NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–Nov. 8, 2011, 1:35 p.m. EST Guerrilla gardening is the occupation of ill-used land to support the communities and ecosystems to which that land rightfully belongs. As the Occupy movement “puts down roots” in public and private spaces across the world, guerilla gardening is essential to growing a sustainable[Read More…]
Day: November 8, 2011
Experiments With Truth, November 8, 2011
Syrians demonstrate, Chicagoans protest budget cuts, students sit-in against homophobia… Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)-November 8, 2011, 1:29 pm In spite of the crackdown that has killed at least 110 people in Homs over the last five days, protesters in Hama, Damascus, Deraa as well as several other towns in Idlib and Deir[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth Statement in Support of Occupy Wall Street
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. The hope and ambition of the Occupy movement has reminded us that we need to remake financial and economic systems so that they serve people and the planet, not the other way around. We are challenged to consider ways in which we can not only resist[Read More…]
New GIS Tool Maps Military Assets in Order to Facilitate Future U.S. Renewable Energy Development
NRDC Partners with DoD on Proactive Planning Resource to Foster Wind, Solar Geothermal and Transmission Projects Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. The Natural Resources Defense Council today released a mapping tool created in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that allows renewable energy developers to identify sites less likely[Read More…]
NRDC: Obama Administration Expands Offshore Oil Drilling Without Adequate Safeguards
Latest Plan to Expedite Drilling is “A Reckless Gamble We Cannot Afford” WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. The Obama administration today unveiled its new five-year leasing plan for offshore drilling, which includes a heavy focus on production in the Gulf of Mexico and opens up new lease sales in the Arctic.[Read More…]
Groundbreaking Study Quantifies Health Costs of U.S. Climate Change-Related Disasters & Disease
Set of Climate-Related Events Result in Billions in Health Costs and Lost Lives NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. Health costs exceeding $14 billion dollars and over 760,000 interactions with the health care system, are among the staggering figures resulting from a key set of climate-change-related events in the United States during[Read More…]
EPA Moves to Curb Carbon Pollution from New Power Plants
NRDC: “Obama Administration Takes Important First Step” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. The Obama administration today signaled its intention to develop first-ever rules to curb carbon dioxide pollution from new power plants, according to a notice posted on the website of the White House Office of Management and Budget. The following is[Read More…]
Health Care Reform Lawn Upheld as Constitutional US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 8, 2011. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in a 2-1 decision found that President Obama’s health care reform law is constitutional. Judge Laurence Silberman opined that, “The right to be free from federal regulation is not absolute, and yields to the imperative that[Read More…]
NOAA: October Warmer Than Average in the United States
Early season storm breaks October snowfall records across the Northeast, while record drought continues across the Southern Plains Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011 October 2011 temperature “divisional rank” maps. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) During October, a persistent upper-level weather pattern brought below-normal temperatures to the southeastern United States and above-normal temperatures from[Read More…]
SEIU’s Medina: What Would President Reagan Think Today?
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. This week marks the 25th anniversary of President Reagan’s Immigration Reform and Control Act, which allowed almost 2.7 million undocumented immigrants to legalize their status. Reagan’s policy was based on his appreciation that ours is a land of immigrants; that immigrants should not be exploited; that[Read More…]
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