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Pollan & Me: Don’t Boycott Whole Foods
Whole Foods is a publicly traded company that employs a lot of people with a variety of political and religious views. Boycotting them because the company engages in some abhorrent activity is understandable but boycotting them because an employee publicly expresses a different political view than you is silly and irresponsible.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-29
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-22 http://bit.ly/w9udV # An animated case for ‘Why We Need Government-Run Universal Socialized Health Insurance’ http://bit.ly/3tTCeN # Reading: Energy Dept. Fails to Use Thermostat Setbacks – Could save $11.5 mill./yr ( http://bit.ly/ZdNoN ) # rt@nicoleghio @climateprogress: NPR takes on ‘clean coal’ astroturfers http://bit.ly/rIW73 #aces # Cape Wind Sorely Missed as New [...]
EPA Rails Against New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection
A new audit by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faults the quality and consistency of New Jersey programs for cleaning up toxic wastes, preserving wetlands and other key functions.
Glenn Beck Thinks You Should Be Real Scared of Van Jones (Video)
Yesterday, Beck used his special brand of fear-mongering McCarthyism to swipe at Van Jones, President Obama’s Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.
Cape Wind Sorely Missed as New England Hits Peak Summer Demand
As the temperature in Boston climbed to 95 degrees and New England’s electric demand reached its peak so far this year on Tuesday afternoon, the sea breeze on Nantucket Sound would have allowed Cape Wind to supply 300 megawatts of electricity during that crucial hour, according to data collected at Cape Wind’s Scientific Data Tower in Nantucket Sound.
