network Blog — Authority: 116
  As much of the political debate in America remains primarily focused around health care right now, this report serves as a good reminder that health and clean energy reform are clearly linked together: Physicians for Social Responsibility has released a groundbreaking medical report, “Coal’s Assault on Human ...
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• Mozambiques Biofuel Crops vs. Food Security Dilemma

  
  New articles on eBoom — Authority: 136
  mozambique.gif Mozambiques latest political corruption scandals probably make more news, but the African nation largely known for civil strife and deplorable living conditions, also faces economical dilemmas as it decides on biofuel crop production. Biofuels vs. Food Crops
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• Sustainable Development is wealth redistribution

  
  Collecting My Thoughts — Authority: 441
  Your wealth into a giant green rat hole. I must get 3-4 items a week in my e-mail on sustainable development, buildings, products, and life style, both for my husband (architecture) and me (librarianship and news releases from OSU). As Christians, we are huge supporters of conservation and stewardship of God’s ...
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• Little Village Artisans Market/ El Mercado

  
  A Project of YAOTL — Authority: 104
  When: Sunday, December 6th 2009Time- 10:00am Where: at Las Isabelles Store Hall 2702 S. Central Park Chicago, IL 60623Live Music! Hand Crafted Gifts! Mexican Delicacies! Raffles!Support Local Artists this Holiday Season & Give from the Community!!!Benefiting the Little Village Environmental Justice ...
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• A Story From The Orchards

  
  unEARTHED: the Earthjustice Blog — Authority: 128
  Luis Medellin and his three little sisters - aged 5, 9 and 12 - live in the middle of an orange grove in Lindsay, CA—a small farming town in the Central Valley. During the growing season, Luis and his sisters are awakened several times a week by the sickly smell of nighttime pesticide spraying. What follows is ...
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• Diversifying Access to and Support for National Parks and San Gabriels

  
  The City Project Blog — Authority: 125
  The City Project and a diverse and growing alliance are working to diversify access to and support for National Parks by submitting public comments on (1) the Strategic Plan for the United States Department of the Interior for the next five years at the national level, and (2) the San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains ...
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• The Ethics of Selling Crop Seed: Part 2 - GMO Seed

  
  Green Options — Authority: 149
  This is a followup post that will attempt to address some additional, wide-spread myths about the commercial sale of seed.  In this case the topic with be “GMO” seed improved through genetic engineering (an industry that is now 13 years old and which has been planted on well over 2 billion acres cumulatively, ...
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• The Ethics of Selling Crop Seed: Part 1

  
  Green Options — Authority: 149
  There is a lot of confusion and disinformation circulating today about seeds and the ethics of their commercial sale.  Actually a healthy, commercial seed industry is critical for agricultural sustainability.  Because seeds are such a fundamental component of the sustainability of our food supply, this area ...
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• Eco chicks! Pop out to EJF’s Pop-Up Shop!

  
  Uplift Magazine — Authority: 427
  Today sees the Environmental Justice Foundation -or EJF for those short of time and breath- open the doors of their pop-up shop in Kingly Court, Carnaby Street. They will be selling preview samples of their  organic and fairly traded cotton tee shirts, printed (using organic certified inks, naturally!) with the S/S ...
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• $1 Million in EPA Grants Available For Environmental Justice

  
  Green Living Ideas — Authority: 513
  It can be challenging enough for each of us to learn and implement ways to live a greener lives on our own, but an even more challenging task is doing something that affects your whole community. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking to help. The organization is currently accepting applications for ...
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• The Environmental Defense Fund Has A New Ad For Their Climate Vote Campaign

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 147
  From the inbox: You cant live without water, and thats a problem in a warming world. Billions of people get their fresh water from mountain glacier meltwater flows. The trouble is the planets glaciers are receding at alarming rates. Nowhere is this threat more acute than in China and India where huge ...
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• EPA, NIEHS and NIOSH Showcase Environmental and Occupational Justice Research Efforts

  
  RFF Library Blog — Authority: 135
  [EPA Press Release 11/13/09] http://ajph.aphapublications.org/content/vol99/issueS3/ WASHINGTON -A new resource is available to those working for environmental and occupational justice.  Appearing as a free online supplement to the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), the compilation of articles ...
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• Open Thread, On a New Form of Indentured Servitude

  
  Butner Blogspot — Authority: 118
  Source: River DaughterThere’s so much going on in the USA that warrants attention these days that it’s hard to know where to start.  But, since I’m an economist I’m going to start here.“There are families not eating at the end of the month,” said Stephen Quinn, executive vice president and chief marketing ...
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• A Conference about Water III: Perceptions of Water Use

  
  EcoTone — Authority: 119
  Todd Rasmussen takes questions after his talk at the ESA Millennium Conference.Yesterday’s morning sessions at the ESA Millennium Conference on water and drought wrapped up the keynote talks and moved into posters showcasing social and ecological studies surrounding water use.Denise Fort, a professor of law at the ...
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• “Housing First” offers glimmer of hope for homeless veterans, others

  
  Switchboard, from NRDC — Authority: 608
  On this Veterans Day, when we remember those who have served, it is troubling to note that, although veterans make up around 9 percent of our population, they comprise 23 percent of our homeless population and fully a third of our homeless men.  In a country that perpetually holds itself up as the best, most ...
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• 350- “El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencido” by Mayra

  
  A Project of YAOTL — Authority: 104
  I was glad to be at the 350 event on October 24, 2009. It was truly an amazing movement to me. LVEJO was a host for this mass protest. Many of us were gathered up in Pilsen in the shadow of Fisk Coal Power Plant. We shouted, danced and played music for hours. This was [...]
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