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Is The Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Dead Or Alive?

by John Hageman on February 1st, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: GREEN, POLITRICKS

Nearly two weeks ago, the Obama administration denied a permit to TransCanada for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would run from tar sands in Canada to refineries in Texas. The outcome could not have been better for the environmental community, as Bill McKibben- mastermind behind the long string of protests in Washington- […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Obama Oks Smog And Thousands Of Asthma And Heart Attacks Per Year

by Madam Toussaint on September 7th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: GREEN, POLITRICKS

Photo Credit: Smog over Skyline from São Paulo city in Brazil by Gaf.arq Ever so quietly this Labor Day Weekend President Obama announced he is directing the EPA to withdraw smog standards that would have cut smog pollution from power plants, refineries and even cars. The smog limits would have prevented 2,200 heart attacks and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Is Michelle Obama’s Organic Garden A Publicity Stunt?

by Madam Toussaint on April 1st, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: GREEN, POLITRICKS

Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson I was reading green blogger CanarsieBK’s post Are the White House Garden and Michelle Obama Just Smoke and Mirrors? and I wanted to leave a comment, then I realized my comment was way too long and turned into another post! Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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INFOGRAPHIC: Public Broadcasting Is Too Important To Lose

by Madam Toussaint on March 21st, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Posted In: GREEN, POLITRICKS

The thought of losing public broadcasting stations is upsetting. What’s at stake here are news sources willing to cover topics other news stations would never go near, in-depth investigative journalism superior and consistent children’s programming…the list goes on and on. Can you honestly tell me most Americans would know how to count to 10 in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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A Word About Churnalism and Bloggers VS Journalists

by Madam Toussaint on March 16th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: GREEN, POLITRICKS

I came across this site (thanks to @dcarli) and I wanted to share it with you as it was shared with me. The purpose of churnalism.com is to help the public distinguish between original journalism and ‘churnalism’, which is what they call a news article that is published as journalism, but is essentially a press […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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EPA Administrator Testifies Before House Republicans, Defends Clean Air Act

by Madam Toussaint on February 10th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: GREEN, POLITRICKS

Photo Credit: Dori, Smokestacks, in Champaign, Illinois Eighteen of America’s leading scientific societies have written that multiple lines of evidence show humans are changing the climate, that contrary assertions are inconsistent with an objective assessment of the vast body of peer-reviewed science, and that ongoing climate change will have broad impacts on society, including the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Veterans Day: A Reminder Our Country Is At War

by Madam Toussaint on November 11th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Posted In: GREEN, POLITRICKS

This year I have a few thoughts about Veterans Day. It’s really easy for us to wrap ourselves in the flag and make all these declarations about this great country and people making “the ultimate sacrifice” when we’re not sacrificing anything ourselves, let alone our lives. It’s much harder to sacrifice your life but I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Top 6 Reasons Obama & Democrats Lost Congress To Republicans

by Madam Toussaint on November 9th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Posted In: GREEN, POLITRICKS

The problem is some are sailing around in yachts. The harder the rest of us row, the bigger those yachts get. -Paul Jay, the Real News So yes, many of President Obama’s accomplishments have been obscured by our 24 hour news cycle, too much airplay for the opposition, and the right wing juggernaut. In our […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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No Excuses: Did You Vote? Astronauts Voted From Space

by Madam Toussaint on November 3rd, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Posted In: GREEN, POLITRICKS

American astronauts Doug Wheelock (from left), Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Shannon Walker Not only are astronauts able to get on twitter and check in in on Foursquare, they can also vote from space. Thanks to a 1997 Texas law Astronaut Doug Wheelock, Shannon Walker and Scott Kelly cast their ballots from the International Space Station, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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President Obama Does The View

by Madam Toussaint on July 30th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Posted In: GREEN, POLITRICKS

Photo via nytimes.com I love how Barbara Walters came back for this one and all the ladies are dressed in funerary garb to reflect the gravity of the moment, discussions about the president being on twitter. Sadly this president is saddled with being a cultural, economic and political president, which I’m sure he loves, but […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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