Category: North Carolina
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Toxic Coal Ash Pollution and Do Nothing Governments Prompts Citizen Action
For decades all across America, coal-fired power plants have dumped tons of toxic pollutants into public rivers, lakes, streams and coastal waters. On a toxicity-weighted scale, discharges …
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Learn Earth-Friendly Living Skills July 11-14
The Whippoorwill Festival celebrates Kentucky’s Appalachian heritage while helping prepare our minds and bodies for a future world of climate change and a diminished supply of fossil fuels. The festival is a low-cost event with over 75 workshops …
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Industrial Hemp: The Answer for a Greener Future
Bringing It Home explores the question of why a crop with so many widespread benefits cannot be farmed in the U.S. by illustrating its history, current industries and talking to both opponents and proponents of the industrial hemp farming legalization …
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Three Arrested Blockading Bus at Genetically Engineered Tree Conference
Three demonstrators were brutally arrested yesterday at the controversial Tree Biotechnology 2013 conference. They attempted to use genetically engineered …
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Hundreds Protest Against Genetically Engineered Trees
Hundreds of demonstrators marched on an international forest biotechnology industry conference today, demanding a ban on the release of genetically engineered (GE) trees into the environment. The protest, the largest yet against GE trees, occurred one …