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Will GOP Let Petty Politics Kill Clean Energy Jobs?

September 5, 2012 By thegreenmiles

The New Bedford Standard Times today calls on Congress to extend incentives for wind energy: The tax credit works by giving wind farm owners 2.2 cents for every kilowatt-hour of power they produce. It is expected to cost the federal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, fairhaven, new-bedford, scott-brown, southcoast, wind-energy

Connecting for Change Is Coming To New Bedford This Weekend.

October 19, 2010 By desa-vanlaarhoven

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead This weekend, inspiring leaders of social causes will descend upon New Bedford Massachusetts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: annie-leonard, connecting-for-change, green-economy, green-energy, greg-mortenson, local-food, massachusetts, new-bedford, sustainability, van-jones

Bioneers By The Bay: Connecting For Change Community Input Meeting

April 28, 2009 By desa-van-laarhoven

Please join the Marion Institute this evening in New Bedford, MA to discuss the upcoming conference, Bioneers By The Bay: Connecting For Change. The event details are as follows: Date: April 28, 2009 Time: 6:00pm Location: New Bedford … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bbtb, bioneers, bioneers-by-the-bay, bioneers-by-the-bay:-connecting-for-change, community, community-activism, conference, connecting-for-change, ma, massachusetts, new-bedford, new-bedford-publiv-library, ri, the-marion-institute

Bioneers By The Bay: Connecting For Change

April 24, 2009 By desa-van-laarhoven

Bioneers By The Bay: Connecting for Change, a solutions based conference put on annually by The Marion Institute, is hosting a community input session on April 28th at the Downtown Public Library in New Bedford, MA. At this meeting, we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bioneers, bioneers-by-the-bay, bioneers-by-the-bay:-connecting-for-change, community-activism, conference, connecting-for-change, ma, massachusetts, new-bedford, ri, the-marion-institute

60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

December 10, 2008 By kyledeb

The U.S. has supported the Universal Declaration of Human Rights so let's just see how many of these articles have been violated in the U.S. treatment of migrants.  Article 1.      All human beings are born … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: human-rights, new-bedford, raid, tomasa-mendez, united-nations, universal-declaration-of-human-rights, witness.org

Back on track: commuter rail Massachusetts

October 2, 2008 By tim-murray

I urge you to read the details of the plan in articles today in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette or the New Bedford Standard Times or the Globe I've been working on rail issues for a long time, because I believe making better use of our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: commuter-rail, csx, fall-river, lieutenant-governor, new-bedford, public-transportation, tim-murray, worcester

Is the solution to the Cape’s labor problem the unemployed youth and young adults of Boston ?

August 29, 2008 By AmberPaw

In the "City and Region" Section of today's Boston Globe, side by side one article spoke of the Cape being so short of labor that many business owners are closing weeks early, waiting tables themselves, dropping lunch from their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, cape-cod, labor-shortage, new-bedford, springfield, unemployment

Stunning video of a high foreclosure neighborhood in New Bedford, MA

August 6, 2008 By beachmom

This puts into pictures what the phrase "high foreclosure neighborhood" means: I know that it is human nature to look at what has not been done, as in what the Democrats in Congress have not accomplished, but the Housing bill just passed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: foreclosures, john-kerry, new-bedford

New Bedford Detainee’s suit dismissed by US Court of Appeals for the First District

December 1, 2007 By AmberPaw

On the other hand, the whole concept of a "contemporary conscience" kind of bothers me.  I guess the more callous and desensitized the so-called "contemporary conscience" becomes, the less over sight over a government action that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 5th-amendment-due-process, detainees, ice, immigration, new-bedford

“An epic tale of love and devotion”

November 2, 2007 By kyledeb

The first time I learned about Garcia was a through a National Public Radio report on his family.  The report inspired me to write a comprehensive post on the New Bedford Raid.  I'm going to transcribe the NPR report below but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: anini, becky-w.-evans, catholic-social-services, claudio-sanchez, immigration, marc-fallon, migrant, national-public-radio, new-bedford, new-bedford-standard-times, peter-pereira, ricardo-gomez-garcia

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