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February 14th, 2012 | Category: Audio, Defending Water in the Media, Features, Grassroots Movements, Maine, Multimedia, News, Resources, Statewide, United States, Video |
By Miguel Llanos, msnbc.com
Activists concerned that Coca-Cola might be influencing National Park Service policy were breathing a bit easier Tuesday after the Grand Canyon National Park announced it would eliminate the sale of bottled water inside the park within 30 days.
full story here: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/07/10340196-grand-canyon-banning-sales-of-bottled-water
February 4th, 2012 | Tags: east-west highway | Category: Action Alerts, Events, Features, News | RALLY! Noon, Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Outside the State House.
At 1pm, LD 1671, An Act To Provide Funding to the Department of Transportation for a Feasibility Study of an East-west Highway, is scheduled for a public hearing and we want to be there!
We want to attract media coverage, and get our talking points out there. Then, we’ll move inside to attend the hearing.
Pre-Rally Rendevouz! 9am, Tuesday, February 14. Belgrade*.
Let’s meet to develop solid talking points, strategize [...]
Continue reading Attention all committed to the future of Maine: Kickoff Campaign to Oppose the East-West Highway!
Vending machines to feature ‘healthy choices’
By Lauren Drasler, Assistant New Editor | The Vermont Cynic | Thursday, February 2, 2012
The sale of bottled water on campus will end Jan. 1, 2013, makingUVM one of the first institutions nationwide to pass this type of sustainable beverage policy, according to University Communications.
UVM will remove bottled water from its 57 vending machines and in retail outlets as well asmandate that one-third of the drinks in vending machines be healthy choices,University Communications stated.
Though the administration [...]
Continue reading Bottled Water Banished at University of Vermont
by: Coal Free Bellingham Posted on: January 27, 2012
Editor’s Note: Bellingham has taken the first step in following the example of towns and municipalities like Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who have recently explicitly asserted their rights as autonomous communities. Pittsburgh has outlawed all Hydraulic Fracturingpractices within its city limits. With support by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, No Coal!, a Bellingham citizen-led political action committee has introduced an ordinance [...]
Continue reading Bellingham, WA Rights-Based Ordinance Proposed to Stop Coal Trains
Senator Douglas Thomas promoted the East-West highway to the Dover-Foxcroft selectboard on January 23rd. The Selectmen did not pass a resolution about the highway at this time, saying it was too early and there weren’t enough details. We ask: What exactly would the resolution be for? If you have more information, or can access the town notes, please let us know!
Visit the East-West highway page for all updates and actions: www.defendingwater.net/maine/east-west-highway
Here is the full article:
State senator [...]
Continue reading East-West Highway Update: 1-27-2012
The Small Business Administration is looking to providing capital for “small businesses that need it.” There are two components of the article below that are noteworthy.
1) The SBA opened up a loan guarantee program to mission-based and community lenders. Three groups applied for the program in Maine and were approved: Coastal Enterprises Inc., the Eastern Maine Development Corp., and the Northern Maine Development Corp..
As a primary proponent of the East-West Highway, it is critical to monitor what the Eastern [...]
Continue reading East-West Highway Update: January 20, 2012
By Seth Koenig, BDN Staff Posted Jan. 18, 2012
PORTLAND, Maine — By a 6-2 vote Wednesday night, the Portland City Council joined Los Angeles and New York City councils in a thus far symbolic effort to strip corporations of First Amendment free speech rights controversially cemented by the U.S. Supreme Court.
A local resolution supporting a constitutional amendment abolishing “corporate personhood” initially was proposed by Councilor David Marshall and co-sponsored by John Anton, Kevin Donoghue and [...]
Continue reading Portland council throws its weight behind ‘corporate personhood’ abolishment
January 17th, 2012 | Tags: hyrdroshearing | Category: News, Oregon, United States | Defending Water for Life asks, “Where is this water coming from?” Also, it seems a little dangerous to us that a likely side effect is earthquakes. Whether it’s a rural area or not…
by weather.com and The Associated Press Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of the dormant Central Oregon volcano this summer to demonstrate new technology they hope will give a boost to a green energy sector that has yet to [...]
Continue reading Project Pours Water into Volcano to Make Power
01-10-2012
On Jan. 10, more than 250 Ohioans assembled on the west lawn of the Ohio Statehouse to voice their opposition to hydraulic fracturing—better known as fracking—and deep injection wastewater disposal wells.
Leading the charge was State Rep. Robert Hagan (D-Youngstown), who last week called on Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) in a letter to implement an indefinite moratorium on D&L Energy’s deep injection wells in Youngstown, Ohio, which has been rocked 11 times in the past nine months by earthquakes. [...]
Continue reading Ohioans Demand Fracking Moratorium at Ohio Statehouse Rally
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