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Breaking News: EPA Challenges Massey over Coal River Mountain

—The Understory : understory.ran.org

From RAN’s Dana Clarke

We’ve just learned that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent a very legalistic letter to Marfork Coal Company, the Massey Energy subsidiary that is blasting on Coal River Mountain. The letter follows up on an EPA site visit to Coal River Mountain earlier this month, [...]

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Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:12pm EST
by Nell

Doing a World of Good for Fair Trade Artisans

—Triple Pundit

The term “fair trade handicrafts” summons images of wicker baskets and hand-dyed sarongs. But the business side of the fair trade marketplace is getting a little less old-world, thanks to World of Good, an organization that connects artisans in developing countries with mainstream retailers (including eBay and Whole Foods). The organization—comprised [...]

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Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:38pm EST
by Mary Catherine O'Connor

Time Out: Youth Climate Leaders Must Change the Game

—It's Getting Hot In Here

After an emotional week for the members of the youth climate movement, who have staked so much hope on the promise of passing legislation in congress this year and sealing a binding agreement in Copenhagen, we’ve had to deal with managing our expectations and reframing how we approach the opportunities [...]

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Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:35pm EST
by jessytolkan81

EPA to unveil great tool for tracking status of pollution from coal-fired power plants

—Blog for Clean Air

The US EPA today is planning today to unveil a new interactive tool to help the public track the status of pollution from coal-fired power plants.

See at http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/quarterlytracking.html

This is going to be a great tool to track progress in cleaning up the air. And to [...]

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Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:21pm EST
by Frank O'Donnell, Clean Air Watch

Chrysler Pulling Plug on EV Development? Maybe Not

—Triple Pundit

It wasn’t all that long ago that Chrysler Corp. pocketed more than $12.5 billion in government bailout funds to avoid a bankruptcy filing, promising on the way to the bank to build more fuel efficient cars and produce electric vehicles by 2011. About three years later the U.S. carmaker has launched [...]

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Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:00pm EST
by Bill DiBenedetto

An Event in Totnes for Transition Oral History Buffs

—Transition Culture

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How We Used To Live – Food, energy, skills, and elbow-grease: memories of a pre-oil Totnes. How did Totnes feed, heat and transport itself before the age of globalisation and cheap energy? What did a local food system look like to those who depended on it? Two generations have passed [...]

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Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:31am EST
by Rob

Saving Corwin’s Creatures

—CJR : The Observatory

While filming his new documentary, 100 Heartbeats, Jeff Corwin cut off the horn of a black rhino to protect it from poachers, broke four ribs transporting Sumatran orangutans to a wildlife sanctuary, and helped raid a Cambodian restaurant serving endangered species like pangolin and soft-shelled turtle. “I wanted to [...]

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Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:31am EST
by Curtis Brainard

The Purloined Letters -- By: Edward John Craig

—Planet Gore

I'm shocked to see the BBC covering the Hadley CRU hack story -- and they confirm that the leaked e-mails and documents are legitimate:

A university spokesman confirmed the email system had been hacked and that information was taken and published without permission.

' [...]

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Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:30am EST

What Do You Say To This?

—BLOGASSAULT

Here is another story that when you see the headline you don't know whether to laugh or scream. Poor Women Bear Brunt of Global Warming Getty Images Where will the water come from? Women in the developin' [...]

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Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:52pm EST

SABA Motors Vision: an Exotic Electric Sports Car for the Masses

—Triple Pundit

Ever since I was a kid, when my father used give me Matchbox cars he bought on his way home from work, I’ve been crazy about cars. So I was extremely excited to have the opportunity to speak with Simon Saba of Saba Motors, whose EV vision is something any [...]

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Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:22pm EST
by Steve Puma

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—The Understory : understory.ran.org

Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:12pm EST by Nell

—Triple Pundit

Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:38pm EST by Mary Catherine O'Connor

—It's Getting Hot In Here

Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:35pm EST by jessytolkan81

—Blog for Clean Air

Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:21pm EST by Frank O'Donnell, Clean Air Watch

—Triple Pundit

Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:00pm EST by Bill DiBenedetto

—Transition Culture

Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:31am EST by Rob

—CJR : The Observatory

Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:31am EST by Curtis Brainard

—Planet Gore

Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:30am EST

—BLOGASSAULT

Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:52pm EST

—Triple Pundit

Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:22pm EST by Steve Puma

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