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"Environment Groups Turn From Corzine"
Philadelphia Inquirer, 09/28/2009"Four years ago, environmental groups hoped Jon Corzine would put the environment high on his list of priorities. today, many of the same groups say Corzine, now seeking a second term as governor, has failed to live up to his promises...."
"Enviros Greet Canada's PM with Tar Sands Protests Ahead of White House Meeting"
SolveClimate, 09/16/2009"Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is getting a chilly reception from environmental groups as he heads to the White House today to talk energy with President Obama."
"Enviros Blast Obama's Choice for Office of Surface Mining"
ENS, 09/03/2009"Environmental groups are speaking out against the man President Barack Obama has chosen to run the Office of Surface Mining, which has jurisdiction over mountaintop removal coal mining."
Enviros Demand That EPA Toughen Chesapeake Pollution Rules
Wash Post, 09/02/2009"Environmental groups presented a federal official with more than 19,000 signed letters and postcards Tuesday asking the U.S. government to set stricter rules to prevent pollution in the Chesapeake Bay."
"Slacker Activism: Slacktivism"
Environment Report, 09/01/2009"Getting involved in a social or environmental cause these days is as easy as clicking your mouse." Are we becoming a nation of slack-tivists?
"Environmentalists Slow to Adjust in Climate Debate"
ClimateWire, 08/31/2009As the final rounds on the climate bill approach, environmentalists seem to be coming late, disunited, and outgunned to a battle they had years to prepare for.
'Flash Mob' Plays Dead for Climate Bill
Salt Lake Tribune, 08/21/2009A "Flash Mob" of environmental activists in Salt Lake City staged a demonstration to declare: "Climate Change Kills." It was just one of dozens of events around the country staged by both sides in the climate debate.
"Fajardo's Fight: Taking on Big Oil"
Eugene Weekly, 08/17/2009Pablo Fajardo is the David to the oil Goliath Chevron Texaco. He represents about 30,000 Ecuadorians in a class action suit trying to clean up the oily mess in their part of the Amazon. The case, filed in 1993, goes back as far as 1964, when the U.S. company Texaco began oil exploration there. The suit alleges that Texaco dumped 18.5 billion gallons of 'produced water' -- which can contain dissolved inorganic salts, dispersed oil droplets and dissolved oil; treatment and workover chemicals; dissolved gases, particularly hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide; and bacteria and other living organisms.
"NAACP Resolves To Fight Climate Change"
Grist, 07/23/2009The NAACP last week adopted a resolution supporting clean energy development, curbs on greenhouse gas emissions, and policies to foster green collar jobs.
"Fallout Continues from Peru's Killing of Amazon Oil Protesters"
SolveClimate, 07/14/2009After Peruvian police opened fire June 5, 2009, on indigenous Amazonian people protesting the taking of their land for oil drilling, killing at least 34, some laws have been repealed and some ministers have lost thier jobs.
Enviros Feel Cheated by Obama Compromises
NYTimes, 07/13/2009Environmental activists who campaigned hard to elect Barack Obama president feel cheated and disillusioned by what they see as a lack of leadership and readiness to compromise on environmental issues like climate change.
Greenpeace Climate Climbers Busted on Mt. Rushmore
AFP, 07/09/2009"Greenpeace activists were arrested Wednesday for scaling Mount Rushmore and hanging a banner next to the carved face of Abraham Lincoln urging President Barack Obama to get tough on climate change."
"Conservative Christians Sound 'Cap and Trade' Alarms"
Reuters, 06/30/2009Conservative Christians -- the Republican party's "base" -- are trying to galvanize opposition to the House-passed climate bill.
NASA's Hansen Arrested at WV Mine Protest
, 06/24/2009"More than 30 people -- including actress Daryl Hannah and NASA climate scientist James Hansen -- were arrested Tuesday in the latest protest in a growing civil disobedience campaign against mountaintop removal in Southern West Virginia."
"The War Over Waxman-Markey"
Mother Jones, 06/23/2009"A long-awaited vote on the Waxman-Markey climate bill, expected this week or early next month, has environmentalists teetering at the edge of existential crisis. Some believe the bill is so deeply flawed it might actually make matters worse; disillusionment with the bill is causing fierce recriminations within the environmental movement and has led to a knockdown, drag-out fight within the Sierra Club."

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