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Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Large Facilities
http://ghgdata.epa.gov/ghgp/main.do
This tool will help you to identify the largest contributors to greenhouse emissions in your zip code.
16 days ago by Catherine Heggarty
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When:Jan 11, 2012 12:52 PM
Where:Climate Change
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EPA's New Web Tool Reveals Carbon Polluters In Your Backyard
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kknowlton/the_us_environmental_protectio.html
Who are the biggest carbon polluters in your neighborhood, city or state? EPA's new web tool reveals the health-harming carbon polluters in your...
16 days ago by Catherine Heggarty
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When:Jan 11, 2012 12:49 PM
Where:Climate Change
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Roger Doiron: My subversive (garden) plot
http://www.ted.com/talks/roger_doiron_my_subversive_garden_plot.html
Gardening to change the world
5 weeks ago by Catherine Heggarty
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When:Dec 19, 2011 2:58 PM
Where:Agriculture, Farming, Gardening and Food
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Church bells, members to clamor for climate change
A UMNS Report By Linda Bloom* Nov. 24, 2009 Supporters of the 350 campaign gather at the pyramids in Giza,...
8 weeks ago by Catherine Heggarty
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When:Nov 29, 2011 9:27 PM
Where:Copenhagen
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Food Justice Wins to be Grateful For this Thanksgiving-- Colorlines
http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/11/5_food_justice_wins_to_be_grateful_for_this_thanksgiving.html
Whether you’re sitting down to a Tofurky loaf or a bacon-swaddled Turducken this Thanksgiving, now’s a good time to show some gratitude to the...
2 months ago by Carol Barton
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When:Nov 23, 2011 12:53 PM
Where:Consumer Concerns
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CLAIMING EARTH AS COMMON GROUND:

The Ecological Crisis Through the Lens of Faith

By Andrea Cohen-Kiener

Skylight Paths Publishing, 2009

180 pages /R8032/ $16.99

Can people of faith save the environment? Can the environmental

challenge save religion? Our planet is in trouble, and it will take an amazingly large and powerful force to shift into a more sustainable way of living. Spiritual leader and environmental activist Andrea Cohen-Kiener tells us that people of faith have the numbers, the passion and the mandate to do it—and that nothing else is strong enough to counterbalance “business as usual.”

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Environmental Action Items

UMW Mobilizing For Climate Justice
PRESS RELEASE Through economic globalization, the structures of trade and finance are increasingly widening the gap between the rich and the...
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Where:Tar Sands, Keystone XL Pipeline
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Climate Change Advocacy Alert ! TAKE ACTION!
climate change advocacy alert 2-18-11.pdf(0 bytes)
SUPPORT the EPA in Enforcing the CLEAN AIR ACT! TAKE ACTION: Write, call or email your Member of the House and Senators and tell them: “As a...
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Where:Main
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56 Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Feb 27, 2012 at 12:00 AM to Mar 9, 2012 at 11:59 PM
Event time zone is GMT -5.0.
Location: United Nations HeadquartersMap
Priority theme The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication,... development and current challenges Review theme Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women ( agreed conclusions from the fifty-second session) more less