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Groups Voice Concerns as Senate Confirms Moniz as Secretary of Energy

“Dr. Moniz has significant ties to the the oil and gas industry and his confirmation makes it all the more important for President Obama to exercise leadership and reject dirty energy sources and pursue a clean  energy future …

http://ecowatch.com/2013/groups-voice-concerns-senate-confirms-moniz-secretary-energy/

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Logging Companies Want to Make Tree Sitting a FELONY.

Logging corporations in Oregon are trying to kick environmentalists out of their trees by getting the state to make it a felony to protest logging by tree sitting and allow companies to sue protesters for financial damages caused by such protests.

A first offense would be a felony with a mandatory minimum jail sentence of 13 months.

http://ecowatch.com/2013/logging-companies-want-tree-sitting-felony/

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Detroit Has a Coke Problem Three Stories High

The Koch Brothers’ Toxic Mountain of Petroleum Coke  

The toxic mountain of petroleum coke, or petcoke, is like coal but dirtier, and is being sold by Koch Carbon to fuel the coal plants of countries like China.

http://ecowatch.com/2013/koch-brothers-toxic-mountain-petroleum-coke/

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Brick by Brick: The Human Toll of Climate Change

In Kathmandu, respiratory problems occur at 12 times the national average. The greatest concentration of brick factories is around Bhaktapur, just seven miles away. A survey found 74 kilns in the Bhaktapur district, all feeding the valley’s rapid population growth. In the brick firing area, dozens of migrants from the flat, southern Terai region carry 10-14 finished bricks at a time on top of their heads to waiting trucks. These men and women speak little Nepali …

http://ecowatch.com/2013/the-human-toll-of-climate-change/

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VIDEO: Schoolhouse Rock! ALEC Bill on Capitol Hill

While leaving a legacy of pollution, the billionaire Koch Brothers, through groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), are using their influence to spread climate doubt and weaken renewable energy standards.

Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Mark Fiore illustrates in “Schoolhouse Rock!” style, how a piece of legislation written by ALEC becomes a law.

The More You Know…

http://ecowatch.com/2013/alec-bill-on-capitol-hill/

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Hilarious Cartoon Spoof!
Frackalypse Now: Fossil Fuel Industry’s Psychological Warfare Scandal

“Smell that? You smell that? Fracking, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of fracking in the morning.”

http://ecowatch.com/2013/frackalypse-now-fossil-fuel-industrys-psychological-warfare-scandal/

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A Guide to Food Industry Front Groups: How Corporate Lobbyists Control Public Discourse

With growing concern over the negative impacts of our highly industrialized and overly-processed food system, the food industry has a serious public relations problem on its hands. Instead of cleaning up its act, corporate lobbyists are trying to control the public discourse. As a result, industry spin is becoming more prevalent and aggressive.

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House Votes to Fast Track Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

“Apparently, Big Oil knows it takes $200,000 to buy a vote in the House of Representatives. This may be small change for Big Oil, but our democracy is paying a huge price. Americans are fed up with this corrupt ‘votes for dollars’ system, and we demand better.”

http://ecowatch.com/2013/fast-track-keystone-xl-tar-sands-pipeline/

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100+ March for Ban on Fracking and End to Democratic Governors Taking Dirty Money

The march takes place in the wake of new research released by the Pew Research Center for People and the Press that shows that nationally, only 33 percent of Democrats polled favor the increased use of fracking.