Tag: united states
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How President Obama’s Budget Will Impact the Environment
ECOWATCH — Today, President Obama released a budget proposal for fiscal year 2014. In the proposal, he calls for ending billions of dollars in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, supporting the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund, and cutting U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Services …
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Local Foods Bill Will Provide Healthy Food and Create Jobs
NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION — The legislation addresses production, aggregation, processing, marketing and distribution barriers that limit growth in local and regional food markets. The bill also makes …
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Renewable Energy Provides 82 Percent of All New U.S. Electrical Generating Capacity in First Quarter 2013
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY COALITION — According to the latest Energy Infrastructure Update report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects, renewable energy sources accounted for 82 percent of all new domestic electrical generating capacity installed …
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Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the ‘Stonewall’ of the Climate Movement?
TOMDISPATCH — Bill McKibben: Still, let’s put things in perspective: Stonewall took place in 1969, and as of last week the Supreme Court was still trying to decide if gay people should be allowed to marry each other. If the climate movement takes that long, we’ll be rallying in scuba masks …
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Top 5 Reasons Transporting Tar Sands Crude is Reckless
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL — Rep. Ed Markey: This latest pipeline incident is a troubling reminder that oil companies still have not proven that they can safely transport Canadian tar sands oil across the United States without creating risks to our citizens and our environment …