Dontcha love it when King Coal cries foul? Coal mining giants Rio Tinto and Xstrata are suing 7 Rising Tide Australia for $500,000 for shutting down 3 coal terminals in Newcastle. Can you say S-L-A-P-P?
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Climate change is the most urgent threat to our planet’s capacity to support life on earth and coal is the biggest contributor to climate change.
Frack Them! Big year coming up for dirty energy extraction fights.
How to Avoid Fracking and Oil Spills in 2011 | CommonDreams.org
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This was the year Congress was supposed to pass climate change legislation, but each and every time Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid seemed on the verge of pushing the bill forward, the effort fell short. In April, off the coast of Louisiana, the Deepwater Horizon explosion led to one of the wor
This is still hell to be raised in those hollers.
Mike Roselle: Judy Bonds Had My Back
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Food First! No Compromise in Defense of Sustainable Food!
7 Sustainable Food Campaigns to Watch in 2011 | Sustainable Food | Change.org
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2010 saw some big victories in the sustainable food space: Congress finally reformed school lunch, the food safety reform bill passed, some cities legalized beekeeping, and other major advances. In… Read more of this post, 7 Sustainable Food Campaigns to Watch in 2011, at Change.org.