On this page the following entries were made in the “January, 2009” time-frame.
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The Forest Feeds Us
Back on January 13 th, 2009, my wife and partner Katey had come up with an idea for the theme of an art program, The Forest that Feeds Us. Since I often write topical songs she asked me to write one for the forest. So that evening I did and here it is, […]
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The First Hundred Days: A Precedent for the Next Hundred Years
Brian Czech
President, Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
The First Hundred Days: A Precedent for the Next Hundred Years
The first thing Greens would do in office is continue leveling with Americans and resonating with their common sense. We would clarify for all that the Wall Street obsession with economic growth - increasing production and consumption […]
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The Vicious Silence
Gaza is being bombed by Israel. Frightened children, their hungry mothers and the rest of their poor families are being bombed. Schools, hospitals, mosques, markets and other public places are being bombed. The cover for this, the terrible excuse, is that they are attacking terrorists. But what could be more terrifying that to […]
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The Coal Disaster
It’s being called a huge environmental disaster but, unlike Katrina, the TVA coal ash pond dam collapse disaster was not caused by the environment. Rather, this disaster was caused by the continued use of a dirty, poisonous fuel used in an outdated and inefficient mode of energy production, coal. Earthen dams holding the toxic […]
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Greens blast EPA lack of preparedness in handling TVA plant’s coal ash spill
Green Party leaders strongly criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s response to the recent spill of 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash from the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant.
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Duncan rates Paterson - says NY needs sustainable funding
Alison Duncan, the Green Party of New York State’s 2006 candidate for Lieutenant Governor, has rated Governor David Paterson on 25 Green Party challenges for his first year in office. The challenges, which are listed below, were first issued to Eliot Spitzer after he was elected to office in 2006. They include bringing National Guard […]
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