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Americans Willing To Pay Higher Utility Bills For Clean Energy

May 17, 2012 No Comments by

According to a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, Americans are willing to pay for slightly higher electricity bills for clean energy.

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“No Impact Man” Colin Beavan Running For Congress on Green Party Ticket

May 17, 2012 No Comments by

Colin Beavan, who wrote the book and then produced the documentary “No Impact Man,” announced last week that he is running for Congress in central Brooklyn’s 8th Congressional District on the Green Party ticket.

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Shushi, Living In a Symbol

May 15, 2012 No Comments by

At the beginning of May 1992, in one of the hardest battles during the recent conflict in Nagorno Karabakh, the Armenians took the city of Shushi (Shusha). A portrait of the city 20 years later. From the OBC.

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Germany Close to Slashing Solar Subsidies

May 14, 2012 No Comments by

The German government is close to slashing subsidies for solar energy by 20 to 40 percent despite solar’s success in reaching up to 25 GW in capacity.

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Bill in Congress Would End $113 Billion in Fossil Fuel Subsidies

May 13, 2012 No Comments by

The “End Polluter Welfare Act” would put an end to as much as $113 billion in taxpayer subsidies from which oil, gas and coal companies would otherwise benefit in the coming decade.

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Fake Grassroots Campaign Against Wind Industry Exposed

May 10, 2012 No Comments by

The Checks and Balances Project and Climate Progress have revealed a memo outlining a national public relations campaign to undermine and sabotage the wind power industry.

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New York Landowners Assert Their Right to Fracking

May 10, 2012 1 Comment by

The Joint Landowners Coalition of New York held an event at the state capitol in Albany to present a “Declaration of Rights” to drill for natural gas on their land.

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24,000 Bank of America Customers Petition for End of Political Donations

May 09, 2012 No Comments by

This morning a petition with over 75,000 signatures that urges the end of political campaign contributions will be delivered at Bank of America’s annual shareholder meeting in Charlotte, NC.

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