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Hold Big Polluters Accountable Please Take Action!! VIDEO
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, energy, CO2emissions, destruction, environment, pollution )

Tierney
- 2 days ago - secure2.convio.net
Right now only a handful of sources, including coal power plants, are responsible for more than half of all the global warming pollution in the United States. It's time to hold these mega-polluters responsible for their share of the dirty air.
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Call on Senate to Stand Up to Polluters -Please Take Action !!
Environment  (tags: energy, government, CO2emissions, politics, jobs, pollution )

Tierney
- 8 days ago - action.citizen.org
Last week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) voted in favor of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. The draft bill still contains compromises, flaws, loopholes and giveaways that undermines a meaningful clean energy and cl
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Support a Smarter Energy Grid ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, energy, habitat, protection, grid )

Cher
- 8 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Chances are, your cell phone has more computing power than NASA had the day John Glenn orbited the earth. The system that delivers electricity to your house, on the other hand, is still based on technology that predates the Wright
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Take Action for Cleaner Vehicles
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, CO2emissions, environment, energy, pollution, greenhousegases )

Tierney
- 9 days ago - action.citizen.org
The Obama administration has proposed new fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for motor vehicles could result in the most significant climate action ever in this country. To find out what the American public thinks about the standards, the National
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Take Action: Help Slash Energy Waste -Please Take Action !!
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, energy, conservation, environment, climate-change )

Tierney
- 9 days ago - secure2.convio.net
To solve both our economic and climate crises, the U.S. must pursue the cleanest, fastest, cheapest, and safest solutions first. Reducing our energy waste is the quickest and most cost effective way to lessen the strain on energy supplies, curb global wa
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Take Action: Ask the Obama Administration to Save Coal River Mountain
Environment  (tags: Petition, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, humans, nature, pollution, protection, habitatdestruction, trees, water )

Daphna
- 13 days ago - ga3.org
Save Coal River Mountain and help preserve our clean energy future. Contact the Obama Administration today. Two weeks ago Massey Energy began blasting Coal River Mountain and with it, the hopes of citizens who have developed plans for a green wind proje
17 comments
Take Action- Step Up on Climate, Obama!
Environment  (tags: petition, CO2emissions, ClimateChange, environment, energy, globalwarming, habitat, humans, nature, pollution, protection )

Daphna
- 19 days ago - action.1sky.org
The U.N. Climate Change Conference is only five weeks away, and no one knows for sure if world leaders will agree on a climate treaty. What we do know is that strong U.S. climate policy and bold leadership by President Obama will vastly improve our chanc
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Repower America :: Add Your Voice and Support Clean Energy
Environment  (tags: petition, world, pollution, protection, humans, nature, globalwarming, environment, ecosystems, energy, conservation, climate-change, CO2emissions, Sustainabililty )

Daphna
- 20 days ago - repoweramerica.org
The Wall is a revolutionary approach to standing up for what we believe in -- for what our country needs. It combines the power of your voice with the force of a multi-media campaign, to build a collective call for change so loud it's undeniable.
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China Outperforms US on Green Issues
Environment  (tags: environment, Energy, Alternative energy, Climate Change )

Katie
- 21 days ago - newscientist.com
China is often accused of not doing enough to reduce the carbon dioxide and other pollution pouring from its factories and coal-fuelled power stations. But a new report suggests the country is doing more to tackle climate change than it gets credit for...
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Will Ecuador's Plan to Raise Money for Not Drilling Oil in the Amazon Succeed?
Environment  (tags: environment, energy, conservation, nature, protection, ecosystems, politics, globalwarming, climate-change, world, trees, Sustainabililty, humans, habitat )

Cal
- 23 days ago - news.mongabay.com
President Rafael Correa put forth a novel idea, known as the Yasuni-ITT Initiative. He announced in 2007 that he would not touch the oil if the international community compensated Ecuador. He said that leaving the oil would help achieve three internationa
6 comments
Solar Superpower: Should Europe Run on Sahara Sun?
Environment  (tags: environment, world, energy, Alternative Energy, Solar Power, europe )

Katie
- 24 days ago - newscientist.com
EVERY two weeks, the sun pours more energy onto the surface of our planet than we use from all sources in an entire year. It is an inexhaustible powerhouse that has remained largely untapped for human energy needs.
10 comments
Help Protect the Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining-Take Action!
Environment  (tags: habitatdestruction, protection, environment, destruction, conservation, energy, water )

Tierney
- 31 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
Spikes in uranium prices have recently led to thousands of new uranium claims, dozens of proposed exploration drilling projects, and proposals to reopen old uranium mines adjacent to the Grand Canyon.
11 comments
PENNSYLVANNIA FACES FLOOD OF WASTEWATER--With Natural Gas Drilling Boom
Environment  (tags: pollution, energy, environment, water )

Dandelion
- 33 days ago - scientificamerican.com
The Monongahela, a drinking water source for 350,000 people, had apparently been contaminated by chemically tainted wastewater from the state's growing natural gas industry.
14 comments
SPLIT ESTATES--WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN HURT YOU
Environment  (tags: habitat, energy, government )

Dandelion
- 33 days ago - splitestate.com
What is becoming an issue in the West with gas and oil exploration, due to the number of so-called "split estates" in which a person may own the surface rights to something, but someone else buys the mineral rights.
54 comments
Federal Scientists Oppose Offshore Drilling Plans
Environment  (tags: environment, pollution, habitatdestruction, habitat, energy )

Cal
- 39 days ago - latimes.com
Citing danger to marine life, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration opposes opening large tracts of coast to drilling and recommends buffer zones off Santa Barbara.
10 comments
 
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