Archive for the 'Environmental Justice' Category

Jan 15 2009

The Organic Bush

Published by ghile under Environmental Justice,Politics

Matt Corley has an interesting piece in Think Progress about Laura Bush’s insistence that organic food be served in the White House whenever possible. This, in spite of the fact that husband George’s policies on organic farming were, to put it mildly, abysmal. Consider: – In April 2004, Bush’s USDA issued legally binding guidances allowing the [...]

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Jan 12 2009

The Other Stuff

Published by ghile under Environmental Justice,Toxics

With the news of a second coal ash spill, this time in Alabama, a lot more attention needs to be paid to the issue. Devilstower, writing in Daily Kos, has an important must-read personal account of fly ash in his home town. Devilstower concludes: Right now most of [the] cost is paid by the people in small towns [...]

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Jan 08 2009

It Ain’t No Santa Claus

Published by ghile under Environmental Justice,Toxics

Annika Mengisen of The New York Times Freakanomics blog has this informative array of pictures from the Tennessee coal ash disaster, taken by a reader, Dorothy Griffith, a photographer who lives in Banner Elk, North Carolina, on Christmas Day. It’s worth a look …   UPDATE (January 8, 2009): Tennessee Republican Congressman Zach Wamp, who [...]

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Dec 30 2008

It’s Not Pretty …

Published by ghile under Environmental Justice,Toxics

Dave Burdick of The Huffington Post has a solid review of the status of the Tenessee coal ash spill, and what comes next. Check it out …

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Jun 04 2008

No Word On Whether Same Sex Couples Have to Plant Trees

Published by ghile under Environmental Justice,Faith

It seems that at least one area within Indonesia is now requiring couples to plant trees as a condition of receiving a marriage license. Couples in Gorontalo, a rugged mountainous province on Sulawesi island, are being required to plant 10 seedlings supplied by the local government, according to the religious affairs office. The program, which critics [...]

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Dec 01 2006

Heroes of the Planet, British-Style

Published by ghile under Environmental Justice,General

It is understandably biased in favor of Brits, but the Environmental Agency (the British version of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency) has come out with its list saluting “the 100 people who’ve done more to look after our planet than anyone else.” While it’s hard to argue with their number one choice, Rachel Carson, author [...]

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