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Dog With Horrific Injuries Finds a Home!
Trio Animal Foundation (TAF) was called in to an emergency veterinary clinic right before Christmas. When they arrived, they were shocked by what they saw: a stray dog with a choke collar embedded in...
View ArticleClimate Justice: A Fight for Equal Opportunity
Fifty years ago, Americans facing racial injustice marched the 54 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to protest discriminatory voting laws. It was a watershed moment in the civil rights movement,...
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Big Ship, Little Bird: WildCare Rescues and Rehabilitates an Injured Seabird...
WildCare's Wildlife Hospital treats nearly 4,000 ill, injured and orphaned wild animal patients from over 200 species every year. This is one patient's story. When you work for WildCare, animals are...
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"Fighting for Our Right to Breathe"
"None of us should have to be here right now fighting for our right to breathe." That's what a young woman told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at a hearing this week about smog pollution,...
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LCV Releases 2015 Senate Special Edition National Environmental Scorecard
As their very first move as a new Majority in the Senate, Republican leaders took up S.1, a bill to circumvent the normal review process and force approval of the dirty and dangerous Keystone XL tar...
View ArticleBacon, Now With Toenails? USDA Inspectors Blow the Whistle on Pork Program
by Amanda Hitt Americans love pork. But they'd probably think twice about biting into that slice of bacon or Spam sandwich if they knew about the U.S. Department of Agriculture's high-speed slaughter...
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Show Some Love by Having a Waste-Free Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is fast approaching and although I think this day can sometimes be overhyped, it's still a nice excuse to plan something special for all the loved ones in your life! Whether it be...
View ArticleThe Climate Post: Obama Addresses Climate Change with Proposed 2016 Budget
In an effort to increase energy security and resilience to climate change, President Obama's fiscal 2016 budget proposes a 7 percent increase in funding for clean energy and a new $4 billion Clean...
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Why I Made EARTH A New Wild
Over a decade ago I found myself in northern India watching a film crew from the BBC shoot a scene for the epic natural history series, Planet Earth. I was lightly associated with the effort, and I...
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'Green News Report' - February 5, 2015
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Australia's climate change-denying Prime Minister Tony Abbott takes a coal drubbing; Record number of malnourished baby sea lions...
View ArticleA Bad Deal: TransCanada Can't Change the Facts About Keystone XL
Someone at TransCanada must be getting nervous. As approval of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline appears to be resting on extremely thin ice, TransCanada on Wednesday announced they would be entering...
View ArticleWhy Communicating About Climate Change Is so Difficult: It's 'The Elephant...
How stakeholders communicate about climate change has long been framed by who's doing the framing as much, or more so, than the information being communicated. So I am forever curious how various...
View ArticleProtecting Workers and Communities During the Clean Energy Transition
When I worked at the New York Attorney General's Office, we sued coal-fired power plants because their air pollution was making people sick. But in some towns, I saw that the reliance on coal really...
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A Eulogy to My Other Half: My Dog
Throughout our lives we are constantly saying hellos and goodbyes. Good mornings and good nights. We sail away to college and leave our caregivers behind. We face loss on a daily basis: the $5 bill you...
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5 Innovative Ways Environmentalists Are Working to Save the Earth
As an increasingly dire prognosis about the health of the planet emerges, it's worth remembering that environmental pioneers around the world are working at the highest levels to create a greener, more...
View ArticleBreaking News: Bill in Congress Proposes End to Farm Animal Torture at...
Imagine if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spent tens of millions of dollars on animal experiments designed to increase reproductive rates of deer on captive hunting facilities - to benefit private...
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Sometimes, It Takes a President
One of my childhood memories, though brief, is indelible. It has been on my mind lately, because the other two people involved have long since passed, and I'm thinking I had better start sharing those...
View ArticleGreece and the U.S. Senate: Economics for the 99 Percent
The recent election in Greece has brought a new party called Syriza to power, whose platform is economic stimulus not austerity. The austerity mindset, embraced by Germany and the International...
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Is the IFC Finally Moving Solar Investment Beyond the Grid?
Photo courtesy of Mathieu Young Investment in beyond-the-grid clean energy has been growing steadily, albeit with the world's foremost development institution, the World Bank, missing in action. Last...
View ArticlePreventing Cancer Upstream: California's Safer Consumer Products Program
The urologist gave me a puzzled look as she evaluated the biopsy results and asked a question I never thought I'd hear: "Have you worked around or been exposed to toxic chemicals?" I answered that it...
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