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Climate-change protesters hit the streets, fish are disappearing, and more
Read the news items highlighted in this week’s podcast: Teach a Man to Fish, and … Oh, Never Mind And I’ll Blow Your Case Down Adventures in Agriculture Hauntingly Familiar Under the Macroscope Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Mother Knows Best Bread Basket Case The Moral of the Story Home […]
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Who will control them if the Dems win
If, as widely expected, the Dems take the House tonight, it will represent a fundamental shift in power in D.C. A big part of that will be control over key committees. Here are the main green-related committees, and the House member who stands to take over in a Dem-controlled House:
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Enviro voters hope to green the statehouses as well
Muck's got the complete scoop here and here, but here's a quick rundown on governors' races with a green tinge:
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Enviros turn eco ear to House races
There are few key House races we here at Gristmill will be keeping an eye on tonight, races where the environment has been a big issue in the run up to today's elections. We're looking for feedback from you on others where environmental issues will be a factor in tonight's results.
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Key races on the green front
In today's Senate showdowns, there's plenty to be anxious about on the enviro front. Muckraker's got the nitty gritty on key races here, but a quick rundown of races to watch out for:
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An artist invokes the spirit of courageous Americans, past and present
Editor’s note: We asked painter Robert Shetterly to share part of a portrait collection and book he’s created called “Americans Who Tell the Truth.” In addition to eco-legends such as Henry David Thoreau, Rachel Carson, Edward Abbey, and even Grist friend Bill McKibben, the artist profiles lesser-known activists who have shown us how to fight […]
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We’re all going
So Texas Governor Rick Perry thinks all non-Christians are going to hell?
That's a bitter pill to swallow from someone who's doing everything he can to create hell on this earth.
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Allen Johnson rallies Christians to fight against mountaintop-removal mining
Allen Johnson. As its not-at-all euphemistic name would indicate, mountaintop-removal mining makes no effort to disguise its impact. Coal-mining companies brazenly invade Appalachian communities, blow the tops off mountains, send massive coal trucks careening up and down narrow roads, spew coal dust into the air and mining waste into the water, and terrorize residents who […]
