Secretary of State John Kerry has always been a climate champ, not a climate chump. Tell him not to flip-flop now, and to stand strong by halting the Keystone XL process until a full investigation can be completed!

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]]> We get the impacts, Japan gets the gas! On Friday, while Texans were too busy being happy about the weekend, Obama approved another permit to export our domestic fracked gas! Fracking Mafia gets the profit.
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]]> The Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Tribe has opened a treaty harvest and educational camp on public lands in the Penokee Hills. Fully permitted by the Tribe, the Harvest Camp give visitors a chance to explore the area from the ground and get to know the amazi
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]]> Idle No More calls on all people to join in a revolution which honors and fulfills Indigenous sovereignty which protects the land and water. Colonization continues through attacks to Indigenous rights and damage to the land and water. We must repair these
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]]> Owe Aku IJP takes its direction from Lakota leaders to preserve traditional protocol & stewardship on behalf of Mother Earth utilizing the legal basis established in our treaties http://www.oweakuinternational.org./
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]]> We will not negotiate about our sacred sites or any assault on Unci Maca (Mother Earth) or Mni Wicozani (Through Water There is Life). As tribal officials left the room the grassroots people of Owe Aku’s Moccasins on the Ground began to chant “Sacred
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]]> PLEASE SIGN! To protect the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve in the northern part of Nicaragua; a tropical forest designated in 1997 as a UNESCO biosphere reserve.
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]]> Putting profit first when it comes to tar sands could mean 'game over' for the planet.
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]]> Big Oil is taking our money and standing in our way -- but still gets taxpayer subsidies. Tell Congress: No more Big Oil bailouts
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]]> Threatened by a massive open-pit mine, the pristine Bristol Bay Rivers in Alaska were #2 on the list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2011. The battle has continued in this region that is host to one of the last great salmon fisheries on earth.
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]]> India’s annual coal consumption is over 600 million tonnes which translates into over $540 million in annual revenue for the Clean Energy Fund." PLEASE NOTE, COMMENT, SHARE! LET'S GO SOLAR!
{Solar on Every Roof would be the Best!}
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]]> "For each new property that goes solar with Sullivan Solar Power, the company will donate one locally manufactured solar panel to GRID Alternatives, a non-profit organization that pairs California’s low-income solar rebates with philanthropy..."PLS.SHARE!
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]]> "After a five-week course sponsored by solar installer GRID Alternatives, they know how to design a rooftop solar system." WOULD THAT BE GOOD TO BE OFFERED IN HIGH SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES WITH A 2ND CLASS HANDS-ON ACTUAL WORK!
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]]> "The two Californian cities that have adopted solar mandates have markedly different climates and demographics, showing solar’s wide appeal...." PLEASE NOTE,COMMENT,SHARE. // PLEASE WILL YOU GO SOLAR!
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]]> "It turns out that we’re not the only ones excited, though, as Mosaic have just announced that 823 people have invested in their largest solar project ever, a 487 kW installation on New Jersey’s famous Wildwoods boardwalk."PLS LET'S GO SOLAR ON ROOFTOPS!
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]]> "Unlike the electric automobiles of the 20th century, the solar car racing was pioneered by Hans Tholstrup and Larry Perkins when they completed an epic Solar trek from Perth to Sydney, Australia, in 1983." PLEASE NOTE, COMMENT, SHARE!
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]]> "...with Kings Polytechnic....The Nigeria solar car initiative is a challenge designed to champion integration, support and encourage technical and scientific success in the field of engineering. It is also aimed at promoting solar car racing."PLS,NOTE!
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]]> "Sergio Coronel..an architect in his native Mexico,.he married an American woman..to Chico, California, he had to start all over..when he helped a crew of volunteers from GRID Alternatives install solar on his home, he knew he had found his calling."NOTE!
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]]> PLEASE SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER OR INTERN, AND/OR TO RECEIVE SOLAR PANELS ON YOUR ROOF FOR FREE, or wil/can people donate materials/monies/grants? This seems like one way to get out there and make the world a better place. PLEASE NOTE, SHARE !
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]]> '“The top 10 Chinese suppliers have been less successful in countries where there is strong competition from domestic module suppliers or attractive solar PV policy incentives,” added Lian. “In the US and Japanese solar PV markets,..rank at the top...."
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]]> 'Grid Alternatives is behind the solar project.Each installation would cost roughly $17,000.But the non-profit group is doing it for free to save each family a lot of money."The systems are designed to save 80%on energy bills. "'PLS NOTE,SHARE,GO SOLAR!
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]]> "Inverter deal to help supply solar power to over 350 low-income families in California and Colorado." EXCELLENT! THANK YOU.
Please Note,Share.
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]]> InCO"From Sept 24-29(2012), we installed solar electric systems..These systems will save families $360,000 over their 30-year lifetimes, and take the CO2 equivalent of 231 cars off the road for a year!"GRID Alternatives Colorado is open in CO 2013!GREAT!
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]]> '...said Heather Lafferty, Executive Director of Habitat of Humanity of Metro Denver, speaking before the crowd during lunch. “This is about so much more than a roof and walls, and even solar. This is about community.”'
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]]> PLEASE PARTNER WITH GRID ALTERNATIVES.The students learn from experts while they volunteer! "Our partners helped GRID install more than 1200 systems in California and Colorado last year,"The hope is "with their help we'll install as many more in 2013."
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]]> "Published on Apr 29, 2013
On April 18, 2013 Supervisor Ron Roberts had the opportunity to join OneRoof Energy and GRID Alternatives for a Pre-Earth Day event in flipping the switch to energize the Oak Park home of the Saldana family with a system...."
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]]> Children are mentioned only twice in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -
(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children. - Is this a Right for the Child or the Parent?
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]]> Over 10 million senior households struggle to meet basic needs and may not be able to afford their rent or utilities. One out of every three seniors is living below or near the poverty line. Nearly 9 million older Americans are at risk of hunger.
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]]> By us accepting the fact that we are only part of a Nation and not of the Human Group as a Whole, we tacitly agree to be either well supported like some first world countries in the European Union or be absolutely disenfranchised from our living rights
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]]> At least one person is reported dead and several others injured in a series of tornadoes that have torn through the US state of Oklahoma.
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]]> Ask your assembly member and senator in the New York State Legislature to pass A.740/S.3753 this session!
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]]> Oh, America, have we got troubles with our tummies -- and with the industrial system that pumps junk into them. One in six kids is obese. Half a billion potentially tainted eggs were recalled after sickening thousands with salmonella this year. (On the...
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]]> If you wanted to design a system to breed antibiotic-resistant bacteria, you’d be hard pressed to do better.
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]]> Monsanto controls our food, poisons our land, and influences all three branches of government.
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]]> After a huge backlash on the signing in of The Monsanto Protection Act from activists and protestors, there's a great chance this will be repealed! Many senators signed without reading it first. Please keep up the pressure to stop Monstersanto!!
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]]> "After 30 years of delay, the Environmental Protection Agency finally decides to regulate water pollution from power plants."
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]]> "It would appear that Rep. Mike Rogers, the main person in Congress pushing for CISPA, has kept rather quiet about a very direct conflict of interest that calls into serious question the entire bill. "
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]]> Contact your legislators today and urge them to support this important bill. Because we have a right to know what we're eating and how it's grown.
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]]> "In an astounding admission, the New York Times confirms that the so-called "Syrian opposition" is entirely run by Al Qaeda and literally states:
Nowhere in rebel-controlled Syria is there a secular fighting force to speak of."
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]]> "Senator Fred Risser, 26th Senate District, is introducing a bill banning dogs from the Wisconsin wolf hunt. Dog-wolf conflicts, especially during the denning season, are guaranteed to lead to death on both sides. "
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]]> "In those communities where the government hasn't squelched a homeowner’s right to bear arms, burglars take a big gamble when they decide to invade a house. In Fayetteville, North Carolina, two men lost that gamble when they died in a gunfight with a ..."
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]]> "The United States and ten governments from around the Pacific are meeting yet again to hash out the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) on May 15-24 in Lima, Peru"
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]]> "This routine feeding of antibiotics to healthy food animals has to stop. If it doesn’t, there could come a day where there is no defense against deadly superbugs."
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]]> "Great news for bees! In a historic vote, the European Union (EU) passed a continent-wide restriction on the use of bee-harming pesticides. Despite immense pressure from the pesticide industry, a majority of EU countries sided with bees. "
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]]> "Take action now to tell the CEOs of Shell and Suncor that more tar sands is not welcome in the U.S.—not in pipelines, not in trains, not in refineries. Not now. Not ever."
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]]> "U.S. President Barack Obama said TransCanada's application for the 1,700-mile (2,740-km) pipeline was denied because the State Department did not have enough time to complete the review process."
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]]> "SAN FRANCISCO -- California has filed a lawsuit against Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and other food retailers, alleging they are selling ginger and plum candies tainted by lead without warning labels required by state law."
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