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• RFP: Environmental Justice Small Grant Program to emphasize the need to address Climate Change in Environmental Justice Communities.

  
  Philadelphia Front Page News (FPN) — Authority: 147
  by Diane White diane@dlightehouse.com   (717)232-1722  EPA’s Environmental Justice Grant  RFP Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income when it comes to the development, ...
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• Baldwin Hills Community Allies File Opening Brief

  
  The City Project Blog — Authority: 126
  Community allies have filed the opening brief in litigation against the County of Los Angeles and PXP Oil Company challenging the legal adequacy of the Final Environmental Impact Report (the “EIR”) for the regulation of new oil well drilling and other operations in the Inglewood Oil Field through oil field ...
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• Swimming With the Sewage

  
  DMI Blog — Authority: 464
  On Monday the New York Times brought us some nasty details about the citys sewer system. New York City has a combined sewer system, meaning that both storm water and the waste from our apartments and businesses flow through the citys sewers and into waste treatment plants. When the city experiences heavy rains, ...
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• Community Collaboration: Air Quality Resource Teams

  
  Cross Collaborate — Authority: 405
  Click here to view the embedded video. This video, from Policy Consensus Council and Community Focus , depicts a community collaboration program established by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District in 1991. The program created Air Quality Resource Teams in each of the nine counties of the San ...
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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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• Gendering the green movement

  
  Nuestra Vida, Nuestra Voz — Authority: 122
  Most often when people think of environmental issues they are not thinking of the effects global warming will have on women specifically. In fact, women’s issues are usually viewed as a completely different entity. Fortunately there are organizations focusing on making these connections.  Women’s Environment ...
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• Asbestos: A Shameful Legacy

  
  The End of Capitalism — Authority: 118
  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: 108
  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: 137
  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: 108
  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: 130
  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: 126
  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: 426
  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: 539
  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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