April 14, 2008
Environment, In the News
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Security Company Seeks Information On Environmental Organizations
Ever have the feeling you are being followed? Maybe you have been because you’re green.
Becket Brown International (BBI), a former private security company, was spying on Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and other reputable environmental organization from the late 1990s to at least 2000.
The groups rifled through trash bins, collected phone records, financial statements, internal records like donor lists and staff’s Social Security numbers, planted undercover operatives within the groups and tried to obtain information during confidential meetings. These were compiled to produce intelligence reports for PR firms and corporations involved in environmental issues with green groups. Read the rest…
April 10, 2008
Environment, In the News
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Hunters Worry About Global Warming
By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, April 10, 2008
From an article in the SF Gate / San Francisco Chronicle:
“Global warming could force elk and mule deer from much of the American West. Wild trout could disappear in lower Appalachian streams.
Two-thirds of the country’s ducks may disappear.
A new assessment of the threat to fish and wildlife habitat has hunters and anglers calling for action.
Groups representing nine major hunting and fishing organizations planned to meet Thursday with the House committee chairman who hopes to write legislation to curtail greenhouse gases linked to global warming.”
Thoughts on Global Warming and Hunting
The logic seems a bit contradictory — but hey. Like I’ve been saying Read the rest…
April 8, 2008
Culture, Environment, Film and Tele, Music, People
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Ludacris Vs. Tommy Lee in Battleground Earth
The Discovery Network and its new offshoot Planet Green have signed on Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and rapper Chris “Ludacris” Bridges in their new reality show, Battleground Earth.
No, I didn’t think it could happen either.
Battleground Earth Details
Ten episodes are planned for production, with the show premiering in late July or early August. The company is rebranding its Discovery Home network as Planet Green, which will debut on June 4.
Battleground Earth will show Ludacris and Lee going across the country to compete in challenges that Read the rest…
April 8, 2008
Environment, In the News, Issues, People
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Al Gore Launches “We” Campaign
Al Gore has begun an immense PR campaign from his Alliance for Climate Protection (ACP) in an effort to call attention to the need to change policies regarding climate change. The “we” campaign is a three-year $300 million movement aimed at shifting public opinion over the urgency of global warming and the fact that “we” can overcome it.
How the “We” Campaign Will Work
The “we” campaign will feature television ads, print ads and social networks, utilizing 10 million volunteers to spread the good word. One of the objectives is to get rid of the partisanship question, showing ads that bring together opposing sides like Pat Robertson and Al Sharpton in unity over Read the rest…
April 7, 2008
Environment, In the News, Tips
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Recycling Electronics Responsibly With the U.S. Postal Service
Looking for a place to recycle that cell phone you left in your pocket and accidentally washed in the laundry?
Even though we covered how to recycle electronics safely before, here’s an interesting update:
The U.S. Postal Service is now offering a way to get rid of small electronics without flinging them into the wastebasket with the Mail Back program. Read the rest…
April 4, 2008
Culture, Environment, Film and Tele, Green Building, In the News, Issues, People
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Colbert Talks Green Collar Jobs With Van Jones
Check out this interview with Green For All president Van Jones on how green collar jobs will benefit the economy by providing lower socioeconomic groups with jobs and getting rid of a “pollution industry.”
Van Jones Video on the Colbert Report
Jones has been dealing with green issues, jobs, class and race for over 15 years, while Green For All works is a coalition uniting business, environmentalists and low-income communities towards creating green collar jobs.
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April 3, 2008
Environment, Green Building, In the News
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First “Green” Stadium in Washington, D.C.
The Washington Nationals kicked off their season in their new eco-friendly baseball park this week. It is the first green professional stadium in the U.S., stated the U.S. Green Building Council.
The new stadium received certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) council last week.
How D.C. Nationals Get Green
The ballpark, built on a restored brownfield, features Read the rest…
April 3, 2008
Culture, Environment, People
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Artist Maya Lin Creates Memorial For Environment
Maya Lin, the artist best known for her moving commemoration of veterans with the Vietnam Memorial, is constructing what she calls her “last memorial” in honor of nature lost to the destruction of the earth. The piece is planned on being unveiled on Earth Day 2009 by the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco at Golden Gate Park.
“What Is Missing”: The Environment in Memoriam
The piece, tentatively titled “What Is Missing,” is a somber call to action, pointing out Read the rest…
