Tag: News
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Tech Industry can Ignite a Clean Energy Revolution
Connecting people across continents. Delivering breaking news. Enabling government transparency. Facilitating social revolutions. Stopping global warming? The Internet is capable of doing so much, but perhaps the idea that it can help rescue the planet from runaway global warming comes as a surprise to you. Every time we post a Facebook status to our friends,…
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Can Fracking Solve the Nuclear Waste Problem?
U.S. scientists are proposing that the source of one controversial energy program could provide a solution to the problems of another. Nuclear waste—that embarrassing by-product of two generations of uranium-fueled power stations—could be stored indefinitely in the shale rock that right now provides a highly contentious source of natural gas for utility companies. [caption id=”attachment_329564″…
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Group Launches TV Ad Promoting Ballot Measure for Local Control Over Fracking
Local Control Colorado launched a 30 second TV ad today promoting the proposed ballot measure that would give citizens the ability to ban fracking in their communities. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEYdySnfbNk[/embed] The TV ad asks, “Would you want to live here? Want your kids to play here? Next to a fracking rig? Fracking can occur just 501 feet from…
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Largest International Gathering of Water Protection Advocates Meet in Pittsburgh for River Rally 2014
When two bodies of water come together in a confluence, each stream provides its unique characteristics to form a more powerful entity. Much as the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers combine to form the mighty Ohio River, the same can be said of River Rally 2014, when River Network and Waterkeeper Alliance join forces to convene…
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Extreme Drought Causes Environmental Crisis in Colombia
On World Water Day, March 22, Colombian news reports were released with horrific photos of scores of dead wildlife. A devastating drought has created an environmental crisis, threatening public health and killing more than 20,000 fish and animals in the Paz de Ariporo municipality of Casanare, Colombia. This water shortage rings the alarm that we need…