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You know him. You love him. You respect him. Now Vote for Larry Gibson as your favorite “CNN Hero” CNN Heroes culminates in a live global telecast December 6, hosted by CNN’s Anderson Cooper. This event honors the most outstanding viewer-nominated CNN Heroes as chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of world leaders and luminaries. Our…

Thursday, September 27 Shelly Stiles Shelly Stiles is the district manager for the Bennington County Conservation District. You’ll be seeing a new bumper sticker around these parts shortly. It won’t have the punch of “Gut Deer” or “I’m Already Against the Next War,” but it will be a good sign. It will indicate that the…

Land Conservation Strategies: Landowner’s Options for Protecting Family Lands Preserving family lands from future development can be a satisfying act of generosity for people committed to protecting the environment. Many valuable sites of historic importance, natural significance, and scenic beauty, protected today, would have been developed had it not been for the generosity of individuals,…

The following US Congrssmen and women sent a letter to OSMRE this week requesting a 90-day extension of the public comment period for the Bush Administrations propsed repeal of the Stream Buffer Zone Rule: Thanks to them, the public may have a chance to stop this thing yet. Text of the letter below… October 2,…

DUNGANNON — Residents are waiting for the next step in a proposed logging project in the Jefferson National Forest. The proposed timber sale, located on Dry Creek near Dungannon, was first announced last year. But the logging and burning of about 370 acres of wood in the Jefferson National Forest has been postponed while District…

This will be worth at least 2 cups of coffee for me this mornin:

See our website for more information about the proposed Cliffside Powerplant or air pollution in general. What: Join us for a CITIZEN’S hearing in Charlotte to speak out against expansion of the Cliffside Power Plant! When: Tuesday October 16, 2007, 7pm Why: To ask DAQ to deny Duke Energy’s Air Permit Where: Myers Park Baptist…

Our dear friend Jeff Biggers points us in the direction of this powerful New Yorker ad. This gist of which is: THERE IS A ‘SILVER BULLET’ FOR SOLVING GLOBAL WARMING… ——————————————————————————– NO MORE COAL Check it out.

I just dug this out of a “pile” of files on my desktop and thought it might be of interest. In June 2007, a group of organizations wrote a letter to the US Senate opposing any subsidies for coal-to-liquid industry expansion. Appalachian Voices, Earthjustice, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Public…

New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is using the same powers his predecessor Eliot Spitzer used to investigate corruption on Wall Street. But instead of financial markets, Cuomo has his eyes set on five power companies: AES Corporation, Dominion, Dynegy, Peabody Energy and Xcel Energy. New York will investigate whether these companies are failing…