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March 30, 2011

Nuclear in the Spotlight [1]

A chance to express hope for Japan and a green future…Please join us at this important event. Proceeds to go to Japan relief efforts as well as to OCAA. With performances by Mike Ford, Meghan Morrison, Richard Underhill, Michael Louis Johnson, the Raging Grannies, and more. Special guest speaker Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear will address the current situation in Japan. Wed. March 30, 7:30 p.m. Annex Live, 296 Brunswick (at Bloor), Toronto.

 

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [4]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Disasters [7]
Activism [8]
Region: 
Canada [9]

Greenpeace & Facebook: "Friends Without Benefits" [10]

"Behind the feud between Greenpeace and Facebook over renewable energy."

Activism [8]
Journalism & Media [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Slate [13], 03/09/2011
  • Read more about Greenpeace & Facebook: "Friends Without Benefits" [10]

"Federal Jury in Utah Convicts Environmentalist" -- Movement Galvanized [14]

"Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher knew what he was doing when he made $1.8 million in false oil and gas drilling bids at a federal auction. He knew he couldn't possibly pay for them. And he knew he could end up behind bars. But he did it for the cause. On Thursday, a federal jury convicted him on two felony counts of interfering with and making false representations at a government auction."

Environmental Politics [15]
Climate Change [16]
Activism [8]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [17], 03/04/2011
  • Read more about "Federal Jury in Utah Convicts Environmentalist" -- Movement Galvanized [14]

"The Governator Goes Green" [18]

"Arnold Schwarzenegger told you he’d be back. Just months removed from a raucous seven years as California governor, the global warming gladiator is about to hopscotch around the planet in his new role as a green technology cheerleader."

Activism [8]
Environmental Politics [15]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Politico [19], 03/02/2011
  • Read more about "The Governator Goes Green" [18]

"Trial Begins for Man Who Thwarted Oil-Gas Auction" [20]

"Hundreds of activists marched to the federal courthouse Monday to support a man who became an environmental folk hero by faking the purchase of $1.7 million of federal oil-and-gas drilling leases in an act of civil disobedience."

Activism [8]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [15]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: CNBC [21], 03/01/2011
  • Read more about "Trial Begins for Man Who Thwarted Oil-Gas Auction" [20]

"Enviro Groups Align With Unions in Fierce State Labor Battles" [22]

In Wisconsin and other embattled states, environmental groups have joined labor unions in mass protests against conservative attacks which threaten 'green jobs' as well as bargaining rights.

Activism [8]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Greenwire [24], 02/25/2011
  • Read more about "Enviro Groups Align With Unions in Fierce State Labor Battles" [22]

"Montanans Protest Republican Assault On Workers, Environment" [25]

"Protests against union-busting state bills and cuts to state programs are spreading from Wisconsin across the country today. In Montana, the environment is front and center as protesters challenge Governor Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat, on his budgetary plans, which they say cut health, nvironmental, and labor programs to pay for corporate tax cuts."

Activism [8]
Environmental Politics [15]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: ENS [26], 02/23/2011
  • Read more about "Montanans Protest Republican Assault On Workers, Environment" [25]

Environmentalist Pushes Green Sustainable Living in Black Communities [27]

"When environmentalist Naomi Davis walks past the boarded-up homes and businesses in her Woodlawn neighborhood, she envisions a community that will confront the climate crisis by becoming self-sustaining, with vibrant, black-owned stores and green gardens."

Activism [8]
People & Population [28]
Public [3]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [29]
Source: Chicago Tribune [30], 02/21/2011
  • Read more about Environmentalist Pushes Green Sustainable Living in Black Communities [27]

"Japan Suspends Whale Hunt After Chase By Protesters" [31]

"Japan has suspended its annual whale hunt in the Antarctic for now after a hardline anti-whaling group gave chase to its mother ship and it may call the fleet back home, a government official said."

Activism [8]
Biodiversity [32]
Public [3]
International [33]
Source: Reuters [34], 02/17/2011
  • Read more about "Japan Suspends Whale Hunt After Chase By Protesters" [31]

Sit-in at Kentucky Governor's Office Ends in 'I Love Mountains' Rally [35]

"Author Wendell Berry and 13 other environmental activists emerged from the [Kentucky] state Capitol on Monday to roars of approval and applause, ending their four-day occupation of Gov. Steve Beshear's outer office."

Natural Resources [36]
Activism [8]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader [37], 02/15/2011
  • Read more about Sit-in at Kentucky Governor's Office Ends in 'I Love Mountains' Rally [35]

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