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By Steve Mistler, Sun Journal Posted Feb. 24, 2011, at 11:49 p.m. AUGUSTA, Maine — As Gov. Paul LePage continued to weather national fallout for recently saying women could develop “little beards” if exposed to bisphenol-A, or BPA, questions continue to mount about the motives behind the governor’s proposal to reverse a ban on the […] Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition’s (DDATT) film series on Food and Farmers Friday March 4th 7 PM at the Abbott Mem Library in Dexter “The Real Dirt on Farmer John” is a 2007 movie made about a maverick mid-Western farmer, an outcast in his community who bravely stands amidst a failing farm economy, vicious […] February 11, 2011 Maine Beverage Industry Targets State’s Groundbreaking Bottle Bill Reported By: Josie Huang Maine has had a bottle redemption law since 1976, one of only 10 states to have one. Consumers in Maine pay 5 or 15 cents per beverage, depending on the size, which they can recoup if they bring their bottles […] Presentation to Catarina de Albuquerque, Independent Expert on Human Rights Obligations Related to Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation By Ruth Caplan, National Coordinator, Defending Water for Life Campaign Alliance for Democracy Washington DC, February 23, 2011 Before presenting specific examples in E below of how communities in the United States, with which […] By Judson Berger Published February 09, 2011 | FoxNews.com If the Potomac River, which supplies water to the nation’s capital, had run dry, Congress might be able to explain itself. But it hasn’t. And that has left one group calling out the U.S. House for spending $860,000 last year on bottled water — money […] Tribal People Win Community Right to Water in Kalahari Desert of Botswana Earth Times, Jan. 27, 2011Tribal People Win Community Right to Water in Kalahari Desert of Botswana Earth Times, Jan. 27, 2011 www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/364580,grants-bushmen-access-water.html>http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/364580,grants-bushmen-access-water.html Johannesburg – The Botswana Appeal Court on Thursday quashed a 2010 ruling that denied 650 Bushmen access to water on their ancestral lands in the Kalahari Game Reserve. “The court has upheld our appeal and has found […] |