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Show Up and Speak Up for Climate Change Legislation

August 10, 2010 By heather-taylormiesle-nrdc-action-fund Leave a Comment

Congress is heading back home for the August recess this week. Apparently our Senators need to rest after they failed to take up both a clean energy and climate bill and an oil spill bill. Legislative inaction must be more tiring than I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-air-act, clean-energy, climate-bill, congress, energy, green-energy, gulf-oil-spill, nrdc-action-fund, politics-news

We failed the people who cleaned up 9/11. Will we fail the people cleaning up the Gulf?

June 29, 2010 By heather-taylormiesle-nrdc-action-fund 1 Comment

In the aftermath of 9/11, we saw thousands of workers develop devastating respiratory conditions and other illnesses as a result of exposure to toxic dust that filled the air in the days and weeks after the twin towers fell. To this day, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bp, clean-energy, green-news, gulf-oil-spill, health, safety

How government can regain its capacity to manage the oil spill

June 14, 2010 By dave-from-hvad 7 Comments

Why is this?  Have we, in fact, become a “hollow state” in which public agencies have little ability left to do anything other than rubber stamp corporate activities, many of which seem irresponsible if not … [Read more...]

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Beyond reason.

May 17, 2010 By Mr. Lynne 27 Comments

Riddle me this: In what universe can the monumental and historic environmental disaster in the gulf make you more likely to support off shore drilling? In a GOP universe. Public Policy Polling: 28% of Republicans said the recent oil spill … [Read more...]

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National Tragedy Demands Real Response

May 10, 2010 By heather-taylormiesle-nrdc-action-fund 2 Comments

Shared national experiences are pretty powerful things.  Although one can't really compare a terrorist attack on our nation to a mechanical failure that causes catastrophic loss, the experience of communal mourning is still … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, climate-bill, gulf-oil-spill, nrdc-action-fund, offshore-drilling, president-obama, senate

Watching BP

May 8, 2010 By liveandletlive 24 Comments

Will BP try to raise the price of gas in order to recoup the cost of the mess they created?  It seems they could be trying.   In an earlier post about abusive corporate practices, I noted that the price of gas at our local BP … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bp, corporate-greed, corporate-responsibility, gulf-oil-spill, massachusetts, price-gouging, united-states

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This guy was released? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/15/metro/holbrook-man-charged-after-allegedly-trying-run-over-black-children/

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.@RepCawthorn helped recruit and incite the mob that attacked the Capitol. You know who supports this #MountainMoron seditionist? Las Vegas casino billionaire Stephen Wynn who is also alleged to be a sexual predator like @CawthornforNC. Republican family values?

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honestly, though, I'm just so dang tired of this.
We fought to get the foundation budget studied (for years).
We fought to ensure the foundation budget study was complete (for a year and a half).
We fought to get the foundation budget study implemented (for years).

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"The thought that the MBTA would be shopping for 25 diesel-powered locomotives โ€“ instead of efficient, less-polluting electric trains โ€“ for the commuter rail system is an idea right out ofย the last century." ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
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